Tech/web – Page 2 – I Ain't Marching Anymore

don't know much bout eco-nomics

My bankruptcy lawyer, among others, is quite aware of my financial illiteracy (something I’m not proud of). Which has likely made it amusing, for the five to ten regular readers of this blog, as I worried about having to get an MBA in order to understand NYC’s then-peaking real estate market. I wanted to simultaneouslyContinue reading “don't know much bout eco-nomics”

don't know much bout eco-nomics

hearting Keith Olbermann one more time

Before it gets too old: Paul Schindler at Gay City News (one of the hardest-working and most brilliant journos I know) sends this report from the weekend’s Human Rights Campaign dinner, where Keith Olbermann (above) schooled the lawmakers in the room: In an evening when the governor of New Jersey made his most forceful statementContinue reading “hearting Keith Olbermann one more time”

happy birthday to an addiction

As someone who’s never gone back since my first in 1990, I can at least tell you iPod-youngsters that it lasts (tho I sometimes wonder if what I’m addicted to is spending too much money). Still, it’s hard to fault something as I my fifth Mac. Godspeed to your health, Mr. Jobs.

project fahrenheit

When I was a teenager, in the course of a few years I gobbled books by all the masters of science fiction — Heinlein, Asimov, Bradbury, Harlan Ellison — paying more attention to plot than prose. That was mostly appropriate, both as a 13-year-old and because for most, what made the books special was theirContinue reading “project fahrenheit”

By the way, for those who tweet

I can’t decide whether Twitter is an exercise in mass haiku, an ADD enabler, a time sink or all of the above. I’m therefore not doing a widget with this. But if you tweet, consider following Chris411 and I’ll reciprocate. (Though if I know you, you’re too busy following Brent Spiner or Rachel Maddow.) Update:Continue reading “By the way, for those who tweet”