Author Archives: Scott Foglesong

I have a sweet little Dell Studio XPS 13″ laptop that performs infrequent and intermittent service, mostly as a reminder of the PC world as viewed from my elevated pedestal as a hardcore Macintosh fanboy. There but for the Grace … Continue reading →

Having sat/slept through the current production of “Otello” at the SF Opera on Sunday, as freebie seat-partner to a local critic, I can safely say that in a show such as this — close to its Shakespeare original, intensely dramatic … Continue reading →

It is no secret that record stores have been going belly-up at an ever-increasing rate. In fact, about the only thing slowing down the mass extinction is simple mathematics as fewer and fewer stores remain around to go extinct. The … Continue reading →

I don’t get it. Entering a conservatory is neither a trivial undertaking nor an insignificant achievement. One cannot simply fill out an application, pay the requested fee, and show up bright ‘n’ shiny on the first day of Orientation Week. … Continue reading →

A few days ago I posted about my decision to turn a Hewlett-Packard dv7 laptop into a Hackintosh – i.e., a standard PC that is running a flavor of Mac OS X. This isn’t all that easy to do, nor … Continue reading →

From time to time over the past few months I’ve posted a few screeds lambasting opera as naught but foolishness, second-rate entertainment aimed at the lowest common denominator, musical twaddle, and the like. I take it all back. I retract … Continue reading →

I’m having myself a bit of geeky fun today, for no particular reason other than the opportunity presented itself. I’ve had a fairly nice 17" HP laptop computer in my collection for some time now, although I have no real … Continue reading →

So yesterday Oct. 22 I made contact with my inner geek/masochist and bought the upgrade for Windows 7, as a present for my nice little Dell XPS Studio laptop. There is no real reason to do this, mind you; I … Continue reading →

I was ten years old when the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Given that, like all proper red-blooded American families, we tuned into Sullivan every Sunday night, I have no doubt that I watched them. … Continue reading →

Of late I’ve gotten some odd stares from certain of my colleagues, as they ponder me wondering if I’m altogether OK or if over the course of the past some-odd years a few screws have started working their way loose. … Continue reading →