by David | Jul 30, 2009 | technology, transportation, urbanism
I was excited to hear that Google maps had finally added Boston’s public transit system. Now you can get directions around Boston for driving, walking, and public transit. Of course, the MBTA website has been providing a trip planning service for some time. ...
by David | Jul 28, 2009 | culture, eating, urbanism
I had been tipped off to the opening of a new deli in the North End, and despite being rather skeptical of a new business that calls itself “famous,” I checked out Nick Varano’s Famous Deli at lunch today. I ordered pastrami. Hot, on rye, no funny...
by David | Jul 27, 2009 | reading & writing, working
You know how when you’re trying to work, every little distraction can be maddening? There were some fruit flies buzzing around my desk, so I lashed out, Obama-like, with the only weapon at hand. The vorpal index card went splat splat splat. Further evidence of...
by David | Jul 25, 2009 | culture, economics, reading & writing
I feel bad for whoever it was in the Amazon organization who first realized that they were about to remove 1984 from peoples’ kindles. “Why couldn’t it have been The Bridges of Madison County or something?” they must have wondered. They took...
by David | Jul 21, 2009 | culture, design, eating
I wasn’t thinking about dessert. No, I wasn’t unconscious, I had just eaten a large meal of pasta. But as we passed Petsi’s cafe on Putnam Avenue just five minutes before closing, there seemed nothing to lose popping in. There’s not often...