by David | Feb 20, 2007 | culture, economics, working
Maybe it’s self-indulgent or just plain meta, but I must post about my own post on another blog. On this Ipswitch Blog this morning, I wrote about the proposed merger of XM and Sirius, two underperforming satellite radio companies. Skipping the rhetorical...
by David | Feb 15, 2007 | culture, media, photo
A friend of mine (yes, a real friend, not the “so I have a friend who has this problem…” kind of “friend”) has been updating his online dating profile and asked his friends to help him choose among several pictures. The friends generally agreed, but were always...
by David | Dec 25, 2006 | culture, media
Those who have read my recent post, Two Years Without a TV, will forgive me for overloading on trash TV for the sheer novelty of it while hanging out at my parents’ apartment. Last night I watched more episodes of Beauty and the Geek than I care to admit, and...
by David | Dec 25, 2006 | culture, photo
A deli on the upper West side.Patron: “Why don’t you guys open a store on the East side?”Counterman: “Why don’t you move to the West side?”A camera store.Patron: “Do you have Tri-X?”*Counterman: “Never heard of...
by David | Dec 12, 2006 | culture, media
It’s been just about two years since last I owned a television. I love the reaction I get when I say that. It ranges from blank blinking of incomprehension to a kind of fear. I think it’s about the same as the reaction I’d get if I said,...
