Virgil's Weblog
Stupid Apple Tricks - 07/08/2010 08:23:38 AM
To replace my aging Palm, I bought an iPod Touch (or iTouch as I like to call it) to be my Personal Data Assistant. For most things, the iTouch is a great device but it seems that Apple designers never went to any time management or business classes. - [More]
 
Robert Berry's Web Site
06/14/2010 12:10:02 AM
It’s high time I got back to writing about the music that has inspired me. I had thought that I’d write next about Mike Viola and Fountains of Wayne (and eventually I will); but my current musical mood prompts me to go in a slightly different ... - [More]
 
Robert Berry's Web Site
Lincoln vs. Hitler - 05/29/2010 11:57:39 AM
It seems clear that in a physical contest, Abraham Lincoln would defeat Adolf Hitler easily. Lincoln’s physical strength, not to mention his extraordinary reach, would give him a huge advantage over the sickly and unstable Hitler. Lincoln would, ... - [More]
 
Robert Berry's Web Site
05/13/2010 11:17:34 PM
After two weeks on the low-iodine diet, last week I finally underwent the long-awaited radioiodine ablation treatment. The objective was to kill off any remaining thyroid tissue that remained after the surgical removal of my thyroid in January. The idea ... - [More]
 
Zeno's Parcel Service
Will work for? experience? - 05/07/2010 01:56:57 PM
On a very deep level this column from John Stossel (no permalink, read it quick!) has struck a chord with me: Do you employ unpaid student interns ? college students who work in exchange for on-the-job training? If so, President Obama’s Labor ... - [More]
 
Robert Berry's Web Site
05/01/2010 04:26:11 PM
Only a couple of weeks after my post explaining how Will Owsley inspired me musically, I learn today that he is dead, having apparently committed suicide. I’m appalled and depressed by this, and I have to confess my reaction is largely a selfish ... - [More]
 
Robert Berry's Web Site
04/29/2010 11:25:36 PM
As part of their emergency-preparedness planning, local authorities are preparing to distribute potassium-iodide (KI) tablets to those of us who live within a ten-mile radius of the Shearon Harris nuclear plant. Our house is just inside the ten-mile ... - [More]
 
Zeno's Parcel Service
Numbers games - 02/26/2010 07:33:49 PM
I’ve always had a feeling that judged Olympic events like figure skating were subject to certain nationalist pressures that seem rampant at such events, but the Freakonomics Blog has helped put things in perspective: In response to allegations of ... - [More]
 
Pat Berry dot net
Thoughts on the Apple iPad - 01/27/2010 10:33:00 PM
Apple's iPad announcement is now history, and reactions from pundits of every stripe are now flooding the Web. The verdict is mixed at best. - [More]
 
Zeno's Parcel Service
Guitar tips - 01/04/2010 06:48:22 PM
I was recently quoted by my cousin, who repeated two statements I made as axioms on the topic of learning to play the guitar. Both were offhanded comments, the product of my rumination on almost two years of guitar playing. The first was my take on an ... - [More]