It was a bit of a wild weekend, as Sectionals was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, the remnants of hurricane George (or was it Ivan?) passed through the area on Saturday, too late for the tournament to be pushed back. So we played about 30 minutes of frisbee in 55 degree pounding rain with […]
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September 17, 2004 – 8:17 am
Yesterday’s trip to the Apple store was a success, and I’m now happily running the GIMP at home.
September 16, 2004 – 8:48 am
I’m off to the mall (ick!) at lunchtime to pick up the latest version of Mac OS X (Panther). I’d really like to be running the GIMP at home, and my options are as follows: continue running OS X version 10.2 and spend about 6 hours compiling and installing X11 and an old version of […]
September 16, 2004 – 5:51 am
Nature published (online, at least) the responses of Bush and Kerry to 15 science-related questions. While I was hoping for some interesting answers, those posted just reinforce the fact that the Bush campaign has its head in the sand and the Kerry campaign gives the boring answer without really taking a hard position on any […]
September 15, 2004 – 12:16 pm
I took the 120 negatives from Ithaca to Cameras, Inc. last night, and also picked up a used light table. The light table is the perfect size for looking at a whole archival sheet full of slides, and the color is much better than holding a slide up in front of either a white portion […]
September 14, 2004 – 6:36 am
I really enjoyed this fascinating article from the Times about a psychology experiment performed on the subway. That’s my kind of science… I also got a kick out of this (well annotated) collection of bad high school senior portraits. Good stuff. Finally, here’s one of the best of the pictures I took recently in Ithaca […]
September 13, 2004 – 10:59 am
I managed to avoid visiting Electoral-vote.com for almost a week after hearing about it from Rif. Unfortunately, I’m now addicted, and will probably lose sleep on a nightly basis worrying about who’s gonna win. We had a great time camping this weekend at Beartown State Forest in Western Mass. Although we managed to get a […]
September 9, 2004 – 6:47 am
Good news: the light leak in the Rolleiflex is completely gone! Apparently, the detective work paid off and it was exactly as I suspected (the second red window on the bottom of the camera). The pictures from Ithaca look spectacular! Zona did a great job with the development, and the four hour turnaround time is […]
September 7, 2004 – 11:30 am
From the man who brought you Defective Yeti, a new website was recently born: Tricks of the Trade. Matthew Baldwin collects tips from all sorts of people and posts them to the website, a la his article at The Morning News. You can check out the trick I sent in, posted today (September 7, 2004) […]
September 7, 2004 – 6:32 am
It was a whirlwind weekend of weddings, among other things. Both my cousin Rebekah and college housemate Amanda were married on Sunday afternoon (at about the same time, not to each other, about 300 miles apart). I spent the better part of the weekend in Ithaca, swimming under waterfalls, visiting the Farmers Market, and touring […]
September 2, 2004 – 8:32 am
I have a new theory on the light leak in the Rolleiflex. And it goes. A little something. Like this: There are two small, red windows on the camera for viewing frame numbers. One is for 120 size film, and is positioned in such a way that any light entering through the window falls directly […]
September 1, 2004 – 8:50 am
Matt updated his website recently to add a (very funny) summary of emails he’s received in response to his text-only Where’s Waldo page. Check it out here. Matt and I discovered that not only did the Thirsty Scholar recently raise its prices, the food quality took a nose dive since we’d eaten there last. Too […]
August 31, 2004 – 8:23 pm
I got pictures back from this weekend. The ones from Jamaica Bay didn’t come out so great (excuses/reasons: the noon-time light made things very flat, couldn’t get close enough to frame things nicely), though I might post one or two in due time. I did take some family portraits that came out well. Check them […]
August 31, 2004 – 7:34 am
I need a napkin to wipe up the drool on my keyboard after seeing this. The new iMac looks stunning! If one happened to appear on my doorstep soon, I certainly wouldn’t complain. Inspired by Anna’s version I had on Sunday night, I made a really tasty cold corn soup for dinner last night. I […]
August 30, 2004 – 6:37 pm
I updated the canary wood box project page to include more photos and a description of the “making of” process. Enjoy.
