Old age… pisshawww! Back in my early 40′s some sort of strange biological clock ticked over and the species over-mind decided I had outlived by biological usefulness. It immediately slowed my metabolism down to a crawl and somehow forgot to tell me about it. So I started to add mass at an infinitesimal but all too relentless [...]

This week we switched from Comcast 7mb Internet and DirecTV satellite TV over to AT&T’s new U-verse service – a bundle that includes TV, Internet and VOIP phone. This change should save us around $50 a month and give us a faster connection. In general, I am happy with the way things have gone thus [...]

Image by Chewy Chua via Flickr Its an inevitable part of life’s journey, I suppose, that when you’ve accumulated about 50+ years you start to see friends, family and co-workers pass permanently from your life with an ever increasing frequency. For me, it started with a high school friend who died far too prematurely in [...]

The Internet is such an interesting little place. I ran across this little blog entry ruminating on how to communicate with aliens upon first contact. Embedded in this piece is the factual golden nugget that the TV show I Love Lucy whose broadcast signals have been traveling outbound from Earth at the speed of light [...]

After my recent trip to Denver on Frontier Airlines, I’ve been reflecting on how much a difference it makes to have an extra inch of legroom in front of your airline seat. Typically I fly Delta or Continental whose jets are far less comfortable. Especially those small Brazilian jets that Continental flies to Houston from [...]

What a great pleasure it was to meet with some of my very old and special friends this past week. We are talking “long acquaintance” here …  high school and garage band days. My friend Jim – I think its been something like 26 years since I’ve seen him. His brother Ken, bass player for [...]

When the conversation turns to talking about Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook and Twitter, I am amazed at how different their perception of what the Twitter service is all about is to my experience with it. So my idea for this blog entry is to relate a few experiences I have had and describe [...]

Its just a perfect day in Vero Beach, a gentle breeze and uncharacteristically low humidity. Linda and I are kicking back on the pool deck, sipping pomegranate-tinis and contemplating our tropical garden swaying in the breeze. The swimming pool is ice-blue and totally algae-free. Just wear your goggles so that the chlorine doesn’t turn your [...]

The title “Rich functionality underlies Simple Presentation” is perhaps the highest compliment I can pay a piece of software. Achieving this should be the holy grail of software development. Sometimes the presentation is simple but the functionality is also very limited. Other times the functionality is very rich but the user interface is also extraordinarily [...]

One thing you have to give the British is they know how to craft a speech. Check out this gem from a Member of Parliment in the UK.