Just As I Thought

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

From the Archives #2

In the mid-90s, I started to teach myself how to create 3D models. One of the first successful models I made was the interior ship sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I never finished the whole thing, but  [more...]

On the Board

From the archives #1

Years ago, my dad and I went on a trip to the National Archives to do some research on the family. I kept the notes on my computer for a time, then backed them up onto CD. Now my dad is getting ready to visit some  [more...]

In the enemy camp

I was just poking around a few moments ago trying to divine when the Apple product announcement was due to take place, and tried “The Unofficial Apple Weblog.” It was overloaded, which is no surprise. What  [more...]

Don’t order that cake yet

The California Assembly today voted to legalize same-sex marriage, joining with the Senate to create the first legislatively-led same-sex marriage movement in the country. No activist judges here, guys, it’s the  [more...]

Do you want to hear what I hear?

You know, I eschewed the whole podcast revolution — mostly because I didn’t see it as a revolution, as it was co-opted so quickly by big companies — but this last couple of weeks it has come up as a  [more...]