by David | Dec 9, 2009 | culture, reading & writing
Last week, we took Book Club to a new level with a guest appearance by the author – Belmont’s own Toby Lester – of our chosen book, The Fourth Part of the World. I had worried that such an august presence would impede the club’s traditional...
by David | May 15, 2009 | economics, technology, working
I was mucking out my spam folder (where lots of not-quite-garbage bulk or automated email ends up) and accidentally opened this message which I ordinarily would have deleted on the basis of the subject line alone: Interesting. Some outfit that thinks I’m a...
by David | May 4, 2009 | culture, design, eating, media, photo, transportation, travel, urbanism
Saturday I ventured out to soak up some local art at Somerville Open Studios’ 11th annual extravaganza. Wending my way through Ball Square, I happened upon an unassuming house with a globe out front in addition the usual SOS balloons. Travel photography! And a...
by David | Sep 7, 2008 | media
I had a sudden need for linens and headed off to Target. As it turns out, so did several thousand new and returning college students and their servants parents. While passing through the knickknacks aisle, I spotted some cute little globes on sale for only $20. Not...
by David | Aug 10, 2008 | culture, technology
Preparing to leave San Francisco’s foggy embrace, I’m thinking about the work week ahead and which of the many open threads to needle first. One thing that came up last week was a twitter message from someone at Social Actions Labs, inviting me to test out...
