Can’t believe…
… July is over and fall is coming. Can I get an amen from all my (present and former) students on that? Heck, I’m sure the summer flies for everyone, student or otherwise. When August hits, I customarily rehash all the things I didn’t accomplish over the summer. This year, however, I have made a [...]
So I totally missed this.
Where was I? What was I doing? What the world?? I was rifling through the news last night and noticed that big-time hedgehog Samuel Israel turned himself in — on 3 July. How could I have blown by this? israel I was all a-fluff with the intrigue of it. The guy rips off investors to [...]
Chilly start for Cuil
With $33 million in investment capital behind its launch, I never expected the new search engine sensation, Cuil (pronounced “cool”) to show me this on my first use: Nice. You’d think that a team of PhDs, led by former Google Golden Genius Anna Patterson, would remember to ask, “Hey, shouldn’t we probably buy enough servers [...]
If a picture paints a thousand words…
….then why can’t I have this kitchen? Kay brought over a copy of the July issue of Architectural Digest so I could see this photo of Keith Richards in a Louis Vuitton ad. I say rock on, Keith. You and your bad self and the boss guitar case. The caption on the ad reads, Some [...]
RNF VII
Random Neuron Firings Movie style…. I have to see the documentary film, Man on Wire. But I don’t know if I can get past the ooky factor, as I am terrified of heights. Still, I must see it. It’s one of the few films — documentary or otherwise — that has critics and viewers alike [...]