Apple Computer is well-known for its excellent customer service, but what happens when they’re liable for your perversions? MICHAEL BARRISH inspects the details of the case. (Personalities | June 12, 2003)
Epistemology may seem pleasantly bewildering, but wait until it begins to mess with your childhood memories. MICHAEL BARRISH reports from under the beach. (Stories | June 5, 2003)
New York is a filthy place, through and through. So how have we convinced ourselves that it’s such a beautiful city? MICHAEL BARRISH explains a game he invented to sort through the trash and find a better life. (New York, New York | April 24, 2002)
It’s a cold, menacing world out there, and it doesn’t care whether or not you’ve brushed your teeth this morning. But you care and you’re broke. So what’s going to come between you and your hygiene needs? The law? MICHAEL BARRISH spitsbut so minty, so freshin the face of conformity. (Opinions | April 4, 2002)
Back in 1999, Jaron Lanier, a leading figure in the history of Virtual Reality (he coined the term), proposed a revolutionary vehicle for archival storage: cockroaches. MICHAEL BARRISH explains the madness. (Opinions | January 14, 2002)
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