Horrifying but true: This is only my third Harry-Go-Round blog post of 2009. I have some excuses, none of which are very good. For one thing, I’ve been blogging like a madman at Technologizer, the site that’s been my day job since July of last year. For another, this site was on an ancient version [...]

I don’t have any records on this, but I first encountered Emru Townsend about twenty years ago. Twenty years ago almost exactly–the fall of 1988, I believe. We met each other on the online service BIX, and while we didn’t meet in person until many years later, I count our friendship as beginning when we [...]

Monday was my last day at PC World, after an amazing thirteen-and-a-half year ride. My colleagues threw a wonderful party to say goodbye. And among the things they gave me is this amazing drawing by John Cuneo, one of my favorite illustrators. That’s me (with my phone around my neck–I really wear it like that), [...]

For years, Andrew has been a friend and regular at my Sunday-night chats. I keep telling him he should be blogging. And I’m glad to say he finally listened. Check out Spanish Popeye…

And I’m quietly celebrating a certain holiday–so sue me…

For the first time in what seems like months, I’m here tonight for our “weekly” chat at 6pm PT. I hope you”ll be, too…

Don’t you think Betty and Grampy pretty much figured out the proper response to all instances of cruelty to animals?

If this shows up, I can blog from my phone, at least sorta…

I have a new cell phone with a decent camera, and I’m wearing it on a strap around my neck–which means that whenever I see somethng interesting, I can take a picture for posterity.

Mr. Magoo lives! He’s in the window of a clothing store (at a legendary corner: Haight-Ashbury), inexplicably but happily modeling a child’s [...]