Besides giving me a job, it gives me all kinds of things on which to spend my hard-earned cash. The best kind of technology, though, is the kind that communicates. I recently got an iPad (probably like a ton of other people). What impressed my friends...

For a recent transplant from Texas to Maryland, snow is truly a four-letter word – or so it became this winter. When I lived in Houston and Austin, it was not uncommon for a small amount of accumulation to shut down the city for at least half a day. This winter, I went from seeing less than an inch of snow every couple of years to over 80 inches in a two-month time frame.  I guess you can say my concept of “accumulation” changed this holiday season.