by David | Mar 18, 2008 | reading & writing
Strunk & White are quite clear on the matter. 5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma. If two or more clauses, grammatically complete and not joined by a conjunction, are to form a single compound sentence, the proper mark of punctuation is a semicolon....
by David | Mar 17, 2008 | media, technology
It was the last night of illustrator class. There was a quiz. I skipped to the last question, which is reproduced verbatim here: 8. Draw an pear and high light it using the gradient mesh tool. I guess I still had Demuth on the brain from that show at the Whitney I saw...
by David | Mar 16, 2008 | eating, technology
A day late but not in any way short, the Pie Off at J’s place (If you’re trying to keep track, this is a totally different J than previous J’s mentioned here, so give up.) was an orgy of pie-hole-stuffing. The invite was aptly titled, “screw...
by David | Mar 15, 2008 | culture, economics
Last week, I wrote about my experience with DonorsChoose and their thank-you packages. I got a very nice comment from Mike Everett-Lane explaining some of the inner workings at DC. Yesterday I got two more emails of thanks which included links to six more worthy...
by David | Mar 15, 2008 | economics, urbanism
There it is, proof that my crackpot calculations work. If you are irritated by particulars of the new MetroCard pricing scheme, you can still buy a card with an integral number of rides. But make sure you use plastic or have exact change, lest you end up with a...
