Fiction, fun, satire, and music.
One cannot gain from sin while hiding it forever in one’s heart.
Is a working-class prodigy defeated by his environment or by his own ideals?
A tiny group of well-meaning people strive to correct an injustice enforced by generations of hatred.
A short story about four women who create and keep alive a revolution in consumer computing.
A fantasy about a world gone wild over social networking, tracking, and sentiment analysis--or is it just a fantasy?
A slightly futuristic thriller containing messages about journalism, social activism, and democracy.
Imagine a world that has moved entirely to cloud computing.
A short story containing an important literary message about free speech as well as a review of case law in the area.
A futuristic match between spectrum policy and copyright law.
Mostly fun, but also an inspirational and cautionary review of changes in Internet use over its history.
A giddy skit that came from a giddy era, with a premonition of the end of the dot-com boom.
A satirical skit inspired by the Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence.
And now for something completely different: an unusual explanation for some of the mysterious workings of the Domain Name System.
An invented conversation with a very odd creature about consumers and their needs in electronics.
My only academic computer science paper.
A reframing of telecommunications issues.
A metaphor for the history of ICANN and the politics around the Domain Name System.
An update of a classic for today’s telecom labor relations.
Another conversation about requirements for electronic devices.
A futuristic metaphor about freedom of information.
A send-up of attempts to implement Internet filtering in the schools.
An end-of-year round-up, but tongue-in-cheek.
A retelling of some configuration problems that is best read by those familiar with the Passover Haggadah.
Just to show I can write a parody of anything.
Quite meaningful if you recognize what is being satired.
A brief fake news report.
Clear Waves (radio show)
Sam Oram’s piano performances from 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007.
Sonia Oram’s recital from 2006.
Sonia Oram’s chamber music performance from 2006 (Dvorak Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81) and 2007 (Brahms Piano Quartet in g minor, op. 25).