Congress Speaks
Since the presidential election, there’s been a lot of action on making it easier for the public to get information about what the government is doing. For examples, check out Data.gov, Sunlight Labs, and...
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Little Boxes
I just finished reading The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton. It’s an interesting exploration of what makes good architecture work, and why so much architecture doesn’t work. The last chapter is really...
A History Lesson (Because I feel like it)
Rome was once one of the largest empires ever to have existed. (Title of the largest goes to the mongols) This was brought about by the legions, and upheld by the Civil Service system...
Broiled Fish with Red Pepper-Orange vinaigrette
This is another recipe that sounded good from the Boston Globe Magazine article of a few weeks ago. We got another nice cod from the CSF today, so while the recipe suggested striped bass...
Ferrari 458
The new Ferrari is coming soon. It is called the 458 Italia it is the replacement of the 430. It looks like the 430 combined somewhat with the Enzo. Top Gear has recorded the...
Cod with Tomato-Bacon vinaigrette
Ok, as far as our family is concerned anything you add bacon to has got to be good… Spinach cooked with Bacon – yum. Pasta with bacon – mmm, mmm. Pizza with bacon –...
Band Concert, July 28
Another band concert last night. It was a beautiful night for it, and the band sounded great … … but Tom and Pete spent most of the concert way in the back, whittling.
Synchronous Objects
Go check out this interesting dance piece. It’s a performance of William Forsythe’s One Flat Thing, reproduced with visual annotations added using a graphics package called Field. It was done by Norah Zuniga Shaw.
Spore Internals
This is the sort of thing that usually goes in my work blog, but the kids are both big fans of Spore, so I’m going to post it here instead. Chris Hecker has written...
