Thursday, April 13, 2006


End of Civilization? Episode 2
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- My sneaky and never-quite-frankly-admited-to Larger Question in a recent posting about upscale book-jackets was... posted by Michael at April 13, 2006 | perma-link | (31) comments

Attack of the Soul-Destroying Video Screens
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Ah, the wonders of technology ... of progress ... of innovative financing ... Still,... posted by Michael at April 13, 2006 | perma-link | (18) comments

Wednesday, March 29, 2006


Hijacked
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Is your domain name secure? Dr. Weevil woke up one day to discover that... posted by Michael at March 29, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

Wednesday, March 1, 2006


Gossip and Guys
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- When did red-blooded American males become gossip queens? Was it six months ago? Two... posted by Michael at March 1, 2006 | perma-link | (11) comments

Tuesday, January 31, 2006


Surroundsound Blues
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- The Wife and I have been working our way through the Joss Whedon sci-fi/Western... posted by Michael at January 31, 2006 | perma-link | (15) comments

Sunday, January 15, 2006


Hard Drivin' Blues
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- I guess nobody noticed. Nothing about it in the Style section of the Post... posted by Donald at January 15, 2006 | perma-link | (6) comments

Tuesday, January 10, 2006


The Steve Jobs Show
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- You can watch a video of Steve Jobs' MacWorld presentation here. In Quicktime format,... posted by Michael at January 10, 2006 | perma-link | (0) comments

Sunday, January 8, 2006


Steve Jobs Presents
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- With mere hours until MacWorld opens in San Francisco, Mac fans are burning to... posted by Michael at January 8, 2006 | perma-link | (8) comments

Thursday, January 5, 2006


New E-Book Readers
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- David Sucher brings news of a promising new Dutch e-book reader. And Sony introduces... posted by Michael at January 5, 2006 | perma-link | (2) comments

Saturday, December 17, 2005


To iTunes, or Not to iTunes
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Wayne Bremser wonders if the iTuning of all recordings will have a good or... posted by Michael at December 17, 2005 | perma-link | (9) comments

Wednesday, December 14, 2005


More Cameraphone Hijinks
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- A couple of UPenn kids have sex in a dorm up against a window.... posted by Michael at December 14, 2005 | perma-link | (21) comments

Wednesday, December 7, 2005


It's Fuddy-Duddy Time
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- The Blowhards -- at least a few of us -- are part of a... posted by Michael at December 7, 2005 | perma-link | (13) comments

Saturday, November 26, 2005


Spamexperiment
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- While on vacation I decided to run a small experiment. Of my various emailboxes,... posted by Michael at November 26, 2005 | perma-link | (9) comments

Friday, November 11, 2005


iPods and Viagra
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- It's an iPod universe; we just happen to live in it. The iPod Nano... posted by Michael at November 11, 2005 | perma-link | (21) comments

Wednesday, October 5, 2005


Web 2.0, I Think
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- So far as adapting to new computer concepts goes, I like to think that... posted by Michael at October 5, 2005 | perma-link | (18) comments

Friday, March 18, 2005


Best-Ofs
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Visitors may have noticed a new strip of links running across the top of... posted by Michael at March 18, 2005 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, February 9, 2005


Personal Reflections
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Friedrich's musings on being a boss got me thinking about blogs. Great vehicles though... posted by Michael at February 9, 2005 | perma-link | (18) comments

Friday, February 4, 2005


Age and the Web
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- For no good reason, I found myself wondering: up to what age do people... posted by Michael at February 4, 2005 | perma-link | (35) comments

Wednesday, January 19, 2005


Bryan on Digital Originals
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- In a recent posting and commentsfest about photography, a bunch of us started wondering... posted by Michael at January 19, 2005 | perma-link | (11) comments

Monday, October 25, 2004


MT3?
Have any other bloggers upgraded to Movable Type 3? Is it worth the effort? Does it offer worthwhile new features?... posted by Michael at October 25, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

Thursday, September 16, 2004


Digital Culture
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Another week, another perfectly-fine NYTimes Circuits section. David Pogue, who writes about the new... posted by Michael at September 16, 2004 | perma-link | (14) comments

Thursday, August 26, 2004


Image Management
Dear Vanessa -- Digi-photo news: I've been playing with Google's Picasa software for image management, here. It's iPhoto for Windows,... posted by Michael at August 26, 2004 | perma-link | (2) comments

