Posts for 2003

My PC has been nonfunctional for months, since a few really unfortunate accidents where I hit the power strip button without shutting down. Last night I finally attempted to reinstall the operating system with a …

So, Zed's improv show. Sadly, noise complaints are forcing Cafe Eclectica to close down -- the cafe doesn't have the capital to soundproof -- so I don't know where or when SF Improv will perform …

Biella Coleman has met her and Paul Ford has pondered her. Geek writer Ellen Ullman will publish a new book, The Bug, in May. Today I received an advance copy. Looking forward to reading it …

I finally got around to visiting Sproul Hall. And now what's in my bag? My diploma! Doesn't look much different than most other computer-printed foil-stamped multi-signed certificates, but tonight I'll tack it on my wall …

More dreams. A few nights ago I walked along a city block and looked at Danny O'Brien's family's weblog. The format: not a candy bar wrapper, but art installations, mostly the hoods, engines, and wheels …

John will recall (if not from memory, then from the very end of his long and funny record of the St. Petersburg trip) the African liqueur Amarula: Monday, 6 August - Closure Costs Extra Morning …

J. Bradford DeLong, whom I should meet someday, presents A Brief Dialogue on Behavioral Economics (The Importance of Framing the Issue Properly), another funny "economists gettin' down" transcript in the tradition of his notes from …

A few of you have noticed the new feature in the upper right corner of the page. I'm using Tonight's String to present you with a different gag each day on the "In Soviet Russia" …

As I drove my parents from the airport, my mother asked about the US political situation. I tried to convey to her the despair. I kind of hope I didn't. Last night I dreamt that …

My parents are in town. They're going to be in the area till early April in case you'd like to meet them. Accordingly, I'll be slightly less available, but only slightly. I met them at …