So, I hear that good ol’ Steve Jobs is planning something ex-trey special for his Macworld Expo keynote speech on Monday. Lots o’ hype, and superlatives galore. The rumor sites have been scrambling over each other’s carcasses to be the first to be embarrased by their complete and utter wrong-ness. Apple’s own web site has …
So… this bottlecap from my Nantucket Nectars lemonade says “Christopher and Rebecca Sears, of Bedford, N.H., have collected hundreds of Nantucket Nectars bottlecaps.” I suppose they’d have to be as bored as I am right now. Bored enough to resort to actually posting something in my blog to pass the time. Thankfully, Lauri interrupts me …
Magical 5-inch Discs
For the past month-and-a-half, I have been sharing my joy with a new techno-toy to anyone who will listen. Unfortunately, the technology is still new enough that is hasn’t become commonplace, and I find myself explaining the basics to those I hope to understand my giddiness. The technology? DVD. It’s understandable that DVD isn’t well …
Small Town America
Tomorrow is Independence Day (which I learned in my recent reading of Made in America by Bill Bryson, is a curious date for the celebration of our country’s birth— the declaration’s proposal was adopted two days earlier). Thoughts around this time inevitably turn to Americanisms like the flag, fireworks, mom’s apple pie, and the quintessential …
Ultimatums to Myself
Well, the three of you who actually read this column regularly may have noticed that I took quite a hiatus the past few weeks, and unannounced at that. Some of you have even expressed concern that somehow the Earth’s gravitation pull had lost its effect on me, and that I might have been somehow flung …