Once upon a time about 1990, a CD called Back Street Symphony, by a British band called Thunder, showed up in the collection of my best friend Charles. “What’s this?” I asked, holding it up. “Oh, man. Check this out.” He reached for it to put it in. Charles has always been a pretty understated … Read more
Do you know that song? Probably not. Almost no one does. It’s an amazing pop song with insightful, cynical lyrics and stellar production. Check it out at the end of this post, if you’re interested. I have all kinds of crap like that rattling around in my head. Most of it is because my dad … Read more
The data storage problem is almost solved. If you were born after, say, 1960, you will see a day on which the entire sum of human knowledge will fit on something portable and inexpensive. We’re mostly there now, actually. The next challenge is doing it inexpensively with no moving parts, and we’re way up that … Read more