A. E. Housman on Diana Dying Young
Aug 31, 2007
I was interviewed by Greg Morago in yestersday's
Hartford Courant about the 10th anniversary of Princess
Diana's death...
... A.E. Housman's poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" couldn't have said it better: Dying in your prime is exceptionally stunning.
"There's something incredibly poignant about someone dying at...
Last Night at the Village Pourhouse in NYC
Aug 30, 2007
I spoke to a group of Ron Paul supporters at the Village Pourhouse
in New York City last night. The NYC Ron Paul Meet-Up
group had invited me to talk about the mainstream
media's misreporting of Ron Paul's burgeoning campaign for the
Presidency.
I was impressed. It's always good meeting people with
whom you have...
More Darkside of Digg: Is There A Digg Blacklist?
Aug 29, 2007
My colleague iPhonematters
columnist Tanner Godarzi has posted a disturbing piece over on Tech
Blot, inquiring if Digg has a "Secret,
Highly Aggressive and Fatal Content Filter Machine".
Maybe not coincidentally: I noticed the post on Digg this
morning. I read it, found it plausible, even likely.
And now, back after...
A Lesson from AT&T History
Aug 29, 2007
It's always useful to look at history.
Since AT&T lawyers seem to be doing the most grumbling about
opening the iPhone to other carriers, I thought it might be helpful
to look at AT&T’s reign as a near monopoly in American
telephone service, or at very least the predominating force, until
the
“divestiture? on...
A Nice, Quiet Post About Tomatoes
Aug 28, 2007
I picked up a tall, straggly tomato plant at the local nursery last
week. In its better days, the plant would have sold for $45 -
the pot still had the sticker with that price. That
would have been at least a month or more ago. As it was, the
clerk let me have the plant for $7, plus a 20-percent discount.
The plant...