Steve Jobs tells our customer what he thinks of their industry

We brought a customer out for a day visiting NeXT. Steve Jobs came in at the end for a little Q&A. My sales partner and I braced ourselves for what he might say.

the Alto misguided high-speed rail project between Toronto and Montreal

We’re doing it wrong. Let’s improve what we already have.

Our once-a-decade visit to the safety deposit box at the bank

We don’t visit our safety deposit box very often. But my grandmother had an interesting idea.

Up a Lathe-y River ...

Adventures with a lathe, trying something I haven’t done since I was 12

Kids, come quick! There's a GOAT in the backyard!

32nd annual attempt to persuade my kids that there’s a goat in the backyard has once again failed to work.

Co-authoring books - twice! - with David Pogue

Twice. Not once, but twice, I have co-authored - sort of - a book by the legendary tech writer David Pogue. Oh, and we co-keynoted a conference.

Thoughts I Had While Undergoing a Couples Massage With My Wife

I agreed to do this. I’ve never had a massage. It was the best massage I’ve ever had. Also probably the last.

Resetting toner levels on a Brother MFC-L8850CDW colour laser printer

I’m blogging this strange process involving an invisible key just to make sure I can find it when I need it again - but if it helps you, that’s great too.