Shove it Jesse

As an Eagles fan since 1999, when Philadelphia became the first town that I moved to after college, I would just like to take this opportunity to tell both Jesse Jackson and Ralph Nader, who seem to feel fit to pass judgement on the decisions of the Eagles coaching staff Read more…

Please Sony, Blow Up My Computer

What a novel concept for a music company, “let’s create software that blows up the computers of our customers!”

What the hell were these guys thinking in the first place? Developing malware to be put onto the machines of people who use their products without their knowledge, to monitor their activities and prevent them from doing things that Sony doesn’t want.
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Slingbox

With this I could watch US television remotely while in Europe. If I connected it to a TiVo as well (which I was extremely proud to be one of the early adopters of) I could finally get to watch some NFL football. Of course, in a year or so TiVo Read more…

Cynicism

I am really ambivalent about cynicism. On the one hand, I love to engage in it and appreciate it. On the other, I find people who are nothing but cynics intolerably boring. But this example from my pal Jack Rogers, where he was responding to a fairly dumb email thread Read more…

Bring on the Genetic Mods

So, it begins with obesity instead of curing baldness. S’ok. It won’t be long now. I can wait a few more years. Say, three or four for more scientific discovery, two more for a specific delivery system to be perfected, then five or so human trials. Bottom line: 10 to Read more…

Fantasy Football 2005 – Week 9

Well, my streak had to end some time. It’s not that I picked bad people for my team, it’s just that none of them put up anything other than mediocre numbers. I bet heavily on the Giants, taking their QB, #1 running back, and #1 receiver… and was sorely disappointed. Read more…

Schwarzenegger Street

This is political flash animation at its best. The only thing that could every top it is the Jib Jab movie with McGreevey popping out all over the place going “I’m GAY! I’m GAY!”

Ann on Amazon

This page has been up a while, and I have been remiss in not blogging about it. Congratulations to Ann on becoming the second member of the Bishop family to publish a book. Way to go baby. I’m proud of you.