by David | Mar 3, 2008 | working
I’m taking a break from the word of the day to present the pain of the day. Any questions?
by David | Feb 29, 2008 | economics
In case you haven’t got enough to occupy your brain cells, here’s a question for the moment: Is this extra day of February profitable or not? Here’s my thinking. Some revenues and expenses are monthly, so they’re the same in a regular February,...
by David | Feb 28, 2008 | culture, photo
Tonight I had the privilege of hearing (and seeing) Photographer Arno Minkkinen speak at the Photographic Resource Center’s Polaroid Spotlight Lecture. If you haven’t experienced Minkkinen’s photographs, please immediately go outside and prance...
by David | Feb 27, 2008 | working
Gotta love startup office decor. Put that in your Aeron and smoke it. Whatever the furniture, there’s no substitute for a gridded notebook, a sturdy Thinkpad, and a cup of Diesel mocha soy chai. The ergonomic controversy goes on. Metafilterers seem to love...
by David | Feb 26, 2008 | economics, technology
I don’t remember how I first discovered SurveyMonkey, but it was years and years ago, and I’ve used it again and again since. Just recently, two completely random projects had SurveyMonkey components, reminding me of the quality of the service and...
by David | Feb 26, 2008 | technology
I’m seeing intermittent errors when posting comments. Please help me troubleshoot. Please try to comment on this post and include your browser and OS in the comment text. If you try to comment and fail, please email me at dkarp at limeduck dot com. Thanks for...
by David | Feb 25, 2008 | eating
I reached into my coat pocket for my sunglasses this afternoon, and came up instead with a Pulltap’s two-stage waiter’s friend corkscrew. A poor substitute for sunglasses, to be sure, but a truly excellent corkscrew, and a reminder of a pleasant dinner...
by David | Feb 24, 2008 | media
Who knew? Sadly, this critter doesn’t seem to be available for sale on its creator’s Etsy shop. Rosehip71, you’re such a tease. I suppose we’ll all have to content ourselves with virtual chocolate limeducks. EtsyChocLimeDuck2, originally...
by David | Feb 23, 2008 | photo
As a photographer, sometimes you have to try new angles and perspectives to keep your vision fresh. As a person, sometimes you have to try new things to expand your horizons. This weekend, at the urging of A and L, I tried cross-country skiing. It afforded me many new...
by David | Feb 22, 2008 | culture, economics
I’d been thinking about this for a while, but it came back to the top of the queue recently when I saw the beginning of an advertising blitz for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Or, as I like to point out, the walk for a cure for breast cancer. But this...
by David | Feb 21, 2008 | photo
During last night’s lunar eclipse, just a few minutes before totality, an airplane passed by. Once the sky was clear of interruption, you could clearly see Saturn (left) and Regulus (above) near the moon. The moon, basking in the reddish light of earth’s...
by David | Feb 20, 2008 | technology
Windows message boxes are easy targets, but I have to love the circular logic of this one.
