Today"s Technology
Last night, while I was scribbling some notes at Starbucks, a guy sauntered in, wearing a two or three day old beard, slid his backpack from his shoulder onto the long table normally reserved for physically challenged folks. Then, slowly, painfully, his started unloading the contents of his bag, ostensibly setting up shop. First a music player came out, along with huge earphones , the type you see pilots of 777's using in the cockpit. Instantly, he turned this device on, and out poured some bizarre music that conflicted with the satellite radio station the coffee house had on. Next, a laptop was disgorged, activated, and his Yahoo home page sprang to life . Not nearly finished, the cell phone came out along with at least two or three other gadgets, each being introduced to the table with ceremonial seriousness . I got up and distanced myself from this endless parade of gizmos by seizing a table ten feet away. There's a classical album called, "Frank Sinatra: A Man &a