Sunday, November 23, 2008
I finally got all the parts I needed, and have re-assembled Jacquie’s old L6 as a working phone. I even have Sir Robin’s Song as the ring tone! I’m not sure what could be better, with the possible exception of the Fish License Sketch. But that doesn’t really get going for a little longer than [...]
Thursday, November 20, 2008
I was sure I had already posted this, but a search reveals I have not. Here is another commandment: Thou shalt not use mail to send data. In my work for a Major Media Organization (Major Metro Media Organization?) we support the publication of horse racing results and betting lines. As a non-betting person I [...]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Fortunately is the title of a book by Remy Charlip. Basically, it follows a day of the ups, down, narrow escapes and unlikely triumphs of the protagonist. Perhaps you remember it? If so, you have probably noticed the same sine wave making itself known in all parts of your life. It’s supposed to start with [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Dear SFPD: Would you please turn off your helicopter and go home? It is late, and I would like to go to sleep. Thanks.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Ralph Nader just went on national TV, on Fox, and asked whether Barack Obama would be (from memory here) “Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom to the corporate interests.” Wow, Ralph. That was perhaps the most ridiculous thing I have heard this election, just a little head of Gov. Palin reading “all” of the newspapers. It [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Well, I’ve got to give props to Senator McCain for a classy concession speech. It was refreshing after he fought a dirty, underhanded, over-wrought campaign of fear, distrust, division and on occasion, outright hatred. John McCain is a flawed and better man than all that. Flawed in that he let Steve Schmidt listen to Karl [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk abotu the “Bradley Effect“, a reference to Tom Bradley’s 1988 loss in the California gubernatorial race in spite of a substantial lead in various polls. My personal instinct is that Barack Obama — facing the double problem of darker skin and a “foreign” name, would need a 7% edge [...]
Taking a break from All Politics All the Time, I listened to an episode of Radiolab today, about songs that stick in your head. Even by the high standards of Radiolab, it’s an interesting take and touches on: (newly) deaf people with songs stuck in their heads, and the psychoanalysis thereof trying to write songs [...]
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Our friends at CKOI in Montréal have just pulled a most marvelous prank, convincing Sarah Palin that she is speaking with Nicholas Sarkozy on the phone. Initial reaction: well, anyone can get pranked. After a painful listen, several things are remarkable about this: she repeats her talking points to the President of France she calls [...]