Geek News: Keystrokes

I’ve been looking at the columns I’ve written over the last few months and have noticed a certain curmudgeonly theme. In a number of these columns, I’ve done my best to burst various bubbles, from the “$500 Internet Box” bubble to the “viruses will get you” bubble.

Now, my wife probably would say that I “am” a curmudgeon, so obviously that’s the way I’m going to write. But I have another explanation. It’s just so damn easy to burst bubbles on the Internet, it’s almost impossible to avoid the temptation.

There’s just so much nonsense flowing from computer geeks and…