Just As I Thought
Fun Stuff

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.

April 24, 2023
Fun Stuff

If I had 33 million dollars

Looks like NBC is finally taking the leap, converting Late Night with Conan O’Brien (and eventually, Saturday Night Live) over to high definition. The reason for the wait? They wanted to do it right: tapeless  [more...]

January 12, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Might I recommend Metamucil?

Today’s traffic story: at nearly every intersection on my way to work today, police cars were stationed, some with lights flashing, constipating the flow of traffic. I pondered this, wondering if they were already  [more...]

January 12, 2005
Right = Wrong

Boondoggle

If you don’t live in Washington, DC, you’d probably be appalled at how the Feds push people around here. First off, there’s the edict from the Bush administration telling the city that they have to  [more...]

January 12, 2005
Fun Stuff

Better get a credit increase

So, I’m not sure if I clued you in or not, but I did go ahead and order a Roku HD1000 streaming media thingy. My main concern was that I didn’t have enough component inputs on my TV, but it turns out that  [more...]

January 11, 2005
Fun Stuff

Chewy

My favorite bit of whimsy from today’s Apple product announcements: on the page for the iPod Shuffle, there’s an image of the new iPod beside a couple of packages of gum with the caption “Smaller than  [more...]

January 11, 2005
Fun Stuff

Half a pint of minis, please

Well, today is the big Macworld keynote by hype-master Steve Jobs. This used to be the hottest event for Mac fans; but today, it’s become a worldwide phenomenon owing largely to the iPod fanatics. Millions are  [more...]

January 11, 2005