clock … watching time, the only true currency

If you see The Duchess, marvel at the scenery and the flip side of aristocracy. The ruling class in late 18th century England controlled everything, except their personal lives and privacy. I suppose the tradeoffs worked for many. But Keira Knightley’s Duchess showed the ups and downs, and all the personal crises happened in front [...]

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FrieNDA captured my 2005 reference to sharing private ideas with friends while asking them to keep it quiet.
FriendDA is Rands’ take on the same concept. His sub-headline for the post? “Slightly more than a hearty handshake.”
I like his slightly different spelling. (Google does, too.) Rands went so far as to write a FriendDA and register [...]

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Google doesn’t lie.
The official site for the new Coen brothers movie Burn After Reading is part of the Focus Features website. But if you search for burn after reading you are offered the official site at this URL: http://www.burnafterreading.com–live.com/#/home. That is the official site, launched as a pop-up (ugh) from the Focus Features site as [...]

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In my favorite iPhone app (when connected), NetNewsWire, I clipped John Gruber’s recommendation for Wurdle. About three weeks ago, I finally spent $2 and added the app to my phone.
Excellent decision.
Wurdle is Boggle, but the finger-on-the-touchscreen gameplay works brilliantly. And you don’t have to be connected, which even in San Francisco isn’t guaranteed. Wurdle grabs [...]

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Via Khoi Vinh, I saw the ASME’s best magazine covers of 2008. The cover of the year says it all with one word, and an arrow. Take a look.

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I dearly love my children. Truly.
Still, the last few unexpected hours of time without the children on a Saturday afternoon has been a joy. Enough said. Among other mundane tasks, I got WordPress up to date, filled out an annoying but necessary application, and solved a problem for my wife. Not hyper productive, but satisfying.
The [...]

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