by David | Apr 23, 2014 | culture, eating, economics
You may have heard that there’s a shortage of and increase in the price of limes going on here in the USA where we get most of our limes from Mexico. I can verify that limes at Haymarket, which could be had six or eight for a buck last year, are going for 50...
by David | Apr 7, 2014 | culture, working
There’s a lot of talk that learning to being able to (write) code is the new must-have skill. I think there may be something to that, but I think another key skill to be taught and learned will be how to write a decent bug report. If you’re thinking,...
by David | Feb 26, 2014 | culture, reading & writing
Via a random illustrated meme, I became aware of the term librocubicularist, meaning somebody who reads in bed. And I love the -ist ending that implies that reading in bed is not just something you do from time to time but something that you do regularly and with...
by David | Feb 24, 2014 | culture, design, media, reading & writing
Finger firmly fixed on the pulse of SciFi fandom, io9 asks, “Are bookshelves becoming obsolete?” Seems to me the question is more, “are paper books on their way out?” and I can dispense with that questions quickly with a simple,...
by David | Feb 20, 2014 | culture, design, media
I saw a lot of art on a recent trip to New York, but I think the works that made the biggest impression on me (not literally, thank goodness) were four steel slabs by Richard Serra, two at MoMA made in 1974-75 and two at Gagosian from 2013. Inside Out (2013) at...
by David | Jan 23, 2014 | culture
Have you ever waited for-effing-ever for some inconsiderate nerd to stop communing with the art and step away from right in front of a painting in a museum so you could get a clear photo of it? Well, at least in some cases, I am that nerd, and you should spend more...
