Sony has a new full-color 2,5-inch video screen that bends like paper. They haven’t decided how to use it yet, but this is amazing. I can’t help but think this will play into the future of mass media. And I’m sure (or at least hoping) Apple will have a response to the prototype of the [...]

The important overriding credo is that (newsrooms of the future) will deliver the news in whatever way the community craves and is economically feasible, including online video, audio, print, online, mobile, TV or radio. Why is it taking so long for that future to get here? ODDS & ENDS • Ms. Pac-Man for your iPod! [...]

It’s Friday the 13th! Contrary to popular misconception, the fear of Friday the 13th is not triskaidekaphobia — that’s the fear of the number 13. Which is a dumb fear. How can you be afraid of a number? The fear of Friday the 13th is paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. I have no idea how to pronounce [...]

My computer tried to kill me. For a couple of months, the power adapter has been a bit touchy — it has to be plugged in just right to actually charge the computer. So I was used to that. In the last couple of days, though, it was more cranky than usual, and a little [...]