I Told You So: Chloë Sevigny Edition (Friday, January 22, 2010)
I told you a little under a year ago that the work that actress Chloë Sevigny has been doing...
The Real Reason The Phantom Menace Sucked: It Was Too Indie (Wednesday, December 23, 2009)
Indie is always good, right? Wrong
I Am Ozymandias, King of Nerds (Tuesday, December 22, 2009)
Behold my works, ye geeky, and despair
Ten Movies From '70s Hollywood You Need To See (If You Haven't Already) (Friday, December 18, 2009)
Why do movie nerds look back on that period so reverently? Let's find out
America Can, Should, Must, And Will Blow Up The Moon This Friday (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)
Because, you know, why not?
Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (Saturday, August 8, 2009)
Britain's last WWI veteran dies, and Radiohead remembers him
We Choose (Monday, July 20, 2009)
... to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard
It's Bastille Day! (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)
So, you know, go overthrow yourself a tyrant. Or something.
True Tales of High Adventure! With Boobs (Thursday, July 9, 2009)
How does an artist go from doing interesting work for next to nothing to producing dreck and getting rich? Let's find out!
Things I Learned the Hard Way, This Weekend Edition (Monday, June 29, 2009)
Further adventures in oops-ery
Hunch'd (Monday, June 15, 2009)
... or, how a simple user interface decision can make or break your first impression of a new site
In Praise of Remakes (Thursday, May 7, 2009)
The problem with Hollywood? It doesn't do ENOUGH of them
We May Need to Start a Support Group for Hacks Demolished by Jon Stewart (Friday, March 13, 2009)
Jim Cramer joins Tucker Carlson in the "Jon Stewart Crushed Me In Front of the Whole Nation" club
2008 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)
The last word
One Way To Tell You're Officially A Grown-Up (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)
Here's one way
Things I Should Have Blogged At The Time (Monday, September 29, 2008)
I would look really smart today if I hadn't been so f#@#ing lazy on Friday
Maybe You Can Explain This (Friday, September 12, 2008)
Another one of life's little mysteries
Into the Marsh (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
A random discovery along the Mount Vernon Trail
Good News or Bad News? No Idea (Friday, August 22, 2008)
There's a Bill Hicks biopic in the works -- but with a surprising lead
A Good Reason Not to Take Greyhound (Thursday, August 7, 2008)
Namely, not being beheaded and cannibalized
In Case You Hadn't Already Figured This Out (Tuesday, July 29, 2008)
Time for an episode of Tales of the Painfully Obvious
It's George Carlin's World, We Just Live in It (Monday, June 23, 2008)
A look back at the life and impact of a legendary comic
Marriage and Equality (Tuesday, June 17, 2008)
California opens its mind to same-sex marriage; I revisit a JWM classic on the subject
Inventing Situations (Tuesday, May 13, 2008)
The theme song for the YouTube age?
Goddamnit, Now I Have to Buy a Blu-Ray Player (Friday, May 9, 2008)
Criterion jumps on the HD bandwagon
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Highlights (Friday, April 18, 2008)
A new photo collection of some of the most interesting bits of the National Air and Space Museum's new annex facility
Things I Am Unreasonably Excited About (Thursday, January 3, 2008)
"There Will Be Blood", for one
JWM: Best of 2007 (Wednesday, December 26, 2007)
Looking back on the posts from this year that sucked the least
Let Us Give Thanks For Once-Every-Five-Years Or So Redesigns (Saturday, November 24, 2007)
Facelift for JWM
Questions That You Will Never Find Out the Answers To (Monday, November 19, 2007)
Soylent Green is made from PEOPLE!
Your Tax Dollars at Work? (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)
OK, this is weird
How to Recognize the Future Before It Lands On You (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)
... with apologies to Cory Doctorow, who came up with that phrase
On Free Speech (Monday, September 24, 2007)
... since some people apparently need a reminder
"Dodos" Now On DVD (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)
If you haven't seen it yet... here's your chance
When I Hear "Web 2.0", I Reach For My Revolver (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)
Seriously, people, get over yourselves
HOWTO: Get Out of Debt (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)
A few simple principles
What's Worth Listening To? (Thursday, June 28, 2007)
You tell me
Crazy Judge Gets Nothing (Monday, June 25, 2007)
Missing pants suit dismissed
Holy God (Sunday, June 24, 2007)
Doh!
