Category: bodega

  • Writing computer books is slowly driving me crazy.

    I overheard myself just now saying “shift-printscreen! shift-printscreen” when actually looking for the Grab application on this Mac. (Shift-printscreen is PC jargon.) Last night while watching Frasier typing up copy for his “Wine Corner” segment on the restaurant reviewer’s show ona strangely small chunky looking off-white laptop, as he leapt from the table to respond…

  • Should have posted this here first

  • It's Cory's world, we just live in it

    Re-reading How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Panopticon by Cory Doctorow, I am struck again by how on-the-ball and fun-to-read he is. Added Google search to RFB over the weekend and email subscription today (with instructions how to do all dat). Could add same to bodega but don’t know if it makes…

  • Salon 9/11 reading at Cody's this Thursday (October 3)

    Short notice, and Bay Area-specific, but I still thought this worth passing along, from Scott Rosenberg: Readers in the Bay Area are invited to Cody’s Books in Berkeley, where on Thursday evening (Oct. 3) a panel of Salon editors and contributors — inclding David Talbot, Joan Walsh, Jennifer Sweeney and Chris Colin — will talk…

  • No Nurse is Good Nurse

    I’ll send a copy of my Dreamweaver book (or something else if that’s not needed) to the first person who can identify the source of the subject of this entry.

  • Porn is hacking

    Porn is Hacking What makes pornography (let’s stick to visual porn for the sake of discussion) work the way it does? That is, how do images of bodies, body parts, or sex arts stimulate sexual arousal in a way that’s useful for masturbation? Then also have a look at the silicone sex dolls that are…