Armed with pocket protectors instead of lead feet, the new kings of the road are taking NASCAR high-tech. Continue reading “Fast Track”
Author: Mark Wallace
Land of Our Father
The Holy Land Experience has brought the best bits of the Bible to Disney World. Florida’s theme park pilgrims love it — local Jews aren’t so pleased. Continue reading “Land of Our Father”
Drama Unfolds of a Little Empire
In the centre of Manhattan, Mark Wallace talks to the ruler of a 350-year-old model nation that he calls ‘total theatre’. Continue reading “Drama Unfolds of a Little Empire”
The Longer Shot
So you want to make the Olympics. Our suggestion: pick an easy sport that no one in America is good at. Like race walking. Or, better yet, jump rope. Continue reading “The Longer Shot”
The Science of Invention
Can a theory cooked up by a Soviet labor camp survivor solve today’s thorniest engineering problems—and make the world a better place? Continue reading “The Science of Invention”
Who Needs A Diploma?
Why the High-Tech Industry Wants Dropouts Continue reading “Who Needs A Diploma?”
Homeless Tour of the Couches
Mark Wallace describes the joys and miseries of joining the growing number of dispossessed professionals forced to live in friends’ property Continue reading “Homeless Tour of the Couches”
The Art of Don E. Knuth
Computing’s philosopher king argues for elegance in programming—and a Pulitzer Prize for the best written. Continue reading “The Art of Don E. Knuth”
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager
Financial Times, weekend section, September 4/5, 1999
Continue reading “The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager”
Crackpot Authorities
From Wilhelm Reich to Julian Jaynes to H.W. Fowler, I sing of the brilliant, the ambitious and the just a bit mad. Continue reading “Crackpot Authorities”