Join Us at HE2006 and Save
I just bought my airline tix to HE2006, so I know I'm going to be there. I hope you will, too—because it;ll be a lot more fun if somebody else is there, too.
Wes Phillips
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Thomas Dolby, A Slight Return
Dolby's got a new record and is touring. So what does a self-confessed musician/geek do these days? Why start a blog, of course.
Dangling Conversation
Is the art of conversation really dead? Carlin Romano doesn't buy it, despite a few recent books that eulogize it.
Larry Gonick Cartoons
Anybody can make humor out of a banana peel and a hapless schlub, but it take a genius of sorts to game theory funny.
The Gun That Shoots Around Corners
And it's not made by Acme, apparently.
Sarcasm Explained
Of course, if you have to explain it, it must not be that good.
Oh Baby, That's What I Like!
Now I can get a computer case that makes my computer run quiet as a tomb—and makes it look like a Krell or ML33!
The Alchymical Notebooks of Isaac Newton
I'm linking to these because they are extremely cool and because John Atkinson is halfway through Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Trilogy.
Chaos = Order
Introducing random behavior stabilizes systems. In other words, the only way to establish an orderly system is to introduce something unpredictable. My role at Stereophile has now been justified empirically.
Punctuality Is a Tax on the Inefficient
A not completely tongue-in-cheek explanation of the late lunch.