This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2003, as part of a  series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. May 1, 2003 – In June 1973, lightning struck the steeple of the United Methodist Church in the small coastal town of Ipswich, Mass. The steeple, a prominent landmarkContinue Reading
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2002, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. Tech for most swimmers is finally just now arriving, in the form of waterproof Apple watches, etc. June 6, 2002 – At the edge of a sun-drenched Olympic-sizeContinue Reading
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2002, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. Feb. 7, 2002 – Every day more than 23,000 employees of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services come to work and punch in — literally. TheirContinue Reading
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2002, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. As it turns out, ATMs haven’t actually changed much since then. Jan. 17, 2002 – Twenty years ago, the PC industry was just getting started and looking desperately forContinue Reading
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2002, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. Jan. 3, 2002 – BILL MARSH had a problem: Something was eating his cats at night. ”I’ve got a lot of varmints where I live, way out inContinue Reading
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2001, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’ section. In hindsight, the digital revolution never really caught on for model trains, as the hardware cost too much and the implementations never standardized. Nov. 1, 2001 – AtContinue Reading
Jeff Pelletier and I did SF’s Open Studios together in October 2001, and it was a blast. We did it in the garage of “Albion Castle,” which Jeff was renting with a roommate, on the road to the main Hunter’s Point open studios. I showed photos, and Jeff showed hisContinue Reading
We commissioned this poster to promote Boston.com, right after we launched in the fall of 1995. Actually our PR firm pitched us on the idea, which was to get a variety of local artists to interpret the usefulness of the Internet in a mosaic form. A grassroots marketing idea. WeContinue Reading
I wrote this article in 1989 for one of the first issues of PC Computing magazine.Continue Reading
Shortly after my 1988 Washington City Paper piece on hitchhiking was published, I got a call from a producer for a show called “CBS Nightwatch,” telling me they’d seen the piece, had decided to do a segment on hitchhiking, and wanted me to be one of the guests. The hostContinue Reading
I wrote this article in 1988 for the Washington City Paper. Shortly thereafter I was invited to appear on Charlie Rose’s CBS Nightwatch show (which literally aired at 3am) on a segment he did on hitchhiking. Hard as it is for ex-hitchers to admit, thumbing in these United States isContinue Reading