Author Archives: Gryphon

About Gryphon

In his career - well, not so much a career as a series of interesting but usually ill-advised vocational choices, if we're being honest - Benjamin D. Hutchins has been a tech support grunt, an Internet operations tech, a small-town print reporter, a public relations writer, and a semiprofessional muser upon the random. Now he's working on several books (none of which, just to buck tradition, is the Great American Novel), eyeing the relentless march of personal gadget technology with bemusement and often suspicion, and wondering what's with these kids today, with their clothes and their hair and that stuff they think is music.His first book, Off the Top of My Head: Personal Reflections of a Small-Town Newsman, can be had here or here.

Toy Review: Neuton CE 6.2

Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008 by Gryphon

I have various little jobs here on the Ireland estate in beautiful, cosmopolitan Millinocket. One of them is groundskeeper. In this capacity, I’ve been grumbling mightily for the better part of this year that our old 4.5-horsepower gasoline-powered lawn mower … Continue reading →

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Toy Review: Transforming WALL-E

Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 by Gryphon

It should come as no surprise to anyone that there’s a fair number of toys available relating to Disney-Pixar’s current feature film, WALL-E. After all, there’s a fair number of toys available relating to any Disney theatrical release of any … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: On the Usefulness of Moonroofs

Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 by Gryphon

Over the years, I’ve owned a couple of different cars with mechanisms for opening up the top and catching a little fresh air, and I have to say it’s one of my favorite things you can get a car to … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: The Road Not Taken

Posted on Sunday, June 1, 2008 by Gryphon

The discussion resulting from the last Technosophy item got me to thinking about a couple of things. One of them was the whole gas/electric hybrid car concept. I really do think this is a technological dead end, the kind of … Continue reading →

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Technosophy: Resistance is Voltage over Current

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Gryphon

I was born just a few months before the first major petroleum crisis to hit the United States, in those last few days before the American car-buying public got its first hint that maybe – just maybe – the gravy … Continue reading →

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