Bill Gates Must Die*
Yesterday, I bought an iPhone. I think that officially makes me an Apple fanboy. My watershed purchase occurred just two weeks after Steve Job’s chief rival—Bill Gates—departed as CEO of Microsoft....
View ArticleBack on the Blog
So, I started this site back in July, during a mental health week from Scientific American. Writing a story a day (or thereabouts) on neuroscience, stem cells, or whatever was shooting me toward...
View ArticleMoving With Heavy Heart, R.I.P. Jerry Fuchs
Tonight, in Brooklyn, friends of Jerry Fuchs are gathering to share their grief, but also to share stories and celebrate the life of an extraordinary person. I count myself as a friend of Jerry’s and...
View ArticleEducation Blogging at GOOD
It’s 2010. After a year of some soul-searching, unemployment-collecting and taking every possible opportunity handed to me, I have finally put together a reasonably solid base for a freelance career. I...
View ArticleRemembering JR Minkel
A charcoal drawing of JR by his Aunt Nancy. Exactly a year ago, I lost a close friend. JR was among the most brilliant, most engaging, and most enigmatic people I’ve met in my life. Though we were...
View ArticleBest Coast?
I’ve been neglecting this space. But I have a fantastic reason. I moved to the Bay Area in late-March! I’ve been getting settled, rehabbing a busted finger, and trying to figure out my new environs....
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