Why I Can't Take Digg Seriously, Vol. 2 (Thursday, May 17, 2007)
More evidence! As if it was needed
Baby Names That Were More Popular Than "Jason" in 2006 (Monday, May 14, 2007)
There were 54!
"Coasting" Is Also Bullshit (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)
Why don't people ride bikes??? Gee, I wonder
Bikes Are Bullshit (Monday, May 7, 2007)
Seriously. They are
In Case You Were Wondering... (Thursday, May 3, 2007)
I wonder how much the shirt costs?
Peter Jackson's 'King Kong' (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)
Never in modern film has a camera so drooled over an actress
'Dodos' Coming to Cable, DVD (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)
"Flock of Dodos", the excellent documentary about the "intelligent design" movement that I have told you about before, will soon...
In Which Something I Predicted Five Years Ago Comes True (Monday, April 2, 2007)
Well, whaddaya know
Call for Inspiration (Thursday, March 15, 2007)
This means YOU, bub
Why I Can't Take Digg Seriously (Thursday, February 15, 2007)
This sums up pretty well why I have trouble taking Digg seriously as a news site: Only two of the...
This Thursday, Be a Dodo! (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)
If you're in DC, here's your chance
Sunday Morning Talk Shows: Fire Hoses of Bullshit (Sunday, February 11, 2007)
And they're pointed right at YOU! DUCK!
"Get Over It" (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)
State legislator opens mouth, inserts entire foot and most of leg
One Nice Thing (Friday, January 19, 2007)
I am easy to please, it turns out
Open the Windows (Saturday, January 6, 2007)
The high temperature in my neighborhood today: 74 degrees.On January 6. WTF? ...
Ya Think? (Monday, October 30, 2006)
Captain Obvious to the rescue
How To Wreck Your Finances By Buying a PlayStation 3 (Wednesday, October 18, 2006)
It's easier than you think
Electronic Voting F@#$s Up Another Election (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)
And the beat goes on
Two Sides to the Same Story (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)
This is interesting... Clint Eastwood has a new movie coming out this fall. It's called "Flags of Our Fathers" and...
Why Not Say He Fell Down the Stairs? (Thursday, July 27, 2006)
That would be about as plausible an explanation as this one
Ick. Just, Ick. (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)
One more reason to hate US Airways
The Wisdom of Al Swearengen (Sunday, July 9, 2006)
Behold the eloquence of a murdering cocksucker
Turning a Bad Idea into a Good Movie (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)
A Miami Vice movie sure sounds like a bad idea. Here's why it isn't
Because Learning From Mistakes Is For Wusses (Saturday, June 17, 2006)
If I were an astronaut, I sure wouldn't be thrilled to see stories like this showing up before my flight:...
"The World is The Palette" (Friday, June 16, 2006)
Here's a clever idea
How To Find New Movies You Will Love (Sunday, May 21, 2006)
Some of you may be wondering why I took the time to write a post beating up on screenwriter Akiva...
Akiva Goldsman Strikes Again (Friday, May 19, 2006)
Who do you call when you need a bad screenplay? Meet Akiva Goldsman
What a F#@$ing Bummer (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)
So I turn on the radio yesterday and find out that the only reason to listen to terrestrial radio these...
Taxes (Monday, April 17, 2006)
Since tonight is the deadline for filing Federal income taxes in most of the country, I thought now would be...
Guy Blogs, For Guys (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)
About guy stuff
Awwww (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)
Here's a special Valentine's Day placemark from Google Earth for you. Enjoy. (Props to Phil Verney in the GE BBS...
End of an Era (Tuesday, February 7, 2006)
Baby, my heart's on fire; send me a kiss by wiiiiiiire... oh wait, you can't anymore
Flock of Dodos (Wednesday, January 4, 2006)
How intelligent is intelligent design anyway?
Evil (Sunday, January 1, 2006)
Google inches closer
2005: Good Riddance (Thursday, December 29, 2005)
Glimmers of hope in an outcast sky
Great, More Bad News (Thursday, December 22, 2005)
Oh, this is really encouraging....
