A Bedtime Story

“Once upon a time, children, there was a whole industry built on nothing but distributing music.” “Grampa, what’s disturba… distrab…?” “Distributing? It means that a person takes music that other people make and sells it to people who want it.” “Why couldn’t people buy it from the people who made it, like we do?” “Because …

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The OS Wars II: Bitten by Bluetooth, Seeing Double, and Talking To The Palm

During a chess competition a chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk. — Alexander Alekhine I’m well known for being stubborn. Very stubborn. When I run into a problem, I pound my head against it until either my head breaks or the problem does. So far, it has almost …

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