What do you do with Zucchini?
We’ve been having a lot of fun with the Wilson’s CSA. This week we got a bunch of zucchini and summer squash along with an eggplant. Well obviously the first thing that comes to...
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DeltaWing Racing Car
One of the most interesting racing car designs in recent years is the DeltaWing. It was designed as an Indy car when the IRL was looking for a standard chassis. Dallara won that contract,...
Goodbye Greeny
23 years ago, Massachusetts switched from one green license plate to two red ones. There were good reasons for this, but a lot of people have resisted the change. I didn’t go as far...
Block Island on our own
We’re back from a week at Block Island. We left all the electronics behind, and the world seems to have survived. This was our first time on Block Island, and we took advantage of...
Byron the Bulb goes Web 2.0
If you’ve read Gravity’s Rainbow, you’ll remember the story of Byron the Bulb (if not you can read the excerpt here). He’s a conscious, immortal light bulb who was born in Budapest before the...
What’s the French for Encore?
One of the events in Boston every summer is the Bastille Day party at the French Library. We’d always heard that it was great fun. They close off part of Marlborough street and have...
Socialized Medicine
Steve Silberman was in London on business when he got sick. You should read his story about what happened next.
