post bop, ergo propter bop

OK, humor me. Let’s say you’re doing some work at Palo Alto’s Main Public Library. You’re working on your Powerbook and you need to send an email message. You write the message in the email client of your choice (for me that’s Entourage at the moment). You select your office account and hit send. Oops, [...]

Thirty-eight years ago tonight, my family gathered to celebrate my brother’s tenth birthday. The party never happened. Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis earlier that day. Instead of celebrating, we sat quietly watching the news of his death and riots in some cities around the country.

I’ve spent the last couple of days thinking about [...]