Hatchomatic

Watching today’s AFC and NFC Championship games, both of which came down to the final plays, I’m reminded of one of the worst experiences of my childhood: (more…)

Yesterday morning, when I was driving into D.C., I caught sight of a large object sliding through the sky outside the driver’s side window. While trying to avoid merging traffic, I turned to get a better look. The object quickly resolved itself to be a large bird with a white tail. Then I noticed the white head and golden beak. (more…)

Already a stir is brewing over an upcoming episode of Modern Family in which a little girl drops an f-bomb (as a joke) during a wedding. But, as George Carlin once said, “There are no bad words.” Rather, there are “bad thoughts and bad intentions.” I agree, but I still don’t want my eight-year-old daughter dropping f-bombs around the house.

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It’s no great secret that I’m an idiot. I prove it on a regular basis, including yesterday, when in an effort to save $250, I ended up spending close to $400.

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Consumer electronics companies seem hellbent on replacing the remote control, the mouse and the keyboard. Touch screens, speech, motion detection and other methods of inferring a user’s desires are all the rage. Too bad most of them make life harder.

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