Joy Larkin has some spot-on remarks on why many people and organizations put up with Microsoft products: mostly because the only thing more painful would be to switch to something else, no matter how much better it may be. No offense to the Microsofties who read my blog, but I don’t believe that “it just […]

Blogging do’s, blogging don’ts

Now how much would you pay?

Now how much would you pay?

More from the “What’s Wrong With Washington” file

Software, coffee, and convicted monopolists

More random radio-inspired thoughts

Come out, come out, wherever you are

There’s no way like the American way

Just when you think you’ve seen it all…

Ashcroft throws it in reverse

Last Mac screenreader disappears in puff of smoke

Pixar burns the midnight oil

I would give my life to find it, I would give it all… Catch me if I fall.

Scoble sells out

Hey, it looks like Vincent Gallo has decided that the fact that his film sucks wasn’t his fault after all. Turns out it’s everyone else’s fault. Who knew? CNN: Reviled ‘Bunny’ could be hot property Roger Ebert: Gallo goes on the offensive after ‘Bunny’ flop Sez Gallo, If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn’t […]

Those of you unfortunate enough to live in NYC might want to check this out: Shakespeare on the Run is a theatre group that is mounting a production of “Much Ado About Nothing” in Central Park. Nothing new there, but their approach to staging is — while you watch one scene, the next scene is […]

You’re only pathetic if you let them see you sweat

Turns out Keanu Reeves is a hell of a nice guy. Who knew? From Hello Magazine’s story KEANU REEVES GIVES £50 MILLION TO UNSUNG HEROES OF ‘THE MATRIX’: Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels… to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters — […]

Salon has a great article on one of the hilariously bent shows on Cartoon Network‘s Adult Swim block of programming — “Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law“, which re-casts 60s minor-league cartoon superhero Birdman as a half-competent attorney handling the legal problems of Fred Flintstone (who’s a Mob boss, the “Dabba Don”), Boo-Boo Bear (the “Unabooboo”), […]

Christopher Hitchens has a great review of former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal‘s new book, The Clinton Wars, in The Atlantic. It’s especially interesting given the history between Hitchens and Blumenthal, who were once friends until Hitchens chose to testify to Ken Starr’s impeachment inquiry that Blumenthal had testified falsely in a sworn deposition to that […]

Over at Slate, there’s a good piece by Steven Waldman about the political rewards waiting to be claimed by the first Presidential candidate with a plan to stop spam. I think he’s spot on in this. There is no more important application on the Internet than e-mail. Period. If all we had gotten out of […]

Finally, the service for the man who has more money than creativity (admittedly a significant percentage of us): ScoreBrowniePoints.com (motto: “Give Some. Get Some”) ships you a frou-frou gift every other month that you can wrap up and give to the special woman in your life, so that she’ll think you took the time to […]

Looks like Elvis Costello got himself engaged to Diana Krall. In case you don’t know who Diana Krall is: And here’s the lucky groom: Don’t get me wrong, I love Elvis Costello’s music, but… I mean… LOOK AT THEM for pete’s sake. She’s an 11, and he’s, what, a 2? Well played, Costello. Well played.

Anything Points is a new program from eBay that will let you convert frequent flyer miles into “points” that you can then use as credit to purchase items through the auction service. What a freaking great idea! I’ve got a bundle of US Airways miles stored away — but not enough to actually go anywhere […]