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Reluctant Activists
Yesterday afternoon, Jonathan, Marlene, Steve and I spend the day ringing doorbells in Plainstow, NH, trying to put in a good word for John Kerry. I think most of us were reluctant activists going into this venture, but by the end of the day we were glad to have done our part. I, for one,…
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The Perfect Storm Revisited
As the rements of hurricane Ivan soaked Boston for most the day on Saturday, Joel and I decided to spend a lazy day around the house, resting up for a week of siteseeing. To prepare for our trip to Cape Ann today, we watched The Perfect Storm last night, a prerequisite that neither of us…
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First–and Last–Boston College Football Game
For the next week, I’ll be playing tour guide for a visitor from Fargo, so it gives me an excuse to do some things I haven’t had a chance to do yet as a resident. Despite being at Boston College for numerous years (for my ego’s sake, I prefer not to actully say the number…
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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 I used GPS Visualizer , a free online application that converts gpx files into svg maps that then can be converted to JPEGs. The process involves too many…
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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 multi-disciplinary group of theorists, artists and engineers exploring the implications of attaching information to place.
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Designing Vs Writing
The other night I got it in my head that I need to revise my site, and when this happens, I usually can’t get it out of my head until it’s done. And when I’m tweaking and redesigning, I am usually unable to write much–form wins out over content.
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Reflections on an In-Flight Movie
It’s about 8:00 pacific time, and I’m somewhere just over Witchita on the way to Honolulu. The in-flight movie just ended–50 First Dates–and I’m now I feel like I’m in a different place. The last few days have been hectic and getting three hours of sleep last night got me off to less-than-perky start to…
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The Watertown Arsenal
Tonight Robert, Staci, and I celebrated the end of busy week with dinner at Red Sauce, housed in one of the Water Arsenal buildings. Walking to the