Friday, March 19, 2010
I dreamed last Sunday night that the world was attacked by a group of computer hackers and every computer everywhere suddenly sparkled with the kind of static that was common in the '50s and '60s on TV sets when the dial (Yes, Virginia, there was a dial) was between one of the four stations that most people could get. I picked up my phone to call my colleague, David, to ask if his Mac was equally affected or was it just a Windows thing.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Murphy slept in this morning. He missed a chance to start my day in typical fashion.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Norma Sims Roche of Northampton responded to my request for readers' questions with a few that, in her words, she hasn't "found a straightforward answer to."
Friday, February 26, 2010
The other day a friend of mine was shouting, actually shouting out loud about how much he hates, really hates, all the email spam he gets. I told him that I enjoyed mine.
Friday, February 19, 2010
A recent computer problem came in the form of a phone call: "Paris, I hope you can help me. My name is Phil. I read your column all the time. My wife and I bought a new computer. I've unpacked it, set it all up, but I can't get it to turn on."
Friday, February 12, 2010
I lost a word. I looked in all the usual places, but no luck. I used to know it. It was a good word, too. As I remember, it was a word for an amateur naturalist who records the timing of plant and animal events that are related to the change in seasons. An example helps: someone who writes down every year the date and time that the first crocus appears in her garden.
Friday, February 5, 2010
"Half empty." That's my answer. At least it is this week. I know that over the long haul synchronicity works for us about as often as it works against us, but this week I'm definitely not in the cosmic flow of things.
