by David | Jan 9, 2008 | economics, technology
It’s been a while since I’ve taken the blogger’s right to vent on some topic in the news, but this one hit my inbox early (I was 4th to digg it) and has been annoying me all morning. According to slashdot, Domain Name News, and a thread seemingly...
by David | Dec 17, 2007 | culture, economics, technology
Sadly, that’s not quite the same thing as “the last check I’ll ever write” but it’s not far off. I’m deep into the ebills thing. Deep. Kudos to my bank for making this service so sticky. It used to be you had to pay extra for your...
by David | Dec 16, 2007 | economics, technology, transportation
Fellow geek driver C sent this my way, evidently having missed my April post on the same topic: Left-Hand-Turn Elimination It seems that sitting in the left lane, engine idling, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so you can make a left-hand turn, is minutely...
by David | Dec 9, 2007 | culture, economics
It’s winter. There’s no getting around it, denying it, bargaining with it, raging against it – it’s colder than a really cold thing. It’s also the “holiday season” when we get whipped up into a consumerist frenzy and fray our...
by David | Oct 13, 2007 | economics, travel
I thought it would be nice to spend the weekend in Chicago. Catch up with some local friends, eat some food, see some art, get away from the grind. Synchronicity started working in my favor – other people I know were going to be in Chicago, I got good...
by David | Oct 13, 2007 | economics, photo
It’s that season again, my favorite Autumn time. And among other wonderful things comes the photography auction season. Last week was the annual benefit at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and just two weeks away is the parallel event at the Photographic...
