Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
The advantages of laziness
I was too annoyed with Virginia Heffernan’s recent piece on the way new online “franchising” opportunities for TV shows may or may not help make them a hit to take the time to write up a response to it. Luckily for me, Maura had more time to spare, so I point you to her.
Pull […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Life online, Culture by Misha
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Belated friend-blogging
My New Year’s resolution to post to my blog more often was quickly challenged by my ongoing battle royale with the office cold, which has been epic. Thus I didn’t have a chance to post a timely link to Clive Thompson’s terrific piece on the problems with computerized voting machines - luckily, now the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Interface design, Technology by Misha
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to my niecelets, who are three years old today, and not so small anymore. I spoke to them on the phone today, and they both wished me a happy birthday too, so we’re even.
(Also, my sister related back the best comment ever, when she took her always-up hair down: “Mommy, you have […]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Vacation culinaria
Vacation culinaria
Originally uploaded by michelet.
Over the past week, I’ve been mostly hanging out at home, getting reacquainted with my apartment after a long and stressful last quarter of last year. When I spend time at home, taking care of the place, the urge to cook mostly just shows up by itself, and the last […]