The Great Depression. Now In Color (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)
See the era like you probably have never seen it before
A Compliment, Of Sorts (Friday, December 9, 2005)
A good idea seven years before its time
Yuck (Thursday, December 8, 2005)
Remember New Coke? Meet Newer Coke
Netflix "Class Action Settlement" Is A Trap (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)
Worst. Settlement. Ever
In Case You Were Wondering What That Great Song Playing Under The Last Few Minutes of the "Six Feet Under" Finale Was (Thursday, August 25, 2005)
... now you'll know
Braddock's Dark and Bloody Road (Part 2) (Thursday, July 14, 2005)
Our story ends
Braddock's Dark and Bloody Road (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)
Exploring the history behind a neighborhood landmark
Agreed (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)
Been there, done that
BFF! Kinda (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, that is
"Dear Fellow Rider" (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)
Good journalism from the Post; bad management from Metro
Nostalgia -- You're Soaking In It (Wednesday, June 1, 2005)
The Washington Post takes a good wallow
For Memorial Day, Do Something For the Living (Monday, May 30, 2005)
Honoring those who risk all, every day
Paradox On Demand (Sunday, May 29, 2005)
Lose yourself in epic strategy, without waiting for UPS
Did He Really Say That? (Tuesday, May 10, 2005)
Yes, yes he did.
MyPyramid (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)
The government "simplifies" the food pyramid
H&R Blockhead (Continued) (Thursday, April 14, 2005)
Privacy? What privacy?
H & R Blockhead (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)
Adventures in tax compliance
Another Case Study of The Great Evolution We're Living Through (Friday, April 8, 2005)
This time from the world of home audio
Wave That Flag! (Thursday, April 7, 2005)
Seriously, what could be a more American story than this?
RIP: Mitch Hedberg (Thursday, March 31, 2005)
Dead at the ripe old age of 37
Tired (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)
Yawn
RIP: Jef Raskin (Sunday, February 27, 2005)
A computing pioneer passes on
Kottke, Sticking It to the Man (Tuesday, February 22, 2005)
Diving head first into the deep end
Sprint: Bastard Whoremongers From Hell (Friday, February 4, 2005)
I call 'em like I see 'em
One Year On (Saturday, January 29, 2005)
Remembering a trial by videotape
Truth Really Is Stranger Than Fiction (Wednesday, January 19, 2005)
And the proof is on CNN.com
Lesson #1 From the Virtual Case File Failure (Wednesday, January 19, 2005)
There's lots of lessons squandering $170 million can buy. Here's the important one
New CNN Prez Puts Crossfire Out of Misery (Thursday, January 6, 2005)
And it's not pretty
Christmas Day Catblogging (Saturday, December 25, 2004)
Come join the holiday navel-gazing
The Boys' Club (Friday, December 17, 2004)
... is at Viacom, apparently
A Personal Note (Friday, December 17, 2004)
Nothing important
Woman Threatened By Telemarketer (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)
I got your do-not-call list right here!
Now How Much Would You Pay? (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)
For most people, it might be more than you think
Another Bad Idea: "Chrismukkah" (Friday, December 3, 2004)
Why not just call it Shoppingmas
Americans: Idiots? (Tuesday, November 23, 2004)
Apparently so
Mom Update (Friday, November 19, 2004)
Don't worry, it's good
North Korean Luxury (Monday, November 1, 2004)
Or what passes for it
Wow (Thursday, October 28, 2004)
Time flies
ALCS Game 7 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)
Wow
Child's Play DC (Wednesday, October 20, 2004)
Charity times 5 from Penny Arcade
"What Barry Says" (Thursday, October 7, 2004)
It's not flattering
Ev Is Moving On (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)
Blogger founder steps down
What Will We Call the Expos Now? (Thursday, September 30, 2004)
Here's one good idea
What Was That Motto Again? (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)
It had something to do with evil. I think
Halley Explains It All (Monday, September 20, 2004)
Halley Suitt is explaining to us dumb guys what we should be doing on dates (part I, part II): What...
GBV Wraps It Up (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)
Dayton, Ohio's hardest working indie rockers finally call it quits. Kind of
Yawn (Thursday, August 5, 2004)
I'm sorry, am I keeping you up?