Wednesday, May 26, 2004


Making Music
Morton Subotnick's CD-ROMs Making Music (here) and Making More Music (here) are brilliant music-composition programs for kids that many adults... posted by Michael at May 26, 2004 | perma-link | (2) comments

Saturday, March 13, 2004


My New Kodak
Dear Friedrich -- I treated myself to a cheapo new digital camera the other day -- this Kodak number here.... posted by Michael at March 13, 2004 | perma-link | (8) comments

Tuesday, February 10, 2004


Visual Google
Michael: When it’s been a long, tough day—say, one on which I’ve had to make more than my quota of... posted by Friedrich at February 10, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

Saturday, January 10, 2004


Death By Spam
Michael, Have you noticed that despite the recent Federal anti-spam legislation you're getting more of this stuff than ever? I... posted by Friedrich at January 10, 2004 | perma-link | (13) comments

Thursday, October 16, 2003


Follow Up: Mapping the Cultureverse
Michael: Now that we’ve been blogging for over a year, a lot of headlines I read bring to mind previous... posted by Friedrich at October 16, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Sunday, September 28, 2003


Genetic Algorithms and Their Uses
Michael: Do you ever feel like an “analogue-era” Moses, stuck on this side of the River Jordan, able to glimpse... posted by Friedrich at September 28, 2003 | perma-link | (21) comments

Wednesday, July 9, 2003


Video Game Blues
Michael: I want to announce a very minor milestone of contemporary cultural history. This is the first movie-style billboard ad... posted by Friedrich at July 9, 2003 | perma-link | (12) comments

Friday, June 13, 2003


Free Reads -- William Berlind on Itunes
Friedrich -- We aren't the only people gnawing over the question of how the digitizing of almost everything may be... posted by Michael at June 13, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Free Reads -- William Berlind on Itunes
Friedrich -- We aren't the only people gnawing over the question of how the digitizing of almost everything may be... posted by Michael at June 13, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Thursday, May 29, 2003


Videogames and Learning
Friedrich -- How are computers and videogames affecting brains, thought processes and tastes? Hard to imagine a more interesting culture... posted by Michael at May 29, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Friday, May 23, 2003


Odd Couples
Michael: After blogging for the better part of a year my hard drive is now chock-a-block with pictures I've pulled... posted by Friedrich at May 23, 2003 | perma-link | (1) comments

Thursday, May 15, 2003


Comments
Visitors may be running into problems with our "comments" function -- we certainly are. Re-opening-the-blog kinks that are being ironed... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (0) comments

Tuesday, May 13, 2003


Slimmer, prettier, faster
Hi everyone, Our redone site is back up and functional. Blogging resumes tomorrow. A grateful and happy tip of our... posted by Michael at May 13, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Wednesday, May 7, 2003


Packing and moving
A note from Friedrich von Blowhard and Michael Blowhard: 2Blowhards is going to be doing some redesigning, renovating, packing and... posted by Michael at May 7, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Tuesday, April 22, 2003


Computer Games and Me Redux
Michael: Given your interest in—and frustration with—video games, perhaps a new direct-to-disc film, “Scourge of Worlds” will intrigue you. It’s... posted by Friedrich at April 22, 2003 | perma-link | (6) comments

Link-o-rama
Friedrich -- Will Duquette writes about how a math/econ/techie guy like himself also keeps up a major interest in reading... posted by Michael at April 22, 2003 | perma-link | (1) comments

Computer Games and Me
Friedrich -- Despite age, fatigue, and ever-increasing self-absorption, I still make the occasional effort to get in touch with the... posted by Michael at April 22, 2003 | perma-link | (18) comments

Tuesday, April 15, 2003


The Internet and Social Memory
Michael: Thanks for sending me the link to the page on Rebecca Alzofon's website dedicated to Pierre-Paul Prud’hon and his... posted by Friedrich at April 15, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Saturday, March 1, 2003


Web Folk Art
Friedrich -- Internet folk art, gotta love it. At least I do. * Here you'll find a musical-animal charmer. Be... posted by Michael at March 1, 2003 | perma-link | (8) comments

Sunday, February 16, 2003


Free Views -- Virtual Fireworks
Friedrich -- An instant mood elevator: Virtual fireworks! I find the colored haze and smoke they leave behind especially beautiful,... posted by Michael at February 16, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Thursday, February 6, 2003


Free Reads -- Amy Harmon on computer chess
Friedrich -- It's become one of our themes, I guess: the wonderfulness of digital technology, but the new quandaries and... posted by Michael at February 6, 2003 | perma-link | (1) comments

Monday, February 3, 2003


Free Views -- Overheads
Friedrich -- Sometimes when I "discover" something on the Web, I feel like I must in fact be the last... posted by Michael at February 3, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Friday, January 24, 2003


Ghost Pen
Friedrich -- Another impossible-to-describe Web-art doohickey. It's a pen. It kinda floats. You control it with your mouse. You can... posted by Michael at January 24, 2003 | perma-link | (3) comments

Friday, December 6, 2002


Writing Software
Friedrich -- Do you dislike Word as much as I do? I suppose it's an OK piece of software, and... posted by Michael at December 6, 2002 | perma-link | (11) comments

Tuesday, November 26, 2002


Games and Puzzles
Friedrich -- A few remarks by Glenn “Mac” Frazier in the comments section of the modernist/modernism posting below got me... posted by Michael at November 26, 2002 | perma-link | (5) comments

Thursday, November 21, 2002


Google Searches
Friedrich -- I can't explain why, but the Google searches that have led websurfers to our blog haven't been as... posted by Michael at November 21, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Saturday, October 12, 2002


Google Searches
Friedrich -- Fun to keep track of Google searches that have led surfers to this blog. For every one earnest... posted by Michael at October 12, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Friday, October 11, 2002


New Cultureblog
Friedrich -- A delightful discovery, "Out of Lascaux," an art-history cultureblog run by Alexandra, whose last name I don't know,... posted by Michael at October 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 9, 2002


Free Reads -- Philosophy and Literature
Friedrich -- I'm a few days behind on this, but I thought I'd let you know that the wonderful, indispensable,... posted by Michael at October 9, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, October 2, 2002


Best of the Blogs?
Michael I wonder if one could put together a magazine (ezine?) based on the "Best of the Blogosphere." It would... posted by Friedrich at October 2, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, September 27, 2002


If I Were an Editor 6 redux
I made a major breakthrough today in my technological evolution which made me think of your posting, "The E-book Revolution."... posted by Friedrich at September 27, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Cultureblogs
Friedrich -- Do you marvel, as I do, at the paucity of cultureblogs? Political blogs are everywhere you look, me-blogs... posted by Michael at September 27, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, September 18, 2002


You Want Us
Friedrich -- I'm collecting the Google searches that have led surfers to this site. Here are some favorites so far:... posted by Michael at September 18, 2002 | perma-link | (1) comments

Tuesday, September 17, 2002


Search Engines
Michael Since our blog seems to be developing into a tribute site to Euan Uglow,I went web-surfing and found some... posted by Friedrich at September 17, 2002 | perma-link | (2) comments

Saturday, September 14, 2002


Free Reads -- New Webzine
Friedrich -- "The Mixture," a slick new online magazine with much to offer multimedia-wise, here. Don't miss the video footage... posted by Michael at September 14, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, September 11, 2002


Free Reads -- Terry Teachout
Friedrich -- Terry Teachout meditates for Commentary magazine on the future of recorded music, here. Sample passage: In the not-so-long... posted by Michael at September 11, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, September 6, 2002


Amazon Humorist Redux
Michael Your posting "Amazon Humorist" reminds me of a Mark Twain story. On a speaking tour, Mark Twain was introduced... posted by Friedrich at September 6, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Amazon Humorist
Friedrich -- A reviewer on Amazon who uses the "Amazon Reader's Comment" form as a comedy vehicle, here. Plus, he's... posted by Michael at September 6, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, August 28, 2002


Free Reads -- Cynic's Sanctuary
Friedrich -- This site, Rick Bayan's "The Cynic's Sanctuary," is a well-done charmer, here. A Cynic's Hall of Fame, a... posted by Michael at August 28, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, August 23, 2002


Tivo Redux
Michael We like our Tivo. My wife is the TV watcher in the family, and she loves it. It has... posted by Friedrich at August 23, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Saturday, August 17, 2002


Theory of Amazon 1
Friedrich -- Do you use Amazon.com much? I do as a shopper, and also as surfer -- I can get... posted by Michael at August 17, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Wednesday, July 31, 2002


Pixelvision redux
Michael -- I don't know if you saw the announcement by a new company, Foveon, that claims that they have... posted by Friedrich at July 31, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments

Friday, July 12, 2002


Pixelvision
Friedrich -- Did I mention that I dragged the wife to the latest "Star Wars"? Showing at the Ziegfeld, digitally... posted by Michael at July 12, 2002 | perma-link | (0) comments