Monthly Archives: July 2007

The other day, a friend of mine was cleaning out his closet (A la Eminem? Not so much.) and dumped all of his old obsolete failing computer hardware on me. Ouch. Included in the swag was a circa-2001 iBook “dual … Continue reading →

Still getting the random blogspam comments, even though I throw away anything with a web address. At least (example in the title of this entry) they're occasionally amusing engrish. Reminds me of one of my favorite expressions: “Your presence here … Continue reading →

This year at Burning Man, I'll be camping with “The Secret Xchange” (which I insist on calling “Camp Secret” because I think it sounds better!) Our contribution/participatory art project will be to provide people with multiple ways of unburdening themselves … Continue reading →

By the way, wouldn't it be interesting if Apple had allowed AT&T an exclusive contract on the current iPhone, but not on new iPhones (or other iPhone-like-products)? Unlikely, but one can only hope.

As part of the moving-in process, I'm opening lots of boxes marked “Office Stuff” and “Random Junk” and trying to figure out if I can throw things away or if I have to find places to put it. One of … Continue reading →

Hi, I'm Fred, and I'm a handheld computer addict. (Hi, Fred!) In high school, my friend Joe taught me how to program a pocket calculator. I think it was Texas Instruments, like the TI-55, or the Radio Shack clone; I … Continue reading →

Finally, a new blog entry! See, I used to host my website from the Mac under my desk, which was great for practice and really easy to change, but gave me an excessive DSL bill and a tweaked custom site. … Continue reading →