FAA Approves Sport-Pilot License (Wednesday, July 21, 2004)
Making flying easier and more affordable
Blockbuster's Netflix Killer (Friday, July 16, 2004)
Took 'em long enough
Horror Beyond Imagining (Friday, July 9, 2004)
Just when you thought things couldn't get worse...
Pot Meets Kettle (Wednesday, July 7, 2004)
Oh, come on now
Where Potato Chips Come From (Monday, July 5, 2004)
Be careful what you ask me...
Verified Voting -- They Deserve Your Support (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)
Fighting the wave of badly designed e-voting systems
WTF is This? (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)
Maybe you know, 'cuz I don't
Why XM Doesn't Carry NPR (Tuesday, June 1, 2004)
Finally, a decent answer
Dean and DFA Tell Congress: "Count Every Vote" (Friday, May 28, 2004)
We want a paper trail
Search Engine Optimization Through Web Accessibility (Tuesday, May 25, 2004)
Two birds with one stone
If the Shoe Fits (Thursday, May 13, 2004)
... the RIAA will demand license fees for socks
97X Going Dark After All (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)
Dammit dammit dammit
WOXY Goes Web-Only (Tuesday, April 27, 2004)
An end to the over-the-air "future of rock and roll"
The Glorious Day Has Arrived (Friday, April 23, 2004)
Shaolin Soccer opens today
Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters (Thursday, April 22, 2004)
Good omens
Up is Down, Right is Left (Thursday, April 15, 2004)
It makes sense! Trust us
Trapped in a Heart-Shaped Box (Monday, April 5, 2004)
Some days I know how he felt
Girl Power Starts With A Big $(&@#ing Gun (Monday, March 22, 2004)
Captain "K.C." Campbell tells her A-10 survival story at the Air and Space Museum
Getting It Wrong, Revisited (Monday, March 15, 2004)
Rolling up my sleeves
Getting It Wrong (Monday, March 15, 2004)
Marginal Revolution, less than marginally incorrect
The Google Ad Flap Hits the Business Press (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)
Some perspective from the dollars-and-cents side of the world
Spalding Gray's Body Found (Monday, March 8, 2004)
Confirmation comes
Are You Man Enough to Date the Pretty Pretty Princess? (Thursday, March 4, 2004)
You wish you did
McDonald's To Stop Super-Sizing (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)
This is progress!
Bottled Water, Straight From the Tap (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)
Yum!
Oh Well (Monday, March 1, 2004)
(sigh)
We're Not Alone (Friday, February 27, 2004)
Ugh
Awwwww (Friday, February 27, 2004)
There's cute, and then there's too cute
The Not-So-Porn Porn (Friday, February 20, 2004)
Finally, the porn you love, without all that porn!
Washingtonpost.com: Get Ready, We're About To Annoy You! (Saturday, February 7, 2004)
Thanks for nothing, WaPo.com
Lost At Sea (Thursday, February 5, 2004)
Spalding Gray, missing, presumed dead
I Can't Believe We Have To Explain This To People... (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)
... and yet, we do
More Airport Security Follies (Sunday, January 25, 2004)
Jeez louise
Funny Stuff in DC (Friday, January 16, 2004)
For whatever reason, bright young comics are all over town these days
So Much for Hubble (Friday, January 16, 2004)
Another one bites the dust
More Fairfax E-Voting Fallout (Sunday, January 11, 2004)
The weirdness continues
That's a Lot of Candles (Friday, January 9, 2004)
Happy birthday to Tintin
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Thursday, January 8, 2004)
Thinking the unthinkable
Say Hi to Ann, Everybody (Wednesday, January 7, 2004)
Another friend takes up blogging
Happy New Year, Kids (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)
Au revoir, 2003
War as Spectator Sport (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)
What's different between the "Greatest Generation" and ours?
Wiki.NET? (Tuesday, December 16, 2003)
Resistance is futile
What Blogs Can Do (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)
Beating common sense into people
Bribery on the Floor of the House? (Monday, December 1, 2003)
There's a fine line between clever and criminal...
