“Calling Dr. TRON” by Chris Mathison (Computers) Cover Story, The Magazine (Tokyo), October 1988
    It’s 6 p.m., I’m running late, Ken’s arriving for dinner in about twenty minutes, and I’m feeling like nothing’s ready. True, plenty of snacks, hors d’oeuvres, beverages, entree’s, condiments and desserts were assembled days ago. But these mundane details of the stomach do not concern me. And I seriously doubt whether Ken much cares about what the group will consume later on, although undoubtedly he will notice whatever handy little microprocessors helped in preparing, preserving and presenting tonight’s offerings. Many did.

“Hi, I’m a House” by Chris Mathison and Mark Dennin (Technology), Wingspan-the In-flight Magazine of All Nippon Airways, July 1989
    Do houses have personalities? Of course they do. But seldom do they have a sense of humor like the house in this story. Though the following tale is purely imaginative—taking place in the near future as a conversation between two prospective buyers and an “intelligent” dwelling—it is based on the actual capabilities and facilities of a domecile soon to open in the Nishi-Azabu section of Japan’s capital city. The house can’t actually “talk.” But if it could ...