I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry about Japan Tobacco’s “smoking manners” ads, which the company has deployed in an attempt to avoid anti-smoking legislation. As The Wall Street Journal said earlier this week: Japan Tobacco is hoping to keep smoking acceptable in as many places as possible. The ads, [...]
A virtual family feud across the oceans of cyberspace If you’ve been following the comments on this blog, you may have noticed some off-topic remarks in response to my post on global warming. The comments, from a young lady named Jenny Perton, had to do with the fact that she and I, though (presumably) unrelated, [...]
And this will be my last attempt at ink blogging!
There used to be a time when an exceptionally warm winter would be treated as a gift from the weather gods; a time to throw aside heavy coats and engage in the joys of spring at a time of year more usually associated with shoveling driveways and huddling under comforters. Yet, this year, as [...]
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Last year, I had the privilege to blog CES live for Engadget (see if you can find me in the pic at the right). This year, my experience is somewhat vicarious. I am, of course, checking Engadget regularly, and will be sure to practice my F5 stroke for the Gates keynote tonight. But there’s a new [...]
Here’s one more reason print has a problem: This week, The New York Times Magazine published its annual issue about notable celebrities who’ve died over the past year. And, although the issue was dated December 31, 2006, there was nothing inside about James Brown, Gerald Ford or Saddam Hussein, all of whom died after the [...]
Effective today (or, rather, with my next post and a DNS update), I’m switching hosts. If you’ve been accessing this blog via perton.com, it should be transparent; if you’ve been using perton.net, you should update your bookmarks and feed links to point to the perton.com domain (that’s if you’re one of the four people who’ve [...]