Essays Archive
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Economics, A Rant in F Major
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsIsn’t money sitting around in giant piles indistinguishable from firewood? Money at rest is money wasted. If you aren’t growing, you’re failing, right? Isn’t that business? So now this guy is telling me that, in order to make rich people richer, I have to BRIBE them with tax cuts and deregulation first? Go fu... -
Used Games, Good for Everyone
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsWhile secondhand commerce may not be popular with retailers, it is, and always has been, a prevalent segment of the marketplace. So it can hardly be a shock that gamers are outraged over video game developers considering, and even implementing, plans to block consumers who buy pre-owned games from using those games’ online components. -
How I Switched to Mac and Survived to Tell the Tale
Posted on August 24, 2010 | No CommentsI bought a Mac. It’s taking some getting used to. It’s a bit like being American and adjusting to British English. I’m a little uncomfortable. I don’t really know all of the words. Some of the words I do know don’t mean what I think they mean. -
An iPad Argument
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsI want an iPad. I’m supposed to want an iPad. I’m the demo; middle-aged guy with toy money. -
Fear and Loathing in Lower Manhattan
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 1 CommentThis is not a “teachable moment.” We learned this when we were children… and small children at that. -
The Evolution of Ideas
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsWhen an idea becomes sacred, it forces a resistance to innovation. New ideas are shunned. Flexibility and adaptation are abandoned. Change is not merely discouraged, it is abhorred, and those who would bring change are often ridiculed, sometimes persecuted and occasionally executed for their beliefs.