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Street Music and Pizza in Harvard Square
in CityLast night I spend my third evening in Harvard Square this week, and I was glad to find that the square on a summer evening still has…
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Bike Route Visualized
I created this map of my Tuesday bike ride to experiment with different ways to visualize gps data (my route is the heavy black line). This time…
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Wired Biking
in BikingIn the face of scary writing deadlines, biking has been good therapy this week. Last night I took my Jamis out on my recently discovered route to Walden,…
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Bikes Against Bush
Bikes Against Bush is a one-of-a-kind, interactive protest/performance occurring simultaneously online and on the streets of NYC during the upcoming Republican National Convention. Using a Wireless In
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Biking and the Theory of the Derive
in BikingLast night I went on my second ride on my new bike, and since I didn’t have much time, I decided to experiment with what I’ve started…
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The Fargo Theatre, Home of "Wood-Chip Marge"
in HometownThis morning I cruised downtown on my dad’s old Schwinn to photograph the the 8-foot tall, 500 pound chainsaw statue of Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo which stands on the…
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Wood-Chip Marge
in HometownThis 8-foot tall, 500 pound chainsaw carving of Marge Gunderson from the movie Fargo which stands on the second floor of the Fargo Theatre. The inscription on the…
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Dad's One-Room School
in HometownDad attended this school where his mother was the teacher from 1946-1948.
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McCormick-Deering Threshing Machine
in HometownThis McCormick-Deering threshing machine was last used by my dad and grandfather in 1949 when dad was 10. It sits in a stand of trees on one…
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Downtown Fargo at Dusk
in HometownToday 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…
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From One Bike to Two
in BikingTonight 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…
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elastic space: Spatial Annotation Projects
in WeblinksTimo 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…
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Cafenation in Brighton Center
in Third PlacesThis 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…
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Save Our Lady of Presentation
in NeighborhoodThis evening the voice of my blogging conscience emailed with the subject line, "Where’s the Where?" Good question, Nancy. The last week or two week, the place-based…
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A Weekend in Portland
in DestinationsSometimes just when you feel the busiest and most overwhelmed, the best thing to do is leave town. So this is what we did this weekend, and…
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Leaves in Water: Mackworth Island, ME
Taken on Mackworth Island, just of the coast of Portland, Maine.
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Thingster
Thingster is an open-source weblogging service for locative media. It is being developed by Anselm Hook, Tom Longson and Brad Degraf in association with Locative – a…
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From Friendster to Thingster
in DissertationMy twin distractions this afternoon have been Friendster and Thingster, two different kinds of social networking applications that I hadn’t tried before. Andrew invited me to join…
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Bonfire in Lanesville
in RegionI spent this July 4th out in Lanesville, a village of Gloucester on Cape Anne, about an hour drive north of Boston. Around 9:00 we walked down…
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Pancakes Across America
in WeblinksThanks to Numenius at Feathers of Hope, I discovered a great breakfast website this morning, and it has inspired me to keep my dream of designing a…
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More about Kirsten Malone
I seem to keep crossing paths with Kirsten Malone, even through I’ve never met her and, sadly, she’s no longer alive. I mentioned passing her memorial a…
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The Middlewesterner
in WeblinksExploring the heart of the country.An accomplished poet and essayist, Tom Montag is the author of Curlew:Home, an affectionate memoir of growing up on a middle western…
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A Good Documentary Week in Coolidge Corner
in NeighborhoodThis past week I’ve been to Coolidge Corner four times, seen two opening night documentaries (Fahrenheit 911 and Howard Zinn), eaten at Boca Grande twice (grilled lemon…
