@ATTcares Just a heads up: AT&T TV's new-ish practice of showing ads when I have the temerity to pause a recorded program is rage-inducing. The words gall and balls start ricocheting around in my head, and I start thinking about going back to Comcast. And I hate Comcast.

I love it when I get emails from fans. And hey, I've been called worse.

If you're one of those folks who experienced the "we have no information for you"-style page from the IRS when checking the status of your Economic Impact Payment, check again. This morning I was able to put in my direct deposit info. irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-p…

I have to say, Barr’s argument that the personal and commercial data protected by encryption isn’t all that important and that software security risks aren’t that big a deal is so flat-earth bizarre that I don’t even know where to begin.