Born Standing Up

Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin

My review

rating: 4 of 5 starsInteresting snippets on the life and development of his style of comedy. I liked reading this with “Kiss Me Like a Stranger” in that he knew people during the same time as Gene Wilder, such as [...]

Search engine redux

So, I’ve been feeling like Google has become Yahoo! circa 1999 recently (wow! free email for life!). What’s really all that new, anyway?–lots of results, images, video, news, and other categories. But the interface is just not new at all! This I learned after looking into alternative search engines with a class of students in [...]

The changing face of biking (and the media)

I love my community, especially when the local public radio station does a story on biking around my favorite city. I still remember the days when biking was considered not only perilous, but was considered to be a renegade group by our own mayor.
Now that gas prices are up, the sun is out, and [...]

Green garages

Well, I’m in love with the Guardian again–it’s been a while since I’ve picked it up and said, “Wow, this paper really speaks to me!”  With the release of the Small Business Awards, I’ve learned more about why SF is still great than I have in a while.
In particular, Lucious Garage.  I thought for sure [...]

Jailbreak!

So I took the plunge and released my iPhone into the wild using jailbreak software, ZiPhone. Not bad so far–no crashes, data loss, or pain. I’m lovin’ on the metronome, which I needed for a drum class I’m teaching (and after buying one that didn’t even work!). It’s like a whole new [...]