Correspondence ’97

Letters from adoring fans. Edited for brevity. My witty responses. Prolonged for your annoyance. Name that author. Another way to kill five minutes. This page features letters and e-mail received by me, the Grand Poohbah of Davison Lodge. To assure the instantly...

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)

A little background on encryption and why it’s necessary to keep Big Brother from watching you. Or me, for that matter. My Public Key and the Web of Trust. Encouragement not to make me a solitary, quixotic figure on a singular journey to encryption loneliness....

Deep Six Courtesy of Deep Blue

The end of humanity as we know it? Or a lot of really nerdy people upset over the head nerd being knocked off (beats “up!”) by a machine? From bizarre NBA references to Year 2000 computer meltdown, we’ve got it all. Daryl Dawkins, a moose of a human...

Meathead is a Democrat: The American President

Richard Dreyfuss is boring with a capital “OR,” but otherwise this film is all set to move center stage next time the Democrats run out of material at a fundraiser. Power, romance…and no real sex scenes or else it’d be the perfect Bill Clinton...

Phenomenon: Welcome to Scientology!

Vinnie Barbarino gets hit by a flash of light and becomes the most intelligent auto mechanic ever. Flowers for Algernon II? You bet, Mr. Kotter. From dancer to gangster to Air Force pilot gone bad, actor John Travolta once again stretches himself, this time to become...

Claris Organizer 2.0: Forget Everything You Know

I can’t remember when I was so excited about a software product, and from now on I won’t have to. Contacts, tasks, appointments—soon I’ll be able to forget my own birthday because Organizer will handle all the memory chores. It even integrates well...