Spencer F. Katt

So the Beatles and Steve Jobs do have something in common after all,” laughed the Lynx, noting that despite their trademark disputes, both parties now share a hasty exit from India. Back in 1968, it was the Fab Fours sudden disillusionment with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi that prompted their historic exodus from Rishikesh. With Jobs, […]

If I was invisible, then I could just watch you in your room,” cackled the Clay Aiken-mocking Mouser. El Gato was giddy when he heard that the nanotech nabobs at Imperial College London were working with “meta-material” to try to create a stealthy “cloak of invisibility.” The nanotech material being developed would apparently bend light […]

Who will be the next Microsoft Idol?” laughed the Lynx as he scoffed at rumors that Wall Street speculators think the Redmondians might be contemplating replacing CEO Steve Ballmer. “Gates and Ballmer are like Starsky and Hutch, Steve and Eydie, or peanut butter and jelly—they could never break that up, could they?” mused the Mouser. […]

When it rains, it pours,” lamented the Lynx, as he barricaded his basement with bags of Kitty litter to fend off the furious flooding caused by the endless New England rain. The deluged Drudge wasnt just referring to the preposterous precipitation, but also to the exec exodus going on at CA. Last month, Chief Operating […]

You never give me your money,” sang Spence when he heard that Apple Computer had recently won its trademark dispute with the Beatles Apple Corps over whether Apples iTunes music store could be classified as a creative music venture. Alas, the Fab Furballs song was cut short when he received a call from a crony […]

No music and passion?!” groused the Grimalkin, la-menting the fact that his Interop Las Vegas schedule at the Mandalay Bay and Barry Manilows gig schedule at the Las Vegas Hilton overlapped. The Mousers unfulfilled Manilow mania nothwithstanding, Interop attendance was on an upswing from last year. The Furball felt the shows keynotes needed pizzazz, however, […]

And now for something completely different—not!” tittered the Tabby, as the Microsofties queued up, once again, a golden oldie video at the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego. Its not Spamalot, but the video, which was presented during Microsoft Senior Vice President Bob Muglias keynote, still has some Monty-Python-caliber Brit wit. Titled “We Feel Your […]

Rock-a-hula, baby,” sang the Kitty, King-like, when he heard rumors were flying around Hawaii that Michael Dells MSD Capital and a fellow investment group might be looking to purchase the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai along the Kona coast. The Hirsute Hula Boy remembered hearing that MSD Capital scooped up the Four Seasons Resort Maui at […]

How did the unemployed programmer drown? He heard all the good jobs were offshore,” bada-binged the Baron of Babble to a business analyst pal who was in Beantown on—what else—business. “Speaking of outsourcing,” said the pal, ignoring Spencers sad stand-up routine, “I heard Bill Gates is visiting Vietnam this month to examine IT development opportunities […]

Save me a wing,” yelled the Power Meower. A pungent aroma, not unlike barbecued penguin, assaulted the Puss proboscis as he arrived at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. El Gato was quickly informed that he had just missed a small fire at the Unisys booth in the Boston Convention & Exposition Center. “BFD,” cackled the Kitty, […]

Its not unusual,” laughed the Lynx when he heard that 65-year-old Welsh singer Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace March 29. “What is unusual is watching The New York Times report that Google has faced the fact that hiring lobbyists­­­—nonevil ones, we hope—is a necessity when dealing with the powers […]

The French horn shall now be known as the Freedom horn,” the Gallic Grimalkin guffawed when he heard that Apple may drop out of the French market because of a law being proposed in the French parliament that would prevent proprietary music-playing technologies. If passed, the law would force Apple to open up its FairPlay […]