by David | Jan 15, 2008 | photo
by David | Jan 13, 2008 | photo
Waiting for the snow tonight, I see the sky is almost purple. Here’s one more wide pic, probably the last for a while, from a summery day, the sky over Boston harbor. Back to the left side of the brain this week.
by David | Jan 12, 2008 | photo
Sunburnt, lined, blue-veined Stretched loosely over the earth The skin of the sea
by David | Jan 11, 2008 | photo, travel
I’m liking the wide thing, vignetting and all. Here’s the former grand canal (formerly a canal, still grand) in Trieste.
by David | Jan 10, 2008 | photo
Undulating sea meets the sky at right angles. Is that a lighthouse?
by David | Jan 9, 2008 | economics, technology
It’s been a while since I’ve taken the blogger’s right to vent on some topic in the news, but this one hit my inbox early (I was 4th to digg it) and has been annoying me all morning. According to slashdot, Domain Name News, and a thread seemingly...
by David | Jan 5, 2008 | reading & writing
A pleasant surprise: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka – Possibly semi-autobiographical, not as all as light as the premise would suggest, and in the end an engaging and bittersweet story of family, war, and immigration with a few laugh...
by David | Jan 4, 2008 | technology, transportation
Ever seen the bumper sticker that proclaims, “God is my copilot” or maybe the one that says, “Dog is my copilot”? I don’t think you see as many bumper stickers as you used to, but these days I think if a car has one, it’s as likely...
by David | Jan 4, 2008 | media, reading & writing, technology, working
Are we alone? Nobody watching? Good. I want to tell you about a secret blog. (Don’t arch your eyebrow at me, KC, this isn’t about your secret blog) I’ve been working hard at migrating Ipswitch’s Daily Network Monitor Blog from its current...
by David | Dec 31, 2007 | photo
Here it is, the 2008 new year card. I hope you got one in the mail. If you didn’t, I apologize for the oversight. Be sure to send your postal address, there are a couple of blanks still left from the edition. Colophonically, I should state that the fountain...
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 26, 2007 | reading & writing
It’s been a while since I posted a word for word’s sake. This one is dedicated to, well, you know who you are. I’ll keep the tone positive and leave it at that. And besides, mendacious people hardly ever read this blog.