National Weather Service Alerts In Your Newsreader (Friday, November 21, 2003)
Rough weather? RSS to the rescue
Tog on Security Dos and D'ohLTs (Thursday, November 20, 2003)
Of passwords and Post-Its
Adventures in Business Stupidity (Friday, November 14, 2003)
Meet Ted. No, really
Your One-Stop Humility Shop (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)
Think you're all that? Think again
Veterans' Day (Tuesday, November 11, 2003)
Out there, we've walked quite friendly up to Death,- Sat down and eaten with him, cool and bland,- Pardoned...
Get Out and Vote (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)
Yep, it's election day
Into the Tunnels (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)
Another guerrilla war, another time
"Before September 11, There Was October 23" (Thursday, October 23, 2003)
In memory of the casualties of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
RSSWeather (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)
Get the weather in your news aggregator
Congratulations To Joe & Anne! (Friday, October 17, 2003)
Two past the bar
The Real James Bond Is Gone (Thursday, October 16, 2003)
The quiet passing of a wartime hero
Send the Expos South (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)
Baseball in Mexico? Absolutely
Tom DeLay Gets His Way (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)
Redistricting -- Texas style
The Most Basic Mistake (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)
And they wonder why Americans are obese
Nazis Take Paris, Again (Thursday, October 2, 2003)
What is it with Texas?
Get Over Your Damn Self (Monday, September 22, 2003)
I've had enough
All The News That Was (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)
The Economist gives a blast from the past
I Love Spam (Monday, September 15, 2003)
Someone stop these guys
Passings (Friday, September 12, 2003)
Three deaths, some expected, some not
Don't Need To Be A Weatherman (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)
Ouch
Today's Great Big Waste of Time (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)
Don't say I never gave you anything
Incompetence: It's The New Black! (Friday, September 5, 2003)
Ignore me, I'm blowing off steam
Helping a Friend (Thursday, September 4, 2003)
Did I mention Alexandria Citgo sucks?
Physics 2, Business Administration 0 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)
Learn from NASA's mistakes
Please Discontinue Your Bloviating Post-Haste (Friday, August 29, 2003)
No talking in the no-spin zone!
What I Want (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)
Warning: bad poetry follows
Dean Surging in NH (Wednesday, August 27, 2003)
From outsider to 800-pound gorilla
Inspiration (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)
Gonna be a loooong day
Get In The Crowd (Monday, August 25, 2003)
Turn, turn, turn...
Fighting Words (Thursday, August 21, 2003)
Words have consequences, even when we pretend they don't
An Apologia for Push (Friday, August 15, 2003)
Oops
Can You Get More Disrespectful Than This? (Friday, August 15, 2003)
Too sad
What's In A Name? (Tuesday, August 12, 2003)
Lawrence Gobright and the RSS wars
Brilliant (Monday, August 11, 2003)
What you can learn from the tabloids
Hidden RSS Feeds (Wednesday, August 6, 2003)
Saved by the defaults
There Is Justice In the Universe (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)
When bad things happen to annoying people
Putting Your "Rebate" To Good Use (Thursday, July 31, 2003)
Paying it forward
Corporations: Bringing the Third World to You! (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)
Brother, can you spare a dime?
John Robb is Back (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)
Taking off the invisibility cloak
Two Ways Of Looking At "Good Enough" (Thursday, July 10, 2003)
Joy Larkin has some spot-on remarks on why many people and organizations put up with Microsoft products: mostly because the...
Into the Mainstream! (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)
Blogging do's, blogging don'ts
UserLand on the Block? (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)
Now how much would you pay?
Missing the Point (Wednesday, July 2, 2003)
Now how much would you pay?
Lobbyists Up, Representatives Down (Tuesday, July 1, 2003)
More from the "What's Wrong With Washington" file
Microsoft and the Magic Coffee Machine (Monday, June 23, 2003)
Software, coffee, and convicted monopolists
Too Much To Ask? (Thursday, June 19, 2003)
More random radio-inspired thoughts
Now That's Determination (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)
Come out, come out, wherever you are
Happy Days Are Here Again (Monday, June 16, 2003)
There's no way like the American way
Run, Jerry? (Friday, June 13, 2003)
Just when you think you've seen it all...
