Jonathan Coulton

I don’t know when I got so addicted to internet access, but I was without it for a couple of days and it felt like I had one eye closed. But I’m back. The ethernet cable in the room no workie, but there’s free wifi in the lobby of my Seattle hotel and I am [...]

A while ago I was interviewed by Bazooka Joe from the Small World Podcast. That interview is now available for your listening enjoyment: listen here. Thanks to some clever editing, I actually sound like I am not an idiot some of the time. Thanks Joe for the airplay.

I know this is old news, but it keeps getting better and better. As you may know by now, a couple of weeks ago Mark Russinovich discovered something called a Rootkit was installed on his Windows PC. A rootkit is something used to hide pieces of software from the operating system, often used by bad [...]

Ah, airplanes. I was in the middle seat of the middle chunk-of-three. The worst. The seat mate to my right (Rob) announced his arrival by dropping a plastic-cupped strawberry daiquiri on the floor in front of my seat, where it miraculously did not splash open and ruin everything. He then apologized if he smelled like [...]

In a couple minutes I leave for the airport – San Francisco, LA and Seattle. Many John Hodgman engagements coming up, check Areas of My Expertise for details. Most notably, John will be appearing on the Daily Show (!) on Wednesday night. I will be cooling my heels in LA then, perhaps wandering around in [...]