“All things excellent are both difficult and rare”

Spinoza was onto something, I think. And it seems especially germane today. I’m amazed at how often I find myself wondering, “Certainly there is an easier or faster way to do this.” Now, it’s not like I have good reason to think that in those particular circumstances, and I’m aware that efficiency and progress can [...]

Anti-Windoze Computer Joke

This anti-Windoze joke and other variations have made the rounds before, but I thought I’d share a good forward I recently got (which I’m sure is completely untrue except for the comparison Bill Gates.) As a Mac user, I love these jokes (even though they’re less true than they used to be).
At a recent computer [...]

Naming Cell Phones

With all the marketing infrastructure of huge telecommunications conglomerates, why in the world has it taken until now for them to find out it’s a good idea to give cell phones cool names? Instead of SMG-1042XR, they’re giving them names like “Blackjack” and “Chocolate.” This isn’t anything revolutionary or particularly creative, but how in the [...]