I’ve been meaning to redesign this site for a while, to set aside more screen space for writing, both to make it easier to read longer pieces for readers but also to help me focus more on just plain old writing instead of all the other junk I used to keep here. As I sat [...]
In spring of 1995, while using a borrowed computer (I didn’t own one myself) in the undergraduate lab, I noticed a new icon in the main window. It was a blue globe with a snake-like S shape around it. It was labeled Mosaic. It was an early version and you couldn’t type addresses in the [...]
A few weeks ago, an editor at the NYT contacted me asking if I wanted to write gadget reviews for the thursday tech section. I was floored by the opportunity and jumped at the chance. After pitching a few ideas, I got one greenlighted and spent a couple days testing the product out. My first [...]
I can’t begin to describe how happy I am to see that the next This Old House project is a rennovation of a modern house. I’m a longtime fan of the show, and even though lately it’s become a show with too many field trips and high-dollar makeovers and not enough actual tips and how-tos, [...]
I noticed it in myself several weeks ago. I hadn’t touched my camera in two weeks and I had no desire to snap anything when I did pick it up. Then I noticed that I don’t the time or motivation to write up all the ideas that are percolating in my head. Then I noticed [...]
Tomorrow morning I’ll be speaking at WebVisions 2005 about convergence and digital devices — all the cool ways small gadgets can talk to one another thanks in part to open standards and lots of hacking.
Webvisions is my favorite “small tech conference that’s almost as worthwhile as an expensive multi-day big tech conference” conference. It’s cheap, [...]
The writing has been on the wall for ages but the real estate bubble’s getting really bad lately. Now I know my friends in SF have been hearing about it for a decade, but let me tell you: it exists and it’s real because it’s hit my out of the way corner of Oregon.
I remember [...]
I have to admit I’m a bit of slob. If there’s a horizontal surface near me, chances are I’ll stack piles of crap onto it until it falls over. I’ve been meaning to get my act together for a while now and last week I finally took the initiative to overhaul my home office.
This flickr [...]
There’s a new service that will delve into the background of anyone in the US and it’s freaking reporters out, even though it hasn’t launched yet. But you know what’s even freakier? Why reporters hadn’t written about this sooner.
Last summer I was trying to figure out what strange phone area code I missed a call [...]
A MetaFilter user passed away and my condolences go out to his family. I recall his contributions and his entry in the recent redesign contest.
An odd reminder of this will stick around for years on my computer. I now have three names in my email client that can auto-complete, but the recipients will never see [...]
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