by David | Feb 12, 2009 | design, economics, urbanism
I was walking from Central to Harvard yesterday morning and I noticed that the Porter cluster of furniture stores about midway between those squares is changing. Maybe a sign of the economic times, maybe just neighborhood evolution. Since I’m in the market for...
by David | Feb 8, 2009 | reading & writing
As you may know, I’ve been busy moving. Yes, I’m leaving Cronin Park behind. But not far behind, I’ve moved only a few blocks and a couple of stories. I packed up and moved about a dozen boxes of books, some 17 running feet of shelf space. Not a...
by David | Feb 6, 2009 | design, photo, reading & writing
In book club this month: Man Booker prize winner The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Halfway through, enjoying it. Also see Adiga’s piece in the New Yorker and the discussion of White Tiger over at the Mutiny. Picked up at the Central Square Theater: Alan...
by David | Jan 25, 2009 | media, technology
I met up with Newsgal Extraordinaire A at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Panera Bread for brunch today. She was delayed so I booted up my laptop and availed myself of Panera’s free wifi. After tweeting a bit, I headed on over to this very website and was...
by David | Jan 21, 2009 | economics, media, technology
Not that long ago I laughed at comparisons of Facebook and LinkedIn because I didn’t see much point in using Facebook. Now I laugh because the tools are so different, most comparisons seem silly. Facebook is still the place where people live their online...
by David | Jan 19, 2009 | economics, media, working
If you’ve been following @tangyslice (and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?) you may have noticed that he’s back and tangier than ever. For a while there he was spending many long hours a day comforting a screaming...
by David | Jan 17, 2009 | culture, economics, media, technology
I try to rethink on a daily basis, if not constantly, but like most people, I don’t do the Big Rethinking often enough, maybe mostly around milestone birthdays, new years, yom kippur, presidential turnovers, etc. Now I’m preparing to move and going...
by David | Jan 14, 2009 | eating
The long-awaited secret fifth burger at Four Burgers has been revealed, and frak me, it’s a hot dog. Who would have suspected such a thing? It’s tasy enough, if a bit on the small side, and all natural like the rest of Four Burgers’...
by David | Jan 12, 2009 | economics, technology
My mobile phone is showing signs of age. Sometimes it has trouble going to sleep or waking up, sometimes it’s just slow, sometimes it suffers from embarrassing premature discharge. So I headed over to the local T-Mobile store this weekend to have it checked out....
by David | Jan 12, 2009 | eating
In New England’s icy winter, you can’t underestimate the importance of oatmeal. It warms you up inside and lowers your center of gravity for safer transit across unscraped sidewalks and unplowed streets. I was pleased to note the addition of oatmeal to the...
by David | Jan 11, 2009 | culture, photo, urbanism
The Hudson Street Gallery’s inaugural show has officially come to an end. I helped take the show down yesterday. When and what will be the next HSG show? I can’t say just yet, but we’re still interested in hearing from artists and others who want...
by David | Jan 10, 2009 | eating, urbanism
It’s like I’d spent my life enjoying potato skins and suddenly got offered a whole stuffed baked potato. If you know what I mean. As you may know, I like fried turnip cake. I liked it in Hong Kong. I liked it in San Francisco. I liked it in London. I...
