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Peter B. Lewis Building, Cleveland
I’ve spent most of my day today in the Peter B. Lewis Building, a Frank Gehry building which houses part of the Wheatherhead School of Management at…
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Hit by the Book
in BikingAs a daily bike communer in Boston, I’ve grow used to being vigilant when biking, always alert for the person opening there door in front of me,…
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Internet as Oil Spill
in DissertationIn his Tuesday Boston Globe editorial, “Paradise Lost,” Nick King reports the arrival of wireless Internet access to the isolated Palmyra Atoll, a US Natural Wildlife Area…
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Fargo Chosen as "Perfect Terrain" for World Record Unicycle Attempt
In case I didn’t have enough reasons to be proud of my home town, I discovered that Zach Warren will be conducting his second attempt to break…
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Review: Two Wheel Gear's Garment Bag Pannier
in BikingDuring the eight straight days of rain last week, I had plenty of chances to test out some new gear and the new commuting routine the goes…
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Power to the "brave wheat farmers of North Dakota"
in HometownFrom Orion Magazine: FOOD FIGHT: A Revolt in the Breadbasket of Democracy by Ted Nace"Monsanto already controls 91% of the GM seed market worldwide — corn, rice,…
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A Day at RISD
in DissertationYesterday I spent the day in Providence at the Rhode Island School of Design, where I gave a talk in Anne Tate’s course "American Communities in the…
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Travel Goat
Bob stopped into Cafenation this morning while I was there and while were chatting he mentioned a new site he’s been asked to do some consulting work…
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From Blog to Book: Slow Road Home by Fred First
in DissertationThis morning I ordered a copy of Fred’s new book A Slow Road Home, a project that grew out of his blog entries over the last few…
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Inaugural Zip Car Outing
in DestinationsThis weekend I rented a Zipcar for the first time for Cathy’s birthday and we took a little jaunt up to the Monadnack region of new Hampshire–just…
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Podcasting Places
in DissertationToday I’m blogging from Boston University where I’m attending the Podcasting Academy for work. A bit ago Tony Kahn from WGBH radio talked about his experience with…
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Easter Images
A little late in coming, but here some Easter 2006 images in the recently revamped Whereproject photo gallery. These photos were taken in and around St. James’s…
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Sticks of Fire: a Tampa website
in WeblinksBlog URL: http://sticksoffire.com/ Description: A weblog all about Tampa, written by tampans.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre
Some random comments on a post from a couple years ago (Fargo Theatre Home of "Wood-Chip Marge") prompts me to post a photo took of my favorite…
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If the Jetsons designed a church…
…this is what it would look like. Or at least that’s what came to mind as I observed this "steeple" on my ride to Cafenation Wednesday.
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Harold Connolly Scupture
Earlier this week as I was biking to Brighton Center, I noticed a statue in front of the Taft Middle School that I had never paid attention…
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Pastplaces.com Is Part Of Your Past Listed?
in WeblinksBlog URL: http://www.pastplaces.co.uk/Default.asp Description: PastPlaces is a free major global resource for finding or listing information, memories, stories, images, video of past places, past times, properties, houses,…
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My “weird tuna trash”
in HometownGrowing up North Dakota, I was raised on hotdish. If you’re new to hotdishes, this excerpt from How to Talk Minnesotan: A Visitor’s Guide, might help introduce…
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Thundersnow
This afternoon I’ve been working at home during our first snowstorm of the season. About half hour ago I was startled by a flash of light–muted but…
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Capturing the Past
in WeblinksBlog URL: http://56755.blogspot.com/ Description: I have decided to document my hometown in a very concrete way. I've created a place blog for it. I want to discover…
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Portait of the Artist
Some evenings when I walk up the steps to our house, I can see Dave sitting at his easel painting, his figure framed by the window and…
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Pumpkins at Johnny D's
in NeighborhoodI just stepped outside Cafenation for a bit of fresh air, and the pumpkins at Johnny D’s Fruit Market were lit up brilliantly by the late morning…
