http://dylan.tweney.com Recent articles by D. F. Tweney, writer and technology journalist. en-us Copyright 2000-2002, d. f. tweney / Tweney Media. dylan@tweney.com dylan@tweney.com http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/your-shoes-are.html Wearing shoes is messing up the perfectly-balanced, coordinated bipedal gait that our species evolved over millions of years. (published in Wired.com, 2008-04-23) http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002679.php Review of a mini tool that's pretty handy for bicycle maintenance. (published in Cool Tools, 2008-03-05) http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/organized-chaos.html Bil, an un-conference designed as a complement to TED, brought an interesting mix of scientific and technological ideas into an impromptu and self-organized agenda of presentations and discussion. (published in Wired.com, 2008-03-03) http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/book-review-wha.html Review of a book by Brendan Vaughan (published in Wired.com, 2008-02-15) http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/macbook-airs-re.html Most critiques of the MacBook Air are missing the point, because it's a luxury item -- and it's also merely Apple's first foray into the ultralight device category. (published in Wired.com, 2008-01-18) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-02/st_15denton Interview with Gawker Media founder Nick Denton (published in Wired, 2008-01-18) http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/ces-party-repor.html Mary J. Blige rocked the house at a Monster Cable party at CES 2008. (published in Wired.com, 2008-01-09) http://www.wired.com/culture/art/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_robotsex Filmmaker Michael Sullivan's The Sex Life of Robots centers around a robot baby and his mother scanning their home computer for porn. It shows -- in graphic detail -- the scenes of robot coitus that pop up on their screen. (published in Wired News, 2007-09-25) http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/09/the-most-hated-.html Securities lawyer Bill Lerach pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy, and Silicon Valley rejoices. (published in Wired News, 2007-09-18) http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/09/i-want-my-two-h.html A short opinion piece published just after Apple announced a $200 price cut in the price of the iPhone. (published in Wired News, 2007-09-05)