Urban infiltrators are the “hackers” of older technologies, exploring the old bones of tomorrow’s ruins.
A couple of weeks ago in the Best of Seattle issue, we cited a local Usenet newsgroup, seattle.general, as “best…
I apologize in advance. I expect by the time this hits the stands on Wednesday you’ll be wanting to hear…
A personal digital assistant speaks volumes about the owner—and the giver
“Slow and steady wins the race” is a maxim hanging over no Web-weaver’s cubicle. Speed is a function of viability,…
Last week, in an eat-drink-and-be-merry-for-tomorrow-they-take-away-Napster mood, I suggested that the problem with the record industry on this issue—the reason they’re…
Mitchell Fox put up a pretty fuss in the Sunday Times last weekend, complaining about people who forward certain kinds…
Jeff Bezos named Man of the Year; fear for 2000.
This heretical idea I’m getting that goodness or intelligence is more interesting than fame comes from, I think, doing an…
Strange news has reached my ears about Microsoft’s latest attempt to look warm and fuzzy. It seems that down in…
This week’s column carries an admission charge: Before proceeding, please point your browser to www.fuckedcompany.com/edgewater.html and donate some of your…
Quick guide to the perplexed, of which there appear to be many in Seattle this week: Not losing does not…
I’m honored to be writing this brand-new column, in this farm-fresh Tech section, in this third-most-wired city in America. That…
Cellophane Square and its used CDs go New Economy.
The online industry has been told repeatedly over the years that if they didn’t create a coherent policy protecting user…
Finding the true meaning of baseball in the Cosmic Baseball Association.
Seeking the wild Yettie and other techish reading for the season.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE a week makes: Observers suspected they were able to gauge how far Microsoft’s lawyers had read through…
Once upon a time, when the Web was young and Net geeks were off the cultural radar, there existed various…
THE HOLIDAY SEASON isn’t an easy time to find cheap airfares; in addition, in the event of high-technical trouble, this…
The most conspicuously successful avatar of Net commerce is Amazon.com—so hyped, so stock-inflated, and so damn smug about itself that…
SimulRing is making people jiggle their knees. A hot product demo pumps up the crowd at a big-ticket event like…
It has come to this: On Saturday night, while respectable folk are out enjoying the early evening Seattle sun, I…
