About an hour into my workday, I got a Tweetdeck notice for the first time: Unlock more posts by subscribing. And: You have reached the limit for seeing posts today. Subscribe to see more posts every day. Just another new Twitter experience. Everything on my Tweetdeck columns went blank, also the first time that’s happened.… Continue reading

I’ve been a vegetarian on and off for the past 37 years. Mostly on, but recently off. But I’m still bemused by the fact that fast-food restaurants, after years of ignoring vegetarians, are still trying to find the magic key to cater to them. The latest is Burger King, which in Asia launched what it… Continue reading

Another two days of smoke from Canadian wildfires have wafted over where I live, enough to give me more bouts of coughing. Thanks, Canada! Thankfully, it’s gonna now, or will be mostly gone this week. These fires are in the Canadian west, not the ones from Ontario and Quebec that made June and early July… Continue reading