Writing Archive

  • One Nation Under a Groove

    One Nation Under a Groove

    March 25, 2005 (Northampton, Massachusetts) The sky is falling! The iPod! It's ruining our culture! Or, uh, maybe it's just like the Walkman, but better. And since, so far as I can tell, the world did not collapse with the introduction of the Walkman and headphones, it probably isn't going to fall apart just because the storage format for our music has changed. [Photo to the right via Flickr] Read it »
  • Farewell Mr. Hunter H Thompson

    Farewell Mr. Hunter H Thompson

    February 24, 2005 (Northampton, Massachusetts) Hunter S. Thompson departs on a journey to the western lands. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas delivered the penultimate eulogy for the dreams of the 1960's, one that mourned, but also tried to lay the empty idealism to rest. Read it »
  • The Art of the Essay

    The Art of the Essay

    October 10, 2004 (Northampton, Massachusetts) I generally ignore internet debates, they never go anywhere, so why bother. But we all have our weak points and when programmer Paul Graham posted what might be the dumbest essay on writing that's ever been written, I just couldn't help myuself. Read it »
  • Farewell Mr. Cash

    Farewell Mr. Cash

    September 12, 2003 (Northampton, Massachusetts) Johnny Cash heads for the western lands. Read it »