E-BRIEFS by James Lincoln Warren I was out of town this weekend, and since my hotel charged ten bucks a day for internet access—which is half of what I pay every month for my home DSL connection—I decided to let my email ride until I got home Sunday afternoon. Sitting in my mailbox was the […]

NEWSWORTHY by Leigh Lundin The city: Palo Alto. A Silicon Valley engineer celebrates his 27th birthday in a Redwood City pub. A little tipsy, he leaves his cell phone on a barstool before he leaves the bar. Customer finds phone and discussions ensue how to return it. Customer leaves bar with cell phone. Next morning, […]

ABOARD THE BUSTED FLUSH by John M. Floyd I like good titles. The Matarese Circle, The High and the Mighty, “The Gift of the Magi ,” A Walk Among the Tombstones, etc. — to me, those are interesting, and eye-catching. I also think it’s interesting when an author chooses to follow a pattern with his […]