by David | May 1, 2009 | science!
A while ago I noted the appearance of a bacon chocolate bar, and I ate it. Today I am recognizing the existence of gummy bacon – a gift from J – but I’m not actually going to try it. Not because it’s gummy or because it contains titanium dioxide,...
by David | Dec 16, 2008 | culture, science!, urbanism
Maybe Central Square isn’t going to the dogs after all. This weekend I caught a performance of a stage adaptation of one of my favorite books ever, Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams. The show is closed now, and you can read better reviews of it in...
by David | Oct 28, 2008 | design, photo, science!
With this weekend’s Photographic Resource Center auction, my personal photo auction season ended, not a moment too soon for the budget. As I had suspected, the season’s poor economic outlook was in evidence at both Woodstock and Boston events. Bidding...
by David | Sep 20, 2008 | photo, science!
The air at street level was crisp but still. At higher altitudes, something was definitely happening. It looks almost calligraphic, and reminds me a bit of the yud-shaped building at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. It also reminds me that...
by David | Aug 6, 2008 | science!, travel
I thought I was pretty cool, scoring seat 10A on the 757 to San Francisco. It’s a great seat because there is no 9A so there’s pretty extensive legroom but also full recline and real window. I’m all about the Seatguru thing. I figured I would stretch...
by David | Jun 18, 2008 | eating, science!, technology
OK, it’s not exactly a cheese sandwich with the image of the BVM on in, but as household miracles go, I’m thinking this one is much more useful if less lucrative. After dinner, I was looking around for a snack, and I found a nice bar of dark chocolate,...
