Category: General

With a lot of talk on NPR recently about the proposed Iraqi Constitution, I figured I should have a look at it to see where they failed. At least it isn’t...

Thanks, Rick, for pointing to Erik Heel’s astute observation. It followed to this impassioned plea to FOX Sports to just tell Tim McCarver to shut up. I&#...

Forgetting for the moment about the tiny screen and low resolutions even on the desktop, it seems somewhat crazy and counter-intuitive to give up several dozen ...

Gillen pointed out that everything sounds like Coldplay now. Then I heard the review of Laura Viers on All Things Considered last night, and damn if he‘s ...

Today’s the 60th anniversary of IBM Research. Fred Brooks and other luminaries are over at the T. J. Watson Research Center here in Yorktown. IBM Research...

Have you noticed that DisneyWorld‘s resorts are priced on their proximity to (non-bus) mass transit, to the parks, and to after-hours entertainment? Check...

The cost of switching between Web services is very low, almost miniscule, so providers of Web applications must be constantly on their toes, and provide an exce...

Hey there, reference librariansHey there, rare book antiquariansHey there, octogenarians, answers, pleaseWhat will I do with these flowers and gems?To whom will...

War may be Hell, but it sure is good for business. — The Association of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Morticians

There’s a lot of neat stuff going out there in the wide, wide world. Some just makes you go, “Wow.” And then envy sets in. For your envious en...

I’ve installed Ubuntu Breezy Badger on my desk. From a GUI perspective it’s just another GNOME. From a system administration perspective, it’s...

I’ve noticed over the past few days that traditional media outlets, such as Ziff-Davis c|net and other fine purveyors of re-written press releases, have b...

Your capital goes home at night and looks for another job because it is no fun to be a cog in the machine.

My Summer project, to finish all of the books I’ve started, is proceeding apace — a good thing now that it’s Fall — and I’ve just ...

Speaking of lessons to learn, sometimes those lessons don’t trickle down to the ignorant folks talking to the customers. And thus we get this cartoon from...

How is it that Matt McNamara, the teenage twerp son in Nip/Tuck, lives in Miami, and yet somehow avoids getting a tan?

In the wake of the response to the past two natural disasters, I’ve heard a lot about “lessons learned.” I would like to point out that the si...

Why do people reflexively suggest traffic lights or curve straightening for traffic problems? Why don’t they define the problem well before proposing solu...

I read The Quiltmaker’s Gift to the girls last night. It’s a good story, and beautifully illustrated. There’s an accompanying website to illus...

“Our new logo is one of the most articulate symbols of the new Quark, and I feel proud to have led the team that worked on it,” said Susan Friedman, senior ...