by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 23, 2014 | Asides, Featured, Reviews, Writing
Remember all those concerns about the cheesy new version of iWork? Remember how Apple was moving backwards. Remember how much crappy these apps were supposed to be? Now, try to remember how often Apple updated those old versions of iWork when they were on a DVD and...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 11, 2014 | Asides
Arbitrator’s Ruling Banishes the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez for a Season
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 23, 2013 | Asides
Ahhh, Candlestick Park. I spent more than a few afternoons freezing my butt off in your bleachers with my father. Hope your last Niners’ game is great. Don’t let the fog hit you in the ass on your way out the door.
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2013 | Asides
Shawn Clover has mixed modern and archival photos of San Francisco today and right after the 1906 earthquake. Amazing and interesting at the same time…
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 6, 2013 | Asides
Laurel Snyder on the importance, and reality, of sadness… In the happiest life, there is sadness. Babies cry because they’re cold or hungry, because they have been—however momentarily—abandoned. Toddlers cry because they can’t find the words to express their...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2013 | Asides
From Aaron Hillegass’ theNerdBlog: And don’t even talk to me about retiring early. There are few things sadder than a smart person who retires early and spends a few decades playing golf and waiting to die. If I am really lucky, I’ll push a clever chunk of code...
