Hope, they say, deserts us at no period of our existence. From first to last, and in the face of smarting disillusions, we continue to expect good fortune, better health, and better conduct; and that so confidently, that we judge it needless to deserve them. I think it improbable that I shall ever write like

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On Marriage

• I googled "ME" –looking to confirm it's state abbreviation for Maine– and my own google profile popped up. Try it. #

• RT @ForbesLife: Chicago Bears worst performing team in the NFL. Da Bears do the least with the most: http://tiny.cc/rqy68 #
• Netflix app for iPhone is finally out and it's awesome. I'm streaming an episode of Futurama right now. #
• MIT hackers place a TARDIS on the Great Dome http://bit.ly/9Uf0Xd Or maybe the Doctor's looking for a nerdy new companion? #
• Netflix iPhone app performs well: An hour of streaming video over wifi (listening via headphones) & battery's down just 15%. #

• "The tyranny of facts" is a nice reminder that information overload is not a phenomenon of the internet age http://bit.ly/cbNjOQ #
• 40 yrs after the invention of the PC, we've made huge technological leaps …so why do printers still suck? http://bit.ly/cPPY2B #

About an hour ago I wanted to do a very simple thing: Print a single page document onto a sheet of card stock paper. Anyone who has ever used a printer will not be surprised at the result of my labors. Error messages

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Why Do Printers Still Suck?

Once upon a time, very long, ago, when I was young, I used to dream of all the things I would someday possess. As time went on, the nature of the things I coveted changed, but not the dream of possession

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The Tyranny Of Facts

• The RIAA & NAB want a law that will force gadget makers to build FM radios into their products.. Seriously. http://bit.ly/cQg7ZI #
• Never was man less inquisitive or less prying into other men’s affairs than I. http://bit.ly/aVEgZN #

Image via CrunchBase The Recording Industry Association of America has been flailing around for years trying to rescue an obsolete business model, fighting tooth and nail against the shift to digital music instead of embracing it. The National Association of Broadcasters hasn’t done much better –they represent the old media worlds of broadcast television and radio. Want to see what happens when these crusty old trade groups put their heads together

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RIAA & NAB Want To Mandate Radios In Gadgets

I give, as it seems to me, with good reason the palm to Jacques Amyot of all our French writers, not only for the simplicity and purity of his language, wherein he excels all others, nor for his constancy in going through so long a work, nor for the depth of his knowledge, having been

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Tomorrow’s A New Day

• Wired offers this chart as evidence why the "web is dead" http://bit.ly/atMpEV Except we access most of that video traffic over the web. #
• Chart also seems to measure bandwidth, which gives a distorted view of what people do –web-browsing requires tiny b/w compared to video #