My Dog is Chelsea

Several times over the course of the holiday break, I found myself explaining technological concepts to older members of my family: • The difference between an email and a blog • Why Outlook is not the same thing as Internet Explorer • Why iTunes is not Safari • What makes a Mac different from a [...]

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I’ve lived here for more than a year now, but only last week did I finally step into an Oregon liquor store—an accurate indicator of how few non-beer alcoholic beverages I consume. Anyway, it was unlike any liquor store I have experienced. Instead of inviting aisles of beverages that allow patrons to mill about and [...]

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Latest most useless (and strangely fascinating) use of the Internet: a webcam of the blooming of the Brooklyn Botantical Garden’s stinkiest flower ever. It fascinates me in a Little-Shop-of-Horrors-in-slow-motion kind of way. The best part, I think, is not waiting for the flower to actually appear, but watching strangers point at and ogle what may [...]

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Thank you all for your supportive comments on my last post. I didn’t intend for that story to be as depressing as it may have sounded—and I swear I wasn’t trying to fish for comments. It was one of those late night procrastination tactics (I was putting off writing a cover letter for a job [...]

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