DoJ Backpedals on Gay Pride Event (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)
Ashcroft throws it in reverse
Screenreaders for Mac Drying Up? (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)
Last Mac screenreader disappears in puff of smoke
First Look at "The Incredibles" (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)
Pixar burns the midnight oil
Random Radio-Inspired Thought for the Day (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)
I would give my life to find it, I would give it all... Catch me if I fall....
Playing to Win? (Tuesday, June 10, 2003)
Scoble sells out
Gallo's Bad Day Gets Worse (Friday, June 6, 2003)
Hey, it looks like Vincent Gallo has decided that the fact that his film sucks wasn't his fault after all....
Sweatin' to the Really Oldies (Friday, June 6, 2003)
Those of you unfortunate enough to live in NYC might want to check this out: Shakespeare on the Run is...
More Help For Men Who Desperately Need It (Thursday, June 5, 2003)
You're only pathetic if you let them see you sweat
Keanu: I've Already Got Enough Cash, Thanks (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)
Turns out Keanu Reeves is a hell of a nice guy. Who knew? From Hello Magazine's story KEANU REEVES GIVES...
Who... Is the Man In the Suuuuit??? (Friday, May 30, 2003)
Salon has a great article on one of the hilariously bent shows on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block of programming...
Hitchens on Blumenthal (Thursday, May 29, 2003)
Christopher Hitchens has a great review of former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal's new book, The Clinton Wars, in The Atlantic....
Who Will Stop the Spam? (Friday, May 23, 2003)
Over at Slate, there's a good piece by Steven Waldman about the political rewards waiting to be claimed by the...
Can They Get You An Imagination? (Wednesday, May 21, 2003)
Finally, the service for the man who has more money than creativity (admittedly a significant percentage of us): ScoreBrowniePoints.com (motto:...
Lucky Bastard (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)
Looks like Elvis Costello got himself engaged to Diana Krall. In case you don't know who Diana Krall is: And...
eBay Buys Frequent Flyer Miles (Monday, May 19, 2003)
Anything Points is a new program from eBay that will let you convert frequent flyer miles into "points" that you...
Like Learning to Ride a Bike (Friday, May 16, 2003)
The always-provocative Philip Greenspun has an interesting idea on how to motivate kids to pay attention in their math and...
Where Would You Like to Be in Five Years, Son? (Thursday, May 15, 2003)
Dubya's Resume We can only hope this means he'll be looking for work in two years :-/...
Words to Live By (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)
Ed Cone: "Try weird stuff, see what works."...
Ain't "Democracy" Grand (Monday, May 12, 2003)
I'm writing a piece for Ant's Eye View that will explore this theme in greater detail, but I thought this...
Traps for Bots Block the Blind (Thursday, May 8, 2003)
One of the issues I am very involved with is Web accessibility for the handicapped. That's why I found this...
Watchfire Flips the Bird (Monday, April 28, 2003)
Here's another example for the continuing saga of companies using EULAs to give their customers the shaft: Watchfire, the company...
Windows Annoyances (Thursday, April 17, 2003)
Any user of Microsoft's Windows products is by now probably familiar with the wonderful ritual of patch-applying. I use Microsoft's...
Yum (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)
Ever wonder how Google attracts and keeps so many smart people? Here's one way -- check out Google Daily Menus,...
Envy (Monday, April 14, 2003)
You have no idea how much I wish I could write like Chris Locke... MAN, he is something else....
Taxing (Sunday, March 9, 2003)
So somebody explain this to me. I have a friend living out West who was on unemployment for a few...
Dear God, Make It Stop (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)
"The Streets" are: A one-man pseudo-rap act made up of 23-year-old Brit Mike Skinner, who kicks out the jams in...
Caring For Your Introvert (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)
Jonathan Rauch has a great piece in this month's Atlantic Monthly entitled "Caring for Your Introvert". The worst of it...
Demand-Side Economics (Monday, February 24, 2003)
Here's an item I saw in the Washington Post over the weekend, buried in their "In the Loop" section way...
False Dichotomies (Sunday, February 23, 2003)
Glenn Fleishman wrote an insightful piece recently about how the major media cover blogging. It's very good overall, but it...
Consequences (Friday, February 14, 2003)
When you're planning to launch a major war, you need to be sure your best minds are working on all...
