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Month: March 2007

Follow My Own Advice

On Wednesday morning I signed into my computer to print a document and heard the Windows sound that indicates a device was removed from my computer. Strange I thought since I hadn’t disconnected any devices. The thought was quickly chased from my mind because the PC stopped working in any way that I could detect.   Trial and error, multiple reboots and the other standard troubleshooting I can do when things don’t work as expected…

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Edison the Inventor, Edison the Showman

The New York Times ran an excerpt of a new book to be published later this week looking at the life of Thomas Edison. “The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World,” sounds like an interesting read.

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A Sad Touch of Irony

While eating dinner this evening, the advertising industry displayed the omnipresent need to put snippets of famous music into a commercial to sell whatever the latest it is they think we must absolutely have. Even a couple hours later the product itself escapes me but I’m struck by the sad touch of irony the experience represents.   The commercial used some music from Boston and I remarked to Aimee that as a band they had…

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