Turn of the Crank

“Loyalty” cards – Big Brother is really really breathing down your neck

A video game that’s good for you

Dennis Miller, the Thinking Man (and Woman)’s comic

Designed for failure [1]

Designed for failure [2]

Digital photography – A generation is losing its heritage

Electric generators: when the power grid fails

Furnace Mystery

Global Positioning Systems & your health

In Praise of audio books and Audible.com

How many mouths can Nova Scotia feed?

In Praise of Coffee

Mac vs. Windows – the definitive appraisal by an industry insider

Mutual Funds –  Reflections on the last half decade.

A new form of humour

"Organic food" is not just for tree-huggers

Pet peeves

Picasa - A great tool for managing your digital photographs

The Price of Oil: why it doesn’t matter that there are no Weapons of Mass Destruction

RFID – Losing another bit or privacy

Scam-o-rama: Where I impersonate Jed Clampett and have hours of fun sparring with a Nigerian "Advance Fee" fraud artist.

Stupid things I wish I hadn't done

Stockpiling for the Apocalypse

The Tao of Technology

The Tar Pit

The wonderful world of iPod

UNIVAC - Early days of the Computer Industry + bio

When Technology Goes Overboard

When the question is more important than the answer

Why is software so flawed?

Windows is destroying the Internet

Y2K (Year 2000) was not a hoax