Armistice Day (part 2)
Paul Simon Paul Simon Capitol/Warner, 1972 On Armistice Day The Philharmonic will play But the songs that we sing Will be sad Shufflin’ brown tunes Hanging around No long drawn blown out excuses Were made When I needed a friend she was there Just like an easy chair Armistice Day Armistice Day That’s all I [...]
Macintosh True Story: Audion
Cabel Sasser at Panic Studios writes about Audion, arguably the first industrial strength MP3 player for the Mac—certainly the coolest—and his decision to retire it. It’s a pretty fascinating story, replete with “interrupt time,” Steve Jobs meetings, near-mergers with giant mega-corporations, and the market forces that led to the retirement of the app. I downloaded [...]
Blogging in local news
Our very local paper, the Arlington Advocate, just ran an article about local bloggers. I was one of the people profiled, along with Mimi Kirchner, Jane Morgan, and Jen Langley. Thanks to Jenny Brown (whose blog I haven’t plugged before in this space) for writing the article, and thanks to her husband Adam Medros (whose [...]
Delicious Library: second impressions
In my spare time, I’ve been playing quite a bit with Delicious Library, and it remains pretty delicious. As I scanned in 13 books, 71 movies, and 748 761 CDs (to date) I’ve had some time to think about things I would change with the application. Smart shelves: give me an opportunity to do advanced [...]
Traveling around Boston: good week, bad week
First, the good news from the MBTA. Soon the T token is going to pass into history and be replaced by the CharlieCard. As someone whose first subway system only used the little cards, I won’t miss the tokens. A card is a hell of a lot easier to carry in a wallet “just in [...]
Meathead
Lisa has an out of town meeting today, and I wanted to do something special for dinner for her last night. So I turned to that old faithful stalwart, roast lamb. We had picked up a boned leg of lamb from Costco (fabulous bargain: tremendously flavorful New Zealand lamb at about $4 a pound) a [...]
Armistice Day, part 1
The 11th of November is one of those overloaded days. It’s Armistice Day, the day on which the treaty ending World War I was signed. It’s Veteran’s Day, dedicated to all those who have served our country in the armed forces. And for me, it’s also an important anniversary. Ten years ago tonight was my [...]
