Month: September 2008

Flexercise.

In the last gasps of the final showdown between fountain pens and ballpoints, Pilot introduced the Pilot Justus. Today, the Justus model commands eyebrow-raising prices on eBay. When it was launched, it tanked. It’s not hard to see why. When mobile phones became as accessible as pagers, pager manufacturers introduced transparent pagers, pagers with flashing …

Slowly, slowly.

You might notice new categories on the left. They’re not really new. They’re from my old blog, which I created using iBlog. I’m finally making good on my three month-old promise to transfer those entries to this blog. This process is like me saying, “Come in,” to carpal tunnel syndrome and making it some tea. …