by Scott Feldstein | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | rants, tech
Common wisdom used to be that Apple’s Mac computers were “premium priced.” Which is a nice way of saying that you don’t get as much bang for your buck as you do with a Windows computer. I think there was always an element of truth to that, especially if you just went...
by Scott Feldstein | Sunday, November 28, 2021 | politics, rants
Something is wrong with Americans. Many of them, anyway. I’m not even going to get into the Q-anon nuts, even though some people estimate that they may comprise as many as 25% of Trump supporters. No, I’m talking about the fifty million people who believe the 2020...
by Scott Feldstein | Friday, November 19, 2021 | politics, rants
Seemingly everyone expected he would be acquitted, and now he has been. Was it the right verdict? Maybe. Within the narrow purview of whether Rittenhouse could conceivably claim self defense, maybe. But that only shows that our self defense laws themselves are deeply...
by Scott Feldstein | Sunday, November 14, 2021 | food, rants, tech
My “Keurig K-Compact Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker (Imperial Red)” died a few days ago. The electronics just stopped working. When I plug it in, every light lights up (which is weird), and the buttons are non-responsive. So I ordered a new one. But...
by Scott Feldstein | Friday, September 3, 2021 | health, politics, rants
Ah, abortion. It’s in the news again. The frustrating thing about the abortion debate is that one side isn’t being forthright about what it wants and what it values. This makes the problem completely intractable because no solution ever works, no middle ground...
by Scott Feldstein | Wednesday, September 1, 2021 | rants
I was in a panic today earlier at work. I had a couple of Zoom meetings coming up and I needed some water to have nearby. (Those of you who talk as much as I do for a living know what I’m saying.) So I went to the fridge and grabbed a can of sparkling water, but there...
