“Hi, this is Mark from Experian. We’re calling to update your contact information…”

That’s how I was greeted when I answered the phone just now. This was nominally someone from one of the big 3 credit reporting agencies calling to make sure they had current contact information for their database. Harmless enough, right?
Well… probably. […]

I recently stumbled across a nice thread cutting across my favorite comic strips. The latest XKCD.com strip features a quite literal mashup of XKCD’s stick figures and Bill Waterson’s Calvin & Hobbes. And Bill Waterson was an unabashed admirer of Charles Schulz and Peanuts, as shown in the piece he wrote for the LA […]

I’ll admit it, we watch a fair bit of TV. It’s a mixed bag of stuff - MythBusters, CSI, The Daily Show, NFL Football, Hockey - visually and aurally pretty stimulating stuff I think. Yet regardless of what’s on, our dog, Roni, remains profoundly oblivious. She chews her tennis ball, or lies […]

Just a quick little post for anyone who happens to be looking for some place to register a domain: Avoid Network Solutions like the plague. Their service is overpriced, their website is nearly unusable, and their customer support department is either incompetent or deceptive (or both).
On the positive side, I continue to be […]

My father and I have always enjoyed gazing at the night sky together. As a child, I would stand or lie next to him in some dew-filled meadow, trying to ignore the growing chill and the ache in my neck as he guided me from star to planet to constellation. I grew up […]