Category: Thoughts

  • Google browser sync is dead. Now what?

    As a guy with far too many computers, well, at least four that I use on a regular basis, keeping things in sync is kind of hopeless. Instead, some computer gets assigned a certain task and all the related files. I use my Macbook Pro for email, for example, and digital photography lives mainly on…

  • New iPhone pricing proves consumers are idiots

    There’s lots of fascinating research about just how truly horrible consumers and investors we all are most of the time. The field of behavioral economics has produced much scholarship along these lines. Princeton professor Danny Kahneman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2002 for his research showing in essence that people make radically different…

  • Kensington’s long-named battery extender saved my flight

    Did you know that it takes a bit longer to fly back from Europe than it takes to fly there? I went to London for a couple of days, tagging along on the better half’s business trip, and my journey aboard two very fine British Airways Boeing 777’s took 6 hours and 15 minutes on…

  • Ah Europe, land of cell phone greatness

    The phone is ringing, it’s 4 a.m. Who do you want answering that (mobile) phone? Me, of course. I’m in London, however, so your 4 a.m. is what we like to call 9 a.m. here in England. I’m on a sort of mini-holiday over here enjoying the many beautiful sights, unusually fine weather and amazing…

  • Paper notes, paper journals, paper scribbles

    Fabulous post (in a slightly obsessive, fanboy sort of way) today by Michael Lopp, aka Rands in Repose, about the qualities that make for a great notebook — not a great notebook computer, an actual paper notebook (cap tip to Gruber for the pointer). Lopp’s got a collection of at least nine different models, including…

  • Unwired for a weekend, re-wired blahs

    I spent the weekend at my 20th college reunion — big fun and all credit to the wife who championed going (we met in college!) over my objections. But it meant there was little to no time for twittering, yelping or any of the other various and sundry online activities I typically engage in from…

  • Tivo already connects your TV to the web content you want

    We’ve been happy Tivo subscribers for almost two years now. We started with a Toshiba RS-TX20 model that also has an integrated DVD player/recorder. That was an awesome combination (just one remote!) but its been discontinued. Not just the model — the whole concept. So when we added a high-definition television set and Verizon’s FIOS…

  • Kindle or no, we still need great book stores

    (UPDATE: In October, 2008, new ownership promised to maintain the store’s essential character – phew!) Woke up and received a slight slap in the face as I read the morning paper today. Seems that Frank Kramer, owner of the very fine Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Ma., is planning to sell his establishment. Make no…

  • Thanks for the linkin’, Mister Churbuck I presume

    Blogger par excellence and Cape Cod resident David Churbuck had me featured on his blog as a good read yesterday. Awesome. David’s own blog chronicles his experiences as a web savvy marketing guru for Lenovo, fishing in the deep blue sea and generally being an all-around 21st century techno dude. Thanks for the link.

  • More screen space, more caffeine, less paper, less noise

    I have recently been declaring my love for my Nespresso D290 coffee maker that brews up one quick & tasty espresso at a time, so I was immediately favorably disposed toward’s Mike Gunderloy’s post over the holiday weekend on Web Worker Daily. Gunderloy has four recommendations for improving productivity for work at home folks like…