Blasphemy! (Friday, February 7, 2003)
Hey, look! Someone at Random House had the bright idea to hold a contest to pick some random moron to...
Rocket's Red Glare (Monday, February 3, 2003)
You almost certainly by now have heard about Saturday's catastrophic failure on board the Space Shuttle Columbia. The national conversation...
On Principle (Friday, January 31, 2003)
How far would you go to stand on principle? Would you sacrifice an hour's pay? A day's? A week's? Would...
The Great Depression (Thursday, January 30, 2003)
Is anybody else out there as tired of the Great IT Depression as I am? For those of you outside...
'Nuff Said (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)
In her State of the Union address, Burningbird (aka Shelley Powers) says it all....
It's Game Time, Baby! (Monday, January 27, 2003)
Best part of this year's otherwise anemic Super Bowl? "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker", hands down....
$400 a Month (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)
From Scripting News: I asked what [my prescription] would cost if I didn't have insurance. $400 per month. And that's...
"Diamonds Are For Never" (Tuesday, January 21, 2003)
Anil Dash has a great essay up on his blog about diamonds and the incredible contempt for the public that...
Orwell Would Be Proud (Monday, January 20, 2003)
You think we've got it bad, civil liberties-wise, here in the States? You should try living in the UK. As...
Priorities (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)
Boy, if we were gonna identify the one brutal dictator in the world who seems most likely to be the...
Wise Words (Tuesday, January 7, 2003)
Saw this on Bartleby.com and thought it was insightful enough to be worth passing along: "Loss of freedom seldom happens...
Highlights of 2002 (Thursday, January 2, 2003)
A little belated, perhaps, but just thought I'd run down a few of the things I was thankful for in...
A New Year's Blast From the Past (Wednesday, January 1, 2003)
To celebrate 2003, I'm posting something I wrote on this day three years ago, when we were all looking around and realizing that Y2K hadn't melted everything down after all.
Making Connections (Monday, December 16, 2002)
Tara Sue Grubb has a great bit on her blog about getting involved with a local group attempting to build...
SOAP vs. REST (Thursday, November 21, 2002)
Oh, boy... Dave Winer's at it again. Today he's pontificating on the differences between two philosophies of how applications should...
Byrd on "Homeland Security" (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)
There's an interesting article over at the NY Times today about Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV). Always known for his command...
Grounded (Monday, November 18, 2002)
Over on her blog, Jen Klyse is telling an interesting story of her experiences with airline security blacklists -- lists...
Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution (Monday, November 11, 2002)
Well, Tuesday's election came and went and Tara Sue Grubb, the woman I wrote about awhile back who was running...
On the Warpath (Thursday, November 7, 2002)
Are you an Angry Dem? Don't worry, there's lots of that going around these days :-)...
Ridiculously Easy Group Forming (Friday, October 25, 2002)
Sebastien Paquet has launched an effort to work on a problem I find particularly interesting: how to turn Weblogs into...
The Homeless Guy (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)
If there's anything that indicates how widespread blogging has become, this is it -- check out The Homeless Guy, a...
What is Up With Content Management Systems? (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)
So I've recently been asked to evaluate various content management systems (CMSes, for short), and after exhaustive analysis, I can...
Frustration (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)
Did you ever have one of those days when you felt like you could just take the world by the...
Idiocy in Action (Monday, September 16, 2002)
You know, whenever I get to thinking that the depths of human stupidity have been plumbed, someone always comes along...
9/11 (Wednesday, September 11, 2002)
You don't need me to tell you that today is the first anniversary of the terrible attack upon the World...
Bad Moon Rising (Friday, September 6, 2002)
Well, the anniversary of the Sep. 11 attacks is drawing near, and there's bad mojo coming out of Afghanistan once...
Thoughts on the Fourth (Thursday, July 4, 2002)
Two hundred and twenty-six years ago today, a group of men from all over the British colonies in North America...
Jason To Napster: Told You So (Tuesday, March 26, 2002)
Wired News is reporting that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a July lower court ruling that...
Aww, Dave... (Thursday, February 21, 2002)
Dave Winer's Scripting News is one of the most consistently interesting and useful sites on the Web. (Heck, I link...
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