I Heard A Computer Scientist The Other

When It Comes To Consumer Electronics, I'm A Big Fat Sucker, Because Even Though I Know You Should Never, Ever Buy Anything Until The Second Version Of It Is Released, I Just Can't Resist. I Live In A State Of Perpetual Beta.

I Remember, When I Was A Kid, Watching My Mother Jam Herself Into Her Girdle - A Piece Of Equipment So Rigid It Could Stand Up On Its Own - And I Remember Her Coming Home From Fancy Parties And Racing Upstairs To Extricate Herself From Its Cruel Iron Grip.

On The Very Same Day That I Ordered An Ipad 2, I Went Shopping To Buy Myself A Letter Opener. I Like To Cover All My Bases.

I Am Of Mixed Minds About The Issue Of Privacy. On One Hand, I Understand That Information Is Power, And Power Is, Well, Power, So Keeping Your Private Information To Yourself Is Essential - Especially If You Are A Controversial Figure, A Celebrity, Or A Dissident.

I Really Believed That Anything At All Was Worth Writing About If You Cared About It Enough, And That The Best And Only Necessary Justification For Writing Any Particular Story Was That I Cared About It.