by David | Dec 27, 2007 | culture, reading & writing, technology
I’ve written, sealed and stamped 53 of my new year cards. I have 43 to go, plus 17 more for which I have no postal address. I’ve cut the no address crowd in half using Google and superpages. I’ve been using Apple’s Address Book – oddly...
by David | Dec 24, 2007 | media, technology
Google Maps’ Street View feature – wherein they send car-mounted cameras tooling around the streets of an area and use whiz-bang technology to stitch the photos together into an eye-level view of everything along the streets – has come to Boston. So,...
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 8, 2007 | technology
At The Museum of Useful Things in Harvard Square, the answer is definitely, “yes!” They will seal “anything that will fit” in a 16-ounce tin (probably aluminum, but you know what I mean) can for $4, using a wonderfully old and weird...
by David | Dec 5, 2007 | culture, reading & writing, technology, working
More synchronicities and reveries. Last week, I joined some good folks from two of my favorite TLAs, PRC and MIT for a reception at the new gallery space at MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics, which was created in collaboration with the Photographic Resource...