August 30, 2004 – 12:18 pm
I was gonna use frequent flyer miles for my October California trip, but when I found round-trip tickets to San Francisco for $230, the choice was clear. I’ll save up my miles for the Alaska trip I’m dreaming about next summer…
August 30, 2004 – 6:02 am
I went on Friday to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Mostly, it was just hot and buggy (if I stop posting in about a week or so, you can assume it’s because of West Nile), but I saw some nice birds, including ibis, osprey and many black crowned night herons. I’d definitely recommend stopping in […]
August 27, 2004 – 2:48 am
The “studio” photography went really well last night. Check it out here. More pics to follow…
August 26, 2004 – 1:00 pm
I went for a nice walk at lunchtime today and saw a family of Cedar Waxwings hanging out by the stream near my office. One of them took flight, hovered for a few seconds in front of a big spider web, plucked the spider (while still hovering), and ate it. Pretty amazing! I might bring […]
August 26, 2004 – 6:12 am
The CostCo photo printing experiment from the other night produced mixed results. They did, in fact, print an 8″ x 12″ glossy print on nice photo paper in about 45 minutes from my digital file for exactly $2.09 (with tax). However, it wasn’t such a great print – it was very grainy, and the colors […]
August 24, 2004 – 10:40 am
Word on the street (and at photo.net) is that CostCo will print high quality, large, 8″ x 12″ or 12″ x 18″, photographs from digital files in an hour for $1.99 and $2.99, respectively. Doesn’t this seem absurdly inexpensive?! A call to CostCo confirmed the pricing, though they said they can only do prints in […]
August 23, 2004 – 8:37 pm
I got a chance to scan in photos from Friday’s trip to Great Meadows. You can see them here. The two that I posted earlier are really about as good as they get, but the others aren’t bad. I’m definitely happier with these images than the ones from Ipswich River. It’s Restaurant Week in Boston. […]
August 20, 2004 – 6:36 pm
Well, both Dan and I managed to get up at the appointed time, and we had a very successful time taking pictures at Great Meadows. I got all three rolls of print film and one roll of slide film developed today, but haven’t had time to scan most of them. I’ll leave you with two […]
August 19, 2004 – 7:46 am
Somehow, Dan and I agreed to meet up tomorrow morning before sunrise to take some photos. I think it might have even been me who suggested it. Yikes! Really, though, I’m quite looking forward to it – we’re headed to Great Meadows in Concord to watch the sunrise and see what we can see.
August 18, 2004 – 7:52 am
I seem to, on a fairly regular basis, forget how important it is for me to get lots of exercise. I spent almost all of Sunday inside, and didn’t get out on Monday. Not-so-mysteriously, I was pretty grumpy on Sunday, Monday and yesterday during the day. After biking to Waltham, playing a relatively intense frisbee […]
August 17, 2004 – 12:43 pm
I’ve been asking every once in a while at Hollywood Express when Rivers and Tides would come out on DVD. Now I know the answer. Late September? Too long to wait…
August 17, 2004 – 6:07 am
I got the photos back from our outing on Saturday. They didn’t come out quite as well as I’d hoped, but there were a few salvagable ones… check ’em out here.
August 15, 2004 – 10:18 am
Since I got the replacement scanner on Friday, I’ve been scanning a few frames a day. For kicks, here’s an example of what the Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV can do: This is a 100% crop from the above image (the red highlighted portion viewed at full resolution): Not bad! This negative was a pretty […]
August 11, 2004 – 12:00 pm
I spent a couple hours last night organizing my photo negatives. I managed to get them all in to sheets and each sheet labelled, though I had to do some sleuthing to find out when I had taken a particular roll of film. I seem to be missing exactly one strip of four frames out […]
August 11, 2004 – 7:30 am
Wanna see some absolutely gorgeous pictures from National Parks in the US? Check out Quang-Tuan Luong’s site. I’m planning a visit to San Francisco in the fall, and thinking about taking a two or three day camping trip to a park not too far away. Any suggestions?
