August 2004

  • Downtown Fargo at Dusk

    Downtown Fargo at Dusk

    Today I flew back to Fargo to spend time with family and reconnect with the homeland. To acclimate myself, I took an after-dinner stroll down Broadway to see how the downtown revitalization effort is progressing. More was finished, more was torn up, but on the whole it was looking good.On my way back I took…

  • From One Bike to Two

    From One Bike to Two

    Tonight I made my inaugugal ride on my new Jamis Aurora touring bike, purchased last night from the fine people as Harris Cyclery in West Newton, and the experience was truly transcendent. After an hour and half of pure pleasure riding west of Boston, I met friends at Cabot’s restaurant in Newtonville for a burger…

  • elastic space: Spatial Annotation Projects

    Timo Arnall’s elastic space.com is a fantastic resource for web-based mapping, geoannotation, and interaction design. In particular, his list of spatial annotation projects is a boon for my current research.

  • Cafenation in Brighton Center

    This morning I’m at Cafenation, the Brighton Center coffee shop that has become by go-to work place in the mornings. I’ve been coming here 2-4 times/week since late January and it’s become an important part of my writing routine. Most mornings I’ll check my email briefly after breakfast and then suit up to get on…