Jim Leff's Slog

Paco de Lucia, the great Spanish guitarist who died yesterday, was grievously misunderstood by much of the world, including some of his stau...

Confidence is knowing you're right. Arrogance is thinking it makes you superior. For more definitions, see all postings labeled ...

Leff's Third Law "The perfect is the enemy of the good" is the enemy of the perfect! Many of you come here for contrarian o...

I love this quote so much that I decided to replay it: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tre...

So Netflix has decided to pay the piper (pun intended). See my posting from Saturday for background. This move leaves me more confused t...

"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." —Napoleon Bonaparte Damn. It turns out Napolean f...

Netflix is supposed to be streaming to me in HD, but, during prime viewing hours, I'm getting only a 560kbs bit rate, which is substanti...

An app called "Flappy Bird" created by an indie game designer in Vietnam become a phenom, sailing to the top of the charts and cre...

My TV-hounding skills have proved pretty sharp. Most series I've latched onto have turned out to be winners. I cheat, though, cribbing f...

Even though I completely misunderstood my friend's email about Mormons , I was glad to be reminded to tie that group into my theory of a...