I'm Baaaack...

Yes indeed ladies and gents, after a nearly four year hiatus filled with family life, cable television, cooling towers and cockatiels flying about my head, I am returning to the fold to share my wisdom with the masses. Or my ignorance in silence. However it works out. I can't hear the whooping and applause, which I assume is because I am so far out in the country now, but feel free to send flowers and laurels. Or scotch. Good scotch.

The focus of this blog is going to drift a little, going from a straight political feed to something more like The Daily Dish that Andrew Sullivan has been putting out for more than a decade, minus the Mental Health Break and dubstep fixation. Over the last four years, technology has leapt forward, and since the last post on this blog we have woken up to the iPad (and the ubiquitousness of the tablet in general), the explosion of the smart phone, the advent of the first self-driving cars, not just in terms of prototypes, but also in practice and legal acceptance and adoption. We are rapidly approaching a future when technology will become so integrated into our lives that the the technological singularity sneaks up on us without even a thought. This exponential trend is fascinating to me, and you should expect to see it covered here in depth.

You can also expect updates regarding the coming Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut that I await with bated breath, commentary on television shows like Mad Men, personal tales from my increasingly bizarre life, and occasional sports commentary. Yeah, no, just kidding on that last. Positively no sports. I look forward to getting back into the saddle, and hope I still have what it takes not to disappoint all my loyal readers (you still out there, Guiseppe?), should I ever develop any. Well, for better or ill, here we go.