August 10, 2004 – 10:41 am
I’m probably the last on my block to discover the wonders of online bill payment, but I finally did, and it’s fantastic. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to buy in to what I’m guessing everyone already knows to be a good idea. Maybe I was turned off by the fact that […]
August 10, 2004 – 7:08 am
I heard Peter Mulvey on the radio this morning. Someone please get this man a voice-over contract, stat! At least have him do a book on tape. I could listen to him talk for hours… My project for tonight: archiving negatives. All my photo negatives are haphazardly stored in various containers in a drawer – […]
August 9, 2004 – 7:22 am
Saturday just wasn’t my day. On two occasions, friends that I was meeting up with didn’t show (one says I got the day wrong, but I’m not convinced…), and my car got hit. Fortunately, it was a nice day to be outside waiting for people, and the folks who hit my car were kind enough […]
August 6, 2004 – 5:59 am
I swung by Calumet on my way home last night and picked up my new toy! I only had about ten minutes to spend with it yesterday, but the preliminary results were very impressive. I scanned one color negative and one color slide, and the resulting images from both were not bad, especially considering I […]
August 4, 2004 – 11:37 am
It’s being reported that Henri Cartier-Bresson passed away. Not knowing too much about him, I found this great collection of his portraits. I’m considering getting one of these to transition negatives to digital. Any experiences to share?
August 4, 2004 – 6:13 am
Well, our Cape-bound bike trip just wasn’t meant to happen this year – with thunderstorms and high heat and humidity predicted, we figured biking wasn’t the best activity for the weekend. Instead, Matt and I headed down to NYC. Highlights from the trip included a viewing of Spiderman 2 (good summer action film), dinner at […]
July 30, 2004 – 9:26 am
I also put up some pictures from our weekend in Connecticut. You can check ’em out here.
July 30, 2004 – 8:12 am
Sometimes, I love it when I’m really wrong: My boss and his boss were recently having a science disagreement. My boss’s boss made the bold statement that the magnetic north pole of the earth is actually located at the geographic south pole. Now, everyone knows that magnetic north is near the geography north pole, right? […]
July 28, 2004 – 1:03 pm
In computer news, I recently switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox – a huge improvement! Also, I was having trouble getting the “Internet” preference pane to show up in the list of System Preferences (this is where you can set your default browser, etc.). This page helped me sort it out.
July 26, 2004 – 6:02 pm
I took my car in for its 20,000 mile service today. It seems to be holding up remarkably well – on the trip up to Montreal, there were four of us in the car with the AC going, and it still got 50 miles to the gallon! Not too shabby… Matt and I are headed […]
July 26, 2004 – 8:26 am
Our weekend in Connecticut was really nice, in spite of some rainy weather on Friday. We swam in Mudge Pond, made it up to Lion’s Head for a nice view, and ate really well. I took a roll of film – my first try at taking slide film. I’ll post pictures at the end of […]
July 22, 2004 – 5:46 am
I put up some pictures from Montreal – check ’em out here. Off to Connecticut tonight!
July 19, 2004 – 7:58 pm
Lots of news to share: We had a good time in Montreal this weekend playing at the Comedy of Errors tournament. As usual, the Canadian teams we played were friendly, spirited, and competitive. Though the tournament party wasn’t quite as wild as originally billed, the weekend was a success. Pictures coming soon… I got the […]
July 15, 2004 – 11:46 am
I’m off to Montreal this weekend for a tournament, off to Connecticut next weekend for some quality time with friends, then off to the Cape the following weekend for some biking with my brother. Busy! Pictures from the past weekend (taken with the old camera) should be back tomorrow or Monday. Camera’s Inc. said they […]
July 12, 2004 – 12:22 pm
On Saturday afternooon, Caleb and I went to play pitch ‘n’ putt at the Stone Meadow golf course in Lexington. I’m not a big golf guy, but I had a really good time. Pitch ‘n’ putt is a little more satisfying to me than putt-putt, and it’s certainly more challenging. Both Caleb and I thought […]
July 11, 2004 – 7:31 pm
I put up two new project pages today. First, I finally got around to putting together a page showing the wood shelves I made with a friend a few months ago. Check it out here. Second, I took a few pictures as a made a shutter release cable for my Pentax camera. You can see […]
July 11, 2004 – 4:31 pm
You can check out MoveOn.org’s new ad for Kerry/Edwards here. I think it’s fine, but I’m having a hard time keeping this election in perspective. It’s such a foreign idea to me that someone could vote for Bush – I might know three or four people out of hundreds of friends and acquaintances who voted […]
July 7, 2004 – 1:14 pm
Unlike the exposure calculator program I had to write myself, I figured someone must have reverse-engineered the Pentax Cable Switch F and posted the results online. I was right: check it out. Thanks Maciej! Thirty bucks is way too much for some wires and a switch or two, so I’ll be making one of these […]
July 5, 2004 – 9:37 am
In spite of the biting black flies (which I’d never had the pleasure of experiencing), the frisbee tournament in Maine yesterday was good fun. Caleb & Becky and I picked up with one half of the local team (aptly named “Black Fly”) – one heck of a nice group of people. Though it was much […]
July 2, 2004 – 10:57 am
Having leftovers from Johnny D’s last night and vegetables from the farm share, I made an awesome lunch today: a sauteed steak & beet-green sandwich with steamed, buttered beets. It was a very good, very red meal. I’m off to Maine in an hour or so to play in this tournament. Back on Sunday in […]
July 1, 2004 – 7:45 am
For the second time this week, I got woken up around 7 AM by construction on a neighboring house. This morning, though, I was annoyed enough to call the police (non-emergency line, of course). However, it turns out the noise ordinances in Somerville permit construction to start at 7 AM! Whose bright idea was that?
June 30, 2004 – 11:41 am
After reading about photography a bunch lately, and finding a good online exposure calculator, I hoped to find a similar program for my Palm Pilot. When I couldn’t find one (for free), I wrote one. Check out Exposed.
June 28, 2004 – 6:43 am
It was an up-and-down weekend for me. Highlights included: a great dinner at Rif and Anna’s place on Friday night dinner at Addis Red Sea the first half of Fahrenheit 9/11 a trip to Chez Henri for my parents’ 30th anniversary getting caught in the torrential rain on Saturday afternoon biking home from the Arboretum […]
June 24, 2004 – 6:32 am
It’s a happy day – WERS (the Emerson College radio station) is now available online! The workday line-up is great, especially if you’re not looking for pop music: folk and indy rock in the morning ’til 10 AM, then jazz ’til 2 PM, then world music ’til 5 PM. Check it out…
June 24, 2004 – 6:19 am
I got my share of our farm share last night, and made a tasty dinner and a (hopefully) good lunch for today. To accompany my dinner, I boiled the carrots in a enough water to almost cover them, salt & pepper, a little bit of sugar, and a little bit of butter – just wait […]
June 23, 2004 – 8:57 am
I got pictures back from the weekend, and the “at first glance” review of the new lens is mostly positive. The longer distance photos I took came out quite well, and a few of the macro photos look good. The rest of the macro photos were pretty blurry, either because of the very short depth […]
June 21, 2004 – 6:28 am
I had a good, busy weekend: I went up to Keene, NH on Friday to visit a friend and do some hiking. While Keene isn’t exactly a hotbed of activity (especially during the summer, when all the college students are away), it was a nice enough visit. We hiked Mt. Monadnock (which, according to this […]
June 17, 2004 – 5:53 am
I was introduced last night to Bottega Fiorentina, in Coolidge Corner. What a cute little cafe! They’ve got great pasta dishes (and good panini, I hear) for cheap and a friendly, homey Italian feel that we had a hard time finding in Italy. My friend had the gnocchi (perfect) and I had the spaghetti carbonara […]
June 16, 2004 – 5:58 am
In my tired, hazy state this morning, I mis-read not one but two signs on vehicles this morning. The first was an “honor student” bumper sticker that I thought read “My child was honor student of middle earth.” The other was a truck for the “Friend Box Company, Inc.” that I thought read “Fried Box […]
June 15, 2004 – 7:05 am
Matt put up a page with the rules to Cadillac, a fun pub game. I can attest to its addictive nature having been introduced to the game a few weeks ago. Give it a shot… I’m headed up to New Hampshire for a Saturday climb of Mt. Monadnock – I’ll let you know how it […]
June 14, 2004 – 6:35 am
I was down in northern Virginia this weekend for my high school principal’s retirement party. Much like the school’s graduations, there were speeches, gag (and real) gifts, and plenty of singing. I was glad to have gone for the event, especially since H-B doens’t have reunions, making this the only time to catch up to […]
June 10, 2004 – 12:30 pm
I updated the piano bench page with some pictures of the failed design. Work on the new design will commence next week.
June 10, 2004 – 6:51 am
Greg and Scott hosted a very fun poker game last night. Unlike the game I played in with my brother a few months ago that was just Texas Hold ’em played tournament-style, this game was more free-form. The deal rotated around the table, and each dealer chose the game to play. Ante was a dime, […]
June 9, 2004 – 6:25 am
Last night, Rif & Anna and I really enjoyed our dinner at O’Cantinho in Inman Square. I can’t remember if it was a recommendation from my parents (they definitely told me to go to one of the Brazillian cafes in Inman) or if I had heard about it elsewhere, but the fact of the matter […]
June 7, 2004 – 6:17 am
Two things from the frisbee tournament this weekend that tell me I’m getting older: 1. I got up before 7 AM both Saturday and Sunday, and didn’t really think too much about it. Yeah, it was early, but not so much earlier than usual. This morning, I woke up without my alarm at 6:15 or […]
June 2, 2004 – 10:17 am
Love Child had a tough frisbee game last night. We won in the end, but only after lots of running and diving. Unfortunately, the field we played on was comprised primarily of rocks and goose poop, making the “laying out” (diving for discs) portion of the game rather injurious. When I came in to work […]
June 1, 2004 – 6:20 am
Last Friday, Rif came over to put the finishing touches on the piano bench and assemble it. There may not be a better example of a project that demonstrates the importance of building a model before the full scale version; the bench turned out not to be stable at all! Though it looked gorgeous with […]
May 28, 2004 – 4:59 am
At the Somerville Open Studios, I bought a print by a local artist, Laura Quincy Jones. It finally came back from the framing place, and looks great. Check it out:
May 27, 2004 – 11:02 am
The Hot Club of Cowtown was at Johnny D’s last night, and I even had time after our frisbee game to shower before the show. They’re always so much fun, and last night was no exception. If they make it to your neck of the woods, check ’em out.
May 26, 2004 – 7:12 am
I’m sooo close to being done with both the shelves I’m making for friends and also the piano bench. Both should be done Friday or so, and pictures will follow soon after. Needless to say, having all of the boxes and junk from our basement stored in the garage for the past two weeks hasn’t […]
May 20, 2004 – 7:00 am
For a change, there’s actually some good news in the news today. First, videos produced by the White House to promote the new Medicare drug benefit were declared illegal by the General Accounting Office. The ads violated federal law by not identifying the government as the source of information contained therein – they’re considered “propoganda.” […]
May 19, 2004 – 7:56 am
As you may know, Google is offering a new, free email service with 1000 MB of storage called GMail. Right now, it’s in beta testing, and you can only get in on it if someone with an account invites you. Apparently, a GMail account is pretty desirable, as demonstrated by the following things people are […]
May 18, 2004 – 6:44 am
On a more positive note, I had a really good time out at the Bike Week celebration outside Redbones last night. It’s always exciting to see lots of folks come out for a community event, and fun to run into folks you know, too. Though I’m not involved in it at all, the bike riding/racing […]
May 18, 2004 – 6:13 am
I keep forgetting that gay couples being married in Massachusetts is, in fact, really big news. I guess since it’s been planned for so long, and since I thought it was a good idea in the first place, it didn’t really make a big impression on me that the first such marriages would be historic […]
May 13, 2004 – 6:01 am
I went out to Club Passim in Harvard Square last night and heard a great concert. Hanneke Cassel was there to officially release her new CD (which I highly recommend). She’s an amazing fiddle player – one who makes playing look absolutely effortless – and a great composer. She also seems to have a lot […]
May 12, 2004 – 6:38 am
When I bought my table saw used, it didn’t have some of the safety equipment a new saw would have, most importantly a splitter. A splitter is attached behind the blade and keeps the kerf (the groove left by the blade) from closing up, which, in turn, prevents the saw blade from binding up and/or […]
May 11, 2004 – 6:40 am
Paul Krugman has a fantastic opinion piece in the New York Times today. You can check it out here. To summarize his point of view, with which I whole-heartedly agree: the Bush Administration has run one of the most closed (meaning least observable) governments in the history of our country, and managed to get away […]
May 10, 2004 – 12:12 pm
As payment for building a set of shelves for a friend this weekend, I received four of these! Guess they’re not what most folks get excited about, but I like ’em just the same… The shelves came out well – they’re made from nice birch plywood with a facing of birch lumber (actually, the facing […]
May 6, 2004 – 10:58 am
I put up a little summary of my hybrid experiences ’cause it’s been just over a year since I bought my Civic. You can see it here. Summary: still happy! I’ve been busy with plenty of projects lately, in spite of being sick. The piano bench is progressing well (I made the metal coupling between […]
May 4, 2004 – 7:37 am
I went to the market yesterday afternoon, and, in my sickness-induced stupor, wasn’t reading signs quite right. They had these little signs all over the market labelling products as Atkins-friendly, but I kept reading them as saying “Crab Monitor,” not “Carb Monitor.” There’s something very entertaining (or at least it was to me) about imagining […]
May 3, 2004 – 5:41 pm
Not only did I visit a bunch of studios over the weekend, I bought a piece of art! It’s really my first “big” art purchase, though it wasn’t tons of money (it’ll certainly cost more to frame it than for the art itself), and I’m really happy with it – it’s a monotype print of […]
April 29, 2004 – 7:52 am
I’m hoping the weather will stay nice for the weekend, since it’s the Somerville Open Studios. Your little-known fact for the day: Jeff Goldblum appeared alongside Carol Kane and Geena Davis in a film called Transylvania 6-5000. One reviewer on IMDB wrote: “Anyone who manages to brave this film right through to its end may […]
April 26, 2004 – 8:18 am
Friday evening I went to see a great show at the Somerville Theatre – Erin McKeown and Josh Ritter. I had hoped they’d perform together a bit, as well as on their own, but that didn’t happen but for one short song. Oh well… If you haven’t heard them before, they each deserve a listen. […]
April 21, 2004 – 8:30 am
After a few hours in the garage last night, I finally finished milling the wood for the piano bench. Phew – that was a lot of planing! While it is beautiful, the birdseye maple is hard as a rock, and doing all that planing by hand makes me understand why people use veneer. The next […]
April 20, 2004 – 11:28 am
Bruce Schneier, a security expert (I think he’s actually earned that title) writes a monthly column on all sorts of security, often computer-related. This month’s column has two interesting sections. First, Bruce talks about National ID cards and the problems associated with that plan. Basic gist: it’s a bad idea. Second, there’s a short cost/benefit […]
April 19, 2004 – 6:49 am
I must be getting old. I went to see a friend’s band play last night at a local club (the Sky Bar in Somerville). The band, Childhood Scar, was pretty good (and my friend was excellent), but holy crap, they were loud! This seems to be a theme in bands playing “rock” music that I’ve […]
April 12, 2004 – 12:50 pm
Two car-related updates: 1. You might recall my lucky find of most of a roof-rack back in September. With a company-provided gift certificate to L.L. Bean, I completed the roof-rack for a mere $70 (total actual value, about $300). I haven’t put in on the car yet – I suspect the extra drag will adversely […]
April 12, 2004 – 8:39 am
I’m 99.9% finished with Abby’s birthday present – a cribbage board (she requested one, so I haven’t given away any surprises). Look for pictures soon. We had a potluck dinner on Saturday night in celebration of Abby’s birthday. Danielle and I made a mighty fine cake (if I do say so myself) from the cookbook […]
April 6, 2004 – 7:55 am
At their booth at the NSTA meeting in Atlanta last week, Weyerhaeuser proudly proclaimed they had genetically modified Douglas Fir trees to grow to a harvestable size in 30 to 40 years (they neglected to mention any other effects on the tree or the local environment). That “genetically modified” moniker was notably absent from the […]
March 30, 2004 – 12:33 pm
I can’t believe I forgot about this when I posted earlier… We also had a great visit to Dia: Beacon on Sunday. The space is simply amazing, and, again, the weather really added to the experience. Dia: Beacon is a contemporary art museum in the Hudson River valley housed in a huge old Nabisco box […]
March 30, 2004 – 7:13 am
We had a really nice weekend out in Sharon (CT) and Colrain (MA). The Eddie From Ohio concert at the Iron Horse on Sunday was brilliant as usual, and we took advantage of the beautiful weather and got plenty of hiking in on the mountain in Connecticut and in the woods of Colrain. I’m pretty […]
March 24, 2004 – 9:24 am
Salon has posted a pretty interesting interview with former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke. Check it out here. Clarke (who’s served under Republican & Democratic presidents alike) comes off as a non-partisan guy who’s mostly looking to put the truth out there rather than incite partisan wars. While I’m less convinced that the 9/11 attacks could […]
March 20, 2004 – 12:04 pm
We’ve been having some plumbing issues in our house in the past few weeks. If you can avoid a mild sewage stench permeating your house, I’d recommend that. I’ve been toying with the idea of becoming a home-owner in the past month or so. I’m still on the fence, I would say, but the fact […]
March 17, 2004 – 9:18 am
An online comedian sent a prank letter to all 100 senators asking them their favorite joke. Check out their responses here. Funny stuff. There’s a pretty embarassing clip of Rumsfeld’s Sunday appearance on Face the Nation hosted on MoveOn.org in which he claims the administration never called Iraq an “immediate threat” and is then served […]
March 16, 2004 – 7:20 am
The father of a friend of mine from high school is coming in to town to give a demo on April 17th on Islamic Calligraphy. Mohamed Zakariya is one of the few (only?) classicly trained Islamic calligraphers living and working in the US, and does absolutely beautiful work. Check it out if you have a […]
March 15, 2004 – 9:00 am
I had a great trip to the MFA on Friday. I visited a friend from my NBSS woodworking class who works in the furniture conservation department and got a behind-the-scenes tour of the furniture lab. They have some amazing pieces, and, of course, most are in storage ’cause there’s not enough room to show all […]
March 9, 2004 – 7:39 am
After the costuming excitement of the weekend, I decided it was time to see Labyrinth again. It held up pretty well (much better than The Dark Crystal did), but the plot wasn’t nearly as subtle as I remember. There also wasn’t as much contact juggling as I remembered, either. Too bad, since the manipulation was […]
March 8, 2004 – 10:06 am
I had a busy weekend. I cooked for a dinner party, dressed up as David Bowie, and made a box from this book. Phew! While you can expect pictures of the box soon, pictures of me in costume won’t be up here any time soon.
March 3, 2004 – 10:17 am
Several university professors (and one grad student) recently released a report on the electronic voting system made by the Diebold Corporation. One of the authors of that report, Avi Rubin, signed up as an election judge in Maryland for the primaries that took place yesterday, and posted a summary of his experiences here. Makes for […]