Monthly Archives: December 2005

Lots of hue-and-cry about the Bush administration and the NSA doing various spy stuff to catch terrorists before they terrorize. Lot’s of drama on both sides: "We need these tools to catch terrorists." "You’re trampling on people’s rights." "Would you … Continue reading →

What do you own? What value to I add to work that I comment on? What value to I add to things that I own when I comment on them based on work that I don’t? When is art a … Continue reading →

No deep thoughts right now. I’ve been down with some kind of plague for three days and the deepest thought I’m capable of is, "Yes… the tree can go in a different room this year." This site is just fun, … Continue reading →

My day job is working as Manager of Creative Services at OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center. One night a week I teach a class on the history of advertising at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). CCAD … Continue reading →

OK. Bear with me. This will take awhile to get where I’m going. Giant, long introduction to the point I’ll get around to making eventually… Alan Turing — who invented the idea of the modern computer (sometimes called a "Turing … Continue reading →