Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Living in the future…
…means ending Thanksgiving Day by watching a video of Arlo Gurthrie performing “Alice’s Restaurant” on his freakin’ MySpace page.
Happy tryptophan, each and every one.
2 Comments » - Posted in Life online by Misha
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Work-related posting
I am probably required by the Laws of the Intarweb to note that my employer has finally succumbed to the inevitability of rhyme and launched the frogblog. Not much content there so far, but it’s already attracting some surprising commenters.
3 Comments » - Posted in Life online, Links by Misha
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
The good ended happily… that is what Fiction means
Big ups to header-quote-provider Richard Powers, whose new novel The Echo Maker won The National Book Award for fiction last night.
I have a copy of The Echo Maker, bought at a Borders in Chicago with the Zombie Queen and King last month, still in my suitcase. I’m looking forward to sitting down with it […]
No Comments » - Posted in Personal, Culture by Misha
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
After the elections
As regular readers of my non-posting know, I’ve spent a lot of the past year traveling to do user research.
Part of what all that travel does to you — or, at least, to me — is make you value the specificity of your own local life all the more. At my coffee store, this […]
