Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Observations, Technology on Apr 4th, 2009
A couple of days ago Time Warner announced that it planned to implement a tier system for charging its broadband customers. Instead of increasing speed, improving infrastructure, and customer service the company chose instead to pursue draconian measures designed only to promote its own video on demand service. The move taken by TW is indefensible [...]
Posted in Observations, Technology on Mar 12th, 2009
Over the last month or so I have received calls from friends and acquaintances who told me that their email just quit working unexpectedly. All of the computer related work I do now is strictly on a volunteer basis and almost exclusively for residents of retirement facilities. While there can be and often are a [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Technology on Dec 16th, 2008
I’ve been preoccupied the last few days with computer problems. Not mine; however, this unfortunate turn of events was visited upon an old friend who succumbed to one of the ever-present malware schemes arriving almost daily in inboxes everywhere. Poor judgment or simply a weak moment in which he thought he’d seize the opportunity for [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Technology on Dec 3rd, 2008
Until a week ago I had resisted even considering being involved with a social networking site. There were just too many stories detailing the consequences of raging hormones or severely impaired judgment to be enticing. My initial reaction when quizzed about joining Facebook was, to quote the ever succinct Homer Simpson, D’oh! All of the [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Technology, religion on Nov 13th, 2008
Over the years my reading habits have oscillated between periods of extreme immersion and spells of relative dormancy when my focus tended more toward active participation in a particular interest that had captured my attention than in researching that attraction. Back in the 70’s I recall getting hooked on reading everything written about Edgar [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
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