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And More Change…
Every holiday and birthday, you hear the same cliché about what you get the person who has everything. Well, heck, if they’ve got everything, what’re they going to do with more stuff? And why not give someone without so much … Continue reading
Blog Review: Strange Maps
I’ve always loved maps. Granted, sometimes a map is just a utilitarian thing, a means of getting from point A to point B without getting (more) lost. But the fun thing about atlases and especially about old maps (you know, … Continue reading
Blog Review: Studio Wikitecture
A long while back, I accidentally got into architecture. Not as an architect, mind you, just as a spectator. The way some people channel surf to find a good game, I’ll scan anything from bookstores to skylines to find something … Continue reading
Posted in art, Web
Tagged architecture, OMA, open source, Rem Koolhaas, Studio Wikitecture
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365 Days The Music Died
If you’re one of those people for whom the obituaries are essential reading (or the first part of the paper you go for), I think I may have found you the perfect website. It’s called The Music’s Over, and if … Continue reading
Writing on Writing: The Web And Writing
I read two articles this week that seemed to me almost a call-and-response. The first was a piece in Slate, Lazy Eyes: How we read online, by Michael Agger. The other is What The Internet is Doing To Our Brains: … Continue reading
Posted in Web, Writing on Writing
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Inspiration Index 5: Rubber Ducks
Rubber ducks are a bit like Doritos. It seems you can’t have just one. I started with a single duck some years back, and what started off as something to keep in my bathroom became a minor obsession; that duck has … Continue reading
Posted in The Inspiration Index, Web
Tagged ducks and oceanography, Ernie, rubber duckies, Rubber ducks
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Don’t Drink and Read: Jeff Vrabel
Sometimes you just need a good laugh. Jeff Vrabel’s blog delivers pretty reliably, though it also contains some solid music writing. The columnist’s writing is a regular fixture, apparently, at the Island Packet/McClatchy-Tribune, and crops up with groundhog-like irregularity in … Continue reading
Blog Review: For A Good Cause
A companion piece of sorts to my last post on Idealist: I came across For A Good Cause today while looking for the graphic that accompanies the Idealist post. The last post on the blog, dated May 1, indicates that … Continue reading
Putting Out The Word
I like Idealist. A lot. If you’re trying to keep up with goings-on in the nonprofit community, to connect with people who share your ideas, you want to make a difference, or you’re looking for a job outside the usual … Continue reading
The World Is Andrew Zimmern’s Oyster. Or Headcheese.
Somehow I get the feeling that as a kid, Andrew Zimmern never snuck anything off his plate to the dog. The sometime restauranteur, radio personality, television host and prolific blogger, it seems, will eat anything that crosses his plate. But … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Television, Web
Tagged Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods, chow, eats, Food, grub, grubs
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