Rough Drafts

When you install iTunes for Windows, it defaults to the setting that automatically keeps your iPod in sync with your […]

I’ve been listening to Ry Cooder’s album Chavez Ravine for about half a year now. It’s an amazing album —

Set among the servants and masters in a huge, old Irish castle during World War II, this is a masterfully-written,

Seven years ago, I started a company called Utipia with two other people: a fellow journalist, and a talented developer

My story on the Sony Reader and the e-book market is the lead story on Wired News this morning. Check

Bound to Please, by Michael Dirda What can I say? I haven’t felt this transformed by a collection of essays

“Stardust,” NASA’s comet dust-collecting satellite, will return to Earth Jan. 15. Its flight path will take it over northern CA

Hypothesis: Over time, BoingBoing and The New York Times will gradually converge in style and coverage, until they are nearly

The following “comment” appeared on one of my posts recently. Bizarrely poetic. Where the heck do they get this stuff?

Here’s what it looks like in Pacifica today: rock stacks and surfers!