Nowhere Near the Edge

Video games are often derided as the agent of laziness that are turning the brains of today's youth to mush. Some people, usually those ...

There is nothing quite like Christmas in a big city. Or so I've heard. I grew up in the suburbs, and lived in Los Angeles for the last...

It bears repeating , and shouting from the mountaintops, that Top Gear just may be the best show on television, let alone the best car show ...

If you have clear skies in your area Friday night, be sure to draw the shades if you want to get any sleep. The full moon on Friday will be...

Forty years ago this week, the Stanford Research Institute demonstrated a machine that was the progenitor of the computer you are using rig...

The stars truly will be aligned tonight. Or rather, a couple of planets and a moon. If you have clear skies this evening just after sundow...

At the time we bought the new house, it came with a non-functional old refrigerator. It was housed next to a slim cabinet that was further ...

My commute these days is a bit of an improvement over LA freeways:

Last week, the space shuttle Endeavor made what is likely the last night launch for the shuttle program. An acquaintance from one of my onl...

After a few rainy days, a last heatwave is on its way.

In the middle of a miserable sports year for the area, San Francisco received the happy news today that Giants pitcher Tim Lincicum won the ...

I can think of only a few things more terrifying than being in control of an airplane and suddenly losing one's sight. The chances of t...

Moving is never easy; uprooting kids and forcing them to make new friends and find their way in new schools can be the most wrenching part o...

In another life, this would have been my office. It's the cockpit of the new Airbus A380 jetliner, an enormous two-deck commercial air...

I understand why they exist, but word verification applications are a constant annoyance, and an example of a half-baked solution to an ongo...

Among the many arcane rules of political life that have survived the decades without notice, why is election day the first Tuesday after the...

Remember when MTV stood for " Music Television"? It has been many years since MTV actually featured music as a substantial porti...

It is axiomatic that appliances will blow a fuse or spring a leak the day after their warranties expire. A little known codicil to this tru...

I flew again this week for the first time in a while, and the first time since the airlines began charging fees for just about everything. ...

Big Media can no longer sanctimoniously claim it is not taking sides. The revealing gaffe was right out there for everyone to see. Last nig...