Archive for December, 2006

Apple: Not exactly six-sigma

Posted 30 December 2006 | By | Categories: Site News | No Comments

A major reason that The Entroporium went on an unintentional 15-week hiatus was the untimely demise of my iBook 1.33, pictured at left. One moment it was burning a copy of an Optimo mix, the next it’s screen was dead and an acrid battery smell was rising off of it. This was especially bittersweet given [...]

Elegant Packaging, Cardboard Characters

Posted 29 December 2006 | By | Categories: Culture | No Comments

I’ve been a follower of Tom Wolfe’s essays for over 20 years. He’s fun to read and every so often, as in his essay on “the coming New Victorianism” (my phrase, not his) in Hooking Up, he blows me away. In that piece, which I originally saw in The Guardian while I was in Paris [...]

Slouching towards Fremont

Posted 26 December 2006 | By | Categories: Oakland & The Bay Area, Sports | No Comments

Last night I was taken to task for not blogging in God knows how long. Rumor has it that I’m a good writer, though you’d never actually know it from my output, or lack thereof. Luckily, 3+ months off may (should?) lead to a queue of interesting things to write about. As usual, the baseball [...]