The New York Times has a weird history of armchair radicalism, writes Bruce Bartlett.

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Because change is what produces opportunity, the faster the future arrives--with all its weird new technology, disruptive economic models and shifting alliances--the more opportunity there will be.

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The 7280 ditches the keypad altogether and goes for a pen-shaped design and some weird new NaviSpinner controller that you're supposed to use to navigate the user interface (so how do you dial?).

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According to the New York Times, even Republican Party advisers called the 12-minute address "strange" and "weird".

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In the weird world of Web 2.0, new forms of entertainment such as Second Life and fake CEO blogs blur the boundary between what is real and fake.

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But factor in the frequent use (and exercise) of stock options as compensation, as well as the need to do estate planning or make a down payment on a new home, and the pattern doesn't look so weird.

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All the more impressive given the anxiety of brand marketers and their infatuation with weird ads and new media--blogs and podcasts among them.

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This could help Berg get out of the red and perhaps give him a little extra cash to sink into his new band, a sludge metal act called Weird Beast.

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