The standard advice given to would-be bloggers is to post regularly — ideally, at least once a week. If that’s correct . . . this blog is updated for September!Read More
“Different (Key)strokes for Different Folks” Once upon a time, two ham radio operators who wanted to communicate with one another had to first agree on a frequency. More recently, someone who wanted to use their 300 or 1200(!) baud modem to get on the Internet had to do a “handshake” with the connecting service. How...Read More
“Bring Back the Pony Express?!?” First there was “slow food” — a reaction to today’s fast-food culture, it’s an actual organization (founded in 1986) that now has chapters in every state and dozens of countries. Next came slow travel, slow schools, slow living, slow books — indeed, an entire slow movement. So, in a world...Read More
Back to School 2011 I don’t have the foggiest idea how to bring peace to the Middle East, but I’m happy to announce that I have found the solution to peace in the middle seat (apologies to Gilda Radner and her Emily Litella character). That would be the middle seat in the back row of my car, which...Read More
Same Price . . . For Less?? At first glance, prices at the 2011 Minnesota state fair appear unchanged: the sign at the cheese curds stand says “Still $5!,” and tickets on the midway are the same as last year, 75¢ apiece. The catch? The cheese curds container got smaller (at least to my eye),...Read More
“Where Were You When the Earthquake Hit?” Admittedly, that’s not a question many people in the Midwest were asking themselves the other week, in the aftermath of the East Coast’s first earthquake since 1944. But, my neighbors sure have a great answer: they were in the White House, on a tour. What happened next? Elite...Read More
