Life is currently good. I found out today that I got out of a nasty final I was really dreading. I also got $78 for selling back two books. That’s… Read More »Bliss

According to this CNN article, it is apparently possible for high-tech and industrial terminology to offend people. Using the terms “master” and “slave” to refer to two devices on the… Read More »Silicon Sensitivity

Why is it that there is Braille notation on most public things in America? I realize that it is an attempt to give blind people some independence. I have no… Read More »Overuse of Braille

Sometimes I wonder how much of success in life boils down to luck. Dad always told me that no matter how skilled you are, you need at least one break… Read More »The One Break

I have tried out iTunes & Napster over the last couple days. Each service lets you pay $0.99 for a song or $10 for an entire album. Once you have… Read More »Legal Music Downloads

I ran across a box of old floppy disks last night and inside I found a piece of my history that I’d soon like to forget. I found two floppies… Read More »Blast from the Past

I hate this ZIP drive. I bought it in early 1998 just after I got my first computer. (I sold my trampoline for $250 in order to afford it.) Back… Read More »ZIP Drive

I got back from my excursion to Chicago on Sunday night. I didn’t want to come back. Because of a time shortage, let me just say now that Chicago is… Read More »Chicago

Have you ever noticed that no two people pack the same way? I have a chaotic style: I meander around the room doing a visual scan and grabbig stuff I… Read More »Packing

I started reading a book today called Steve Jobs & the NExT Big Thing. The book chronicles Steve Jobs’ vain attempt to break away from his beloved Apple Computer to… Read More »Steve Jobs and the NExT Big Thing