Well, it's the big weekend here in La-La Land. Nope, not the end of another winning Pac-10 hoops season. Nope, not the 1000th stirring episode of The Hills. Nope, not the moment when we abandon the rain to ski the...

The New York Times

January 11, 2010

 

TODAY, VIRTUALLY ALL primary care physicians and nearly half of the hospitals in Denmark use digital records, and officials are trying to encourage more “telemedicine†projects like the one started at Frederiksberg by Dr. Klaus Phanareth, a physi… Read full post »

New York Times
January 3, 2010

AT THE TURN of another decade, there are signs of a possible new dawn for the idea of convergence. Many of the television sets bought during the holiday season, for instance, have Internet capabilities, and experiments in blending TV and the Web are moving ahead ... CLICK… Read full post »

Three things made me very happy last night (even though it was Giorgio the houseboy's night off): 1) The delicious vegetarian cassoulet I made. Recipe here. 2) The big, honkin' glass of 2007 Les Hèrétiques I drank with the cassoulet....

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It all started a few weeks ago, the night my teenage daughter got grounded for the first time ever. I'll spare you the details over the transgression (needless to say, it involved boys), and tell you instead that it led...

Summer is not letting go gracefully here in Southern California. The end of August has given birth to dog days of uncommon ferocity, with temperatures near 100°F even on the coast, and raging wildfires that threaten to reduce both our... The rest here. Read full post »

Uff-da! (That's for my friends the Jensen girls, Sally and Jen. They say stuff like that where they hail from.) It's been a busy few weeks. A heady, inspiring, titillating few weeks, filled with great friends, great food, and great...  The rest here. Read full post »

Da Wine Giques were in da house! Yes, Suenarita and her Own Personal Captain von Trappâ„¢ came for a visit, and it was stupendously fun -- but the aforementioned Captain wrote about it much better than I ever could. Since...

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From the Los Angeles Times:

 

2:28 PM | August 7, 2009

 

   “…The Los Angeles City Council voted today for an emergency measure that would prohibit the installation throughout the city of new digital billboards, multi-story supergraphics and certain sign/… Read full post »

My buddy Steve is the CFO at the Inn at Little Washington. The Inn is a tiny, spectacular hotel with a consistently amazing restaurant located in the hill country of Virginia. It also happens to be the location of my...

It was late in the day on Wednesday, about 5:45, as I recall. My eyes were crossed from researching statistics and my ears were ringing from batting away rumors about Peter Jackson ("No, I'm sorry, I don't know what movie...

What's a "meme?" you ask.  Well, it's a postmodern name for those silly bits of media that spread like wildfire on teh interwebs.  Just about anyone can tick them off in their heads:  Evolution of Dance, Star Wars Kid, Dramatic Chipmunk, LOLcats.   Ther… Read full post »

Despite my advancing age, I still have a very hard time believing that we live in world where there is no magic. There's not a morning when I don't wake up and think "today's the day!" and expect some miraculous...