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You, the beginner, are living in a golden age. There are three things out there in the world that didn't exist when I was a b...
We're living in a world where you enjoy a great number of possible tools you can use to realize your ideas; the "fit" between you ...
A lot of what I thought was secret knowledge wasn't--it was only a secret if you thought that nothing of any value could possibly ...
Welcome to the beginner's corner. I will be your designated beginner for the duration of this journey. At the conclusion of your j...
Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco and Octiv Inc., the Berkeley-based digital audio innovator, today demonstra...
I have found out that the Bush Administration called off the hunt for weapons of mass destruction? It was buried on page 10, a cou...
In the course of a lengthy and wide-ranging discussion with an old friend, we wound up talking about a particular form of anxiety....
I wasn't planning on googling drug-smuggling secrets...
Here is a local favorite--a curried Zucchini soup with coconut that we found in Molly O'Neill's fantastic year-round cookbook "A W...
An amazing part of my breakfast reading was provided by a fascinating article in the New York Times Science section consisting of ...
This is the Arts and Crafts column
The radiophonic portion of my life has an annual ritual associated with it that might surprise no one; a top ten. It's that time a...
Here is a very brief outline on the Ukraine and its current situation. If you're only starting to notice all those news items, thi...
Sometimes, you're just not in the mood for hard-hitting or even chatty bloggery. In these times, perhaps recursive zoomable artwor...
I'm reading at the moment, since there's not a lot of listening I can do. An ear infection I thought I'd whipped earlier return...
I think I've recovered enough from the ICMC (and the subsequent bout with an ear infection, replacing a wrecked car, and a few of ...
Well, I'm finally back home after having survived two major-league spanking machines--the annual AES convention, and the annual In...
Recently there's been a lot of talk about this new multitouch LCD controller. JazzMutant website. "LEMUR is a handy and modul...
I know you all probably read slashdot religiously. I should, probably. However, I happened to cruise by the mention of an intervie...
Wow. That last thing was *way* too serious....
it's with some surprise that I find myself reading the third novel in Neal Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle" The System of the World, a...
I've been thinking about the Xu Bing exhibition on and off--more specifically, I've been thinking not about the large installation...
I spent a pleasant afternoon at the museum, checking out a new installation by the Chinese artist Xu Bing.
So I thought I'd mention what's been the office ambience during this hiatus. As a critic, I'm never certain about how to listen to...