A Lipshitz by Any Other Name
Here is one of the most amazing stories about an unthinking reliance on technology that I've heard in a long time. Verizon does not allow the setting up of accounts that…
Kinds of Fun
Sit10 commented on my last entry that a friend had once told her that there is a difference between what men and women find funny. Men laugh because they think,…
Philosophy of Jokes
On Word of Mouth today on NHPR, I heard an interview with Jim Holt, the author of Stop Me if You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. His…
Non-FaceBook Friends, Beware
Pat sent me this article from the New York Times. So if you're a non-FaceBook friend of mine and I don't return your phone call, I hope you'll understand why.…
Identity Management
We joined millions of other Americans yesterday and went to see The Dark Knight. An interesting side note regarding my previous comments about immediacy--the movie opened Friday and the current…
Adventures in Time or Why I’m Freaked Out by FaceBook
Because so many of my friends are completely addicted to FaceBook (and threatening not to be friends with me anymore), I decided to join two days ago (less than 36…
Game or Sport?
While we were in Barcelona, I picked up the European (Summer Journey Double Issue) edition of Time magazine because it's about the games that people play around the world. A…
Reading 2.0
On our trip to Barcelona, I brought several novels as well as a couple of non-fiction books related to my work life with me. I can't stand being on a…
Conservation
Spain (and probably most of Europe) is way ahead of us in terms of energy conservation. Flying into Barcelona, we were struck by how many wind farms there were in…
Back Online
We got home last week from Spain. Great trip and only a little interaction with technology. We did find a place in Barcelona that offered free Internet access and so…
Unplugged Vacation
We're leaving for Spain tomorrow. For the first time since 2000, we are not bringing a computer on vacation with us and so we will be completely unplugged. I'm looking…
Dr. Mario Online Rx
My latest addiction on the Wii is Dr. Mario Online Rx. It's a puzzle game (very similar to Tetris) that came out as WiiWare on May 26, 2008. WiiWare games…
The Real No Longer Exists
We went to Alpine Adventures in Lincoln, NH yesterday with a group of friends to ride the ziplines that they have set up in the woods on Barron Mountain. We…
Wii Fit
We recently bought Wii Fit and have been spending a fair amount of time exploring all it has to offer. There are many things that the game does well and…
Wii Weaknesses
A recent positive experience I had with the Wii exposes a couple of weaknesses in Wii Tennis. Because they enjoyed playing with our Wii so much, Ann and Greg have…
Back on the Wii Remote
I finally played with the Wii again today after staying away from it since my unfortunate encounter with a post (which you can read about here). My hand still isn't…
Blogging for Health
The June 2008 issue of Scientific American has an article called "The Healthy Type", which is about the therapeutic value of blogging. Research reported in the February issue of The…
Did Robin Williams Say That?
Jeannette recently told us about an email that she received that is supposed to be a transcript of a "comedy" routine by Robin Williams. We discussed the fact that we…
Hyperconnectivity
I recently wrote about being connected while traveling and said that I didn't think it was necessarily a good thing. A recent study suggests that too much connectedness, called hyperconnectivity,…
A Tale of Wii Woe
I suffered my first (and, I hope, only) Wii injury last night playing tennis by myself against the computer. Because I was only going to play a match or two…
