HP ZR30w News

Future Tense: Roll Your Own

By MaximumPC, published 14-04-2011

Once a month, I get together with friends for sushi. We call it ‘Sushi-Con’ and we descend on Sun-Sushi, on Reseda Blvd. in Northridge.  (It’s an open invitation, check my Facebook wall for the next one.  Or follow DavidGerrold on Twitter.) The conversation is generally free-spirited and meanders through such territory as favorite movies, science fiction books, ebooks, rock music, classical music, anecdotes about people not present, interesting scientific advances, current and future technologies, and whether or not the perfect cucumber roll includes oshinko.  A few weeks ago, one of the folks asked for advice on a new computer. Several folks made immediate recommendations, based on previous experiences both good and bad, but I, playing the part of wise-old-pundit, si...