Archive for August 29th, 2005

• Blogging Live from the Apple Store (Emeryville)

  I have battled the demons before; and I have lost. I own a Dell; it runs Windows XP. To fight from the inside, I run Firefox and Thunderbird; I use iTunes and Picassa. Apple needs to reinvent the workplace computer. Where I am gainfully employed (fulltime, mind you), we, of course, use inferior Microsoft products. [...]

• When Failure Is Better Than Saying Your Sorry

  The Bush administration has hidden behind the mantra, “If we leave Iraq, the results will be disastrous.” And it has worked. The press hasn’t pressed further, and, in fact, democrats are being attacked for not having a plan. (You know the analogy: the neighbor is responsible for the man who dug a hole for a [...]