The only time someone remembered September 11, 2001 to me in the last year was when a stranger mentioned it as part of the reason he was trying to assault me...

Here are some before-and-afters from a set of photos my parents took on a visit to Manhattan in 1985. I tried to replicate the angles as best I could in the mo...

The Konami Code is one of the longest-running inside references amongst both gamers and coders, acting as something of a shibboleth for a certain kind of nerd....

After at least 15 years of debating whether I should spend money on this, I recently took the plunge and acquired one of my most-desired Prince collectibles....

Apropos of nothing, I’ve become somewhat obsessed of late with the evolution of Eddie Murphy’s career and persona. Some relevant links: An absolutely excep...

I took this photo on a cool spring day twenty years ago, on the day I fell in love for the first time that would last. I’d been to New York City a number of...

A lot of folks seemed to like the Little Red Riding Hood video I linked to the other day, so I thought I’d reach way back into the archives (anybody still...

It’s the first year that the anniversary didn’t hang over everything I do. I’m still aware of it, I’ll always be aware of it, but time and distance and some...

My fellow nerds, the moment we’ve waited more than two decades for has apparently arrived. Soundwave has arrived . He really transforms. And he really plays...

Because this came up at work today, I’ll repost a link to Pop Culture Addict’s look at Grimace , the terrifying/cuddly McDonald’s mascot-blob. The key point...

The amount of information, especially in the song database, at the unofficial home of Morris Day & THE TIME is pretty amazing. I love resources like this...

The proof I’m getting old is that Alison is marking her fifth year of blogging and, instead of appreciating all the great work she’s done, I’m thinking, “I s...

Which Golden Girl Are You?...

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Now listen, I’m glad to see Prince being all everywhere these days. Really, I am. Kinda feels like I imagine my older sister felt about me when we were kids, y...

Current number of days that Michael McDonald’s " I Keep Forgettin’ " has been stuck in my head: Four....

I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but as soon as I heard that J.J. Jackson died , I expected to see a response on Adam Curry’s weblog . I mean, I know they’r...

Back in the mid-90s, as those of you who’ve seen "Behind the Music" will recall, M.C. Hammer went through a short phase where he was signed to Death...

Speaking of mental illness, I am, right now, listening to a dance remix of Whitney Houston’s version of "I Will Always Love You". It’s not merely one...

Over at Starmama’s, a eulogy for the sidin’ scene , mourning the passing so eloquently that you feel like you were there yourself. Exceptional writing about t...

When we were walking around, I was humming to myself, and she asked what I was humming, and I said, “Nothing, just humming.” Because I didn’t want to feel fool...

Today my Internet taught me about the Mexican kids who love Morrissey , which I knew nothing about. Los Smiths, who’d have figured? Andre informs me that Mo...

It all comes back, doesn’t it, to Stevie Wonder? At least it always does for me....

And, from the “I couldn’t make this up if I tried” category comes this bus station ad that I started seeing a few weeks ago: It just begs for a horribl...

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, in their entirety, the lyrics to Hanson’s “ Mmmbop “. You have so many relationships in this life Only one or two...

In case you forgot, the Internet Archive is still sitting there, waiting for your lengthy nostalgia surfing trip....

Also, Bea Arthur meets Urkel ....

IBM PC Announcement 1981 . I am so glad we have a class act like Dan Bricklin around to educate us and give us perspective. He’s truly one of my heroes....

When I was younger, I used to dress much more outrageously. I’m quite fond of telling people, “ I’m old and boring now ” and my chief evidence is that I don’t...

From the realm of old-school web novelty stuff, here’s a link that you really won’t enjoy. Do not click this link ! No, I’m not kidding....

Thirteen is my friend....

And then on the Ides of March in 1991, we graduated from index cards to multi-page missives. I think the first one was seven pages, notebook-sized, front and...

No, you didn’t see what you think you saw. Sometimes Jeff Buckley is the best friend any of us has....

How juvenile am I? Well, it still, a year or so after I first thought of it, amuses me endlessly to call N*Sync’s Joey Fatone by the name "Joey Fat One&qu...

Katie wonders if french-cuffed jeans will ever come back . Which made me wonder, did they ever go away ? I know my feet are blue right now from having ha...

You know, I had almost forgotten that a song could change your life… feels nice to be reminded....

The first date I ever went on, we stopped by Toys R Us while driving around for a few hours. I bought a model ship, since I was head over heels for the g...

In honor of my newly-unemployed status, I bought Ramen noodles today for the first time in years. They’re as salty and yucky as I remembered....

Remember a few months ago everyone was gaga over Golden Shower’s "Video Computer System" ? Well, now you can see how it was made . And in case yo...

Jason emailed me about a bunch of Yahoo history links that he just added, and some of these are really great. I guess I am as guilty of the tendency for inst...

Jack ‘s done a wonderful job of evoking the visceral, emotional impact of owning a music recording . My big-ass CD collection has always served two roles f...

Phew! Man, I haven’t fought that hard since I tried to download the basic version of RealPlayer instead of Plus…...

Is it sad that I still find this graphic so amusing? I know it’s so 1996, so "old web", but it’s just plain fun....

Man, autumn is a bummer. Seems like a few days ago, the weather was all watermelons and lemonade; Now, it’s oatmeal and hot chocolate and I don’t feel like shi...

From a brilliant list , I found that I must put this on my to-do list: …a web page [devoted] to World News Now, Kevin, Thalia, Bill, Shielah, Nissan, Ok...

We’re going to see Fantasia 2000 tonight. Despite some misgivings I have about Mouse, Inc. I think that the original Fantasia was one of the closest things...

It’s kind of strange to me that one off-hand reference to Hints from Heloise has resulted in a peculiarly large number of visitors from AOL Search lookin...