Archive for the 'Technology' Category


R8 NOT A8!!

I screwed up.  My e-mail told me. I provided the right link, but I gave the wrong name.  The A8 is a mighty fine car…FOR A SEDAN! Yup, the A8 is the top of the line sedan, the R8 is something all together different.  Twice the price, the R8 is a cousin of the Lamborghini […]

Antennagate

I don’t even use an iPhone.  As I’ve stated previously, I was on AT&T Wireless, the connections were so poor I switched to Verizon and have been happy ever since. But this story fascinates me from a public relations viewpoint. Apple doesn’t respond.  You can call Jobs a megalomaniac, you can say Macs are overpriced […]

One Day

So I’m sitting at the kitchen table, my feet atop it, searching for enough light to read my Kindle, thinking that this book has become generic, that it’s disappointing me and then… Did you get that e-mail today?  The page everybody’s passing from Boing! Boing!, about the making of 10cc’s "I’m Not In Love"? The […]

Prince’s Nonsense

If only they were talking about his music. I haven’t seen an artist this out of touch since Metallica sued Napster.  And even though the heavy metal foursome has been doing mea culpas for years, giving away music, innovating online, they’ve never been able to erase the taint that came from being out of touch. […]