Geekfoolery

Last summer, as gas prices climbed up past $3.50 a gallon here in California, I was increasingly frustrated with my 70-mile-a-day commute, made worse by the fact that LA traffic not only was costing me more than $10 a day in gas, but I was also at least 3 hours a day behind the wheel […]

Mr. Alex has been traveling on business for the last two weeks, and there’s nothing like business travel to test the limits of one’s always-on wireless connectedness to the virtual office and online network of cow-orkers.
I had with me on my two week trip:
An IBM laptop (work).
A Mac laptop (personal).
A Sprint wireless broadband card for […]

My morning drive to work is about 35 miles. It happens to take me through some of the most heavily congested highways and interchanges in the country. On average, it’s about an hour and a half, and this morning, for no discernable reason, the last 5 miles took an hour and a half. If I […]

There’s lots of good, scientific, politically correct reasons to want to use less gas. Here’s one that everyone can agree on: It’s expensive. And it’s not likely to get significantly cheaper any time soon. What follows are a couple interesting twists on some ideas that have been in the public eye recently.

You’re at the airport, and you want to plug in your laptop, but the only two outlets in a concourse large enough to actually land the plane in are already occupied by two people who don’t look like they are going anywhere. I have a sure-fire way to get yourself hooked up to some 120V […]

Can a tricycle be cool? The word tricycle tends to bring to mind images of toddlers on driveways. It seems that respectability derives either from being on two wheels, or four. Three-wheeled vehicles don’t get no respect. Here’s are some three wheelers that deserve another look.