Summer is officially over. As I left Harvard Technology Product Center on Friday for the last time on a regular work schedule, I walked through the Yard, grinned at the five distinct groups of Japanese tourists with various digital camera devices, and overheard yet another pretentious ideological debate about nothing tangible.
This is the end […]
I hate Nextel’s Push-to-Talk service. and its users. Is retrieving a number from your speed dial and having a conversation at a normal non-disrupting voice volume that much more arduous? Most every cell service company now has free in-network calling, so push-to-talk has no economic advantage.
My limited observations reveal that push-to-talkers […]
My Motorola A630 refuses to charge without extreme contortion of phone and charger. Somehow the phone’s charger connections only work at the very front, which makes charging a difficult process. I don’t think I have any sort of warranty to fix my beloved phone.
I found a crappy used V66 on eBay, so I […]
I often write about outstanding feats of incompetency and today’s subject is Kinkos.
Warning: the following post contains material inappropriate for younger audiences.
The Red Cross, faced with a shortage of blood donations, has found an unusual way to get potential donors to their doorstep: free iPods, vacations, gas cards, and meals. Let me rephrase: The Red Cross would rather spend $200 on an iPod for your blood than allow a gay male or anyone with […]
For the past new mornings, I have been glued to FNC watching the stand-off at the Gaza Synagogue. Israeli soldiers are now removing their own protesting people. It’s heartbreaking to watch. One scene of a prayer session with a soldier, border guard, and an evicted settler praying together near the site was as […]
I launched the new LiveWire site today.
Internet Explorer provides as much support for CSS as a Wonderbra on a 90-year-old woman. To compensate, I created two WordPress themes that looked exactly alike: one made with CSS and one made with tables. The CSS layout is the default theme. At the top of […]
Kristy Fortier picked Arthur & I up for a ride to Cottonwood, where we met Jess Miller for dinner. Kristy works for Boston Pedicab and gave me my first pedicab experience. Riding in a buggy behind a bicycle amidst downtown traffic is quite the thrill. No joke.
About a week ago Apple launched a new Switch site. I literally received 27 e-mails about the new site, most of them saying, “You’re no longer on Apple.com!” Honestly, I don’t care that I am no longer on Apple.com. I stopped receiving royalty checks a long while ago and I really didn’t […]
Despite a grueling airline experience this past weekend, I found much stress relief in using my Powerbook to turn downtime into productive time. And for only $8 an hour, I was able to do just that.
When will airports realize that providing free Wi-Fi is like providing free air conditioning? And what about power […]
