Category: Technology

  • Virgin Megastore closing…

    CNet has a piece up today about the closing of Virgin Megastore. Here in San Francisco, Virgin is at a major intersection, so its disappearance will leave a gaping hole in the storefront cityscape. At the opposite end of the same block is the other gaping hole, where CompUSA once stood. We went into Virgin […]

  • Thank an Engineer

    Texas Instruments has a pretty entertaining series of videos up on their website, called “Thank an Engineer”. I realized long ago that the engineering gene has pervaded by entire being – I can’t go near something that is broken without wanting to fix it, or near any non-optimal hardware solution (squeaky door, slightly askew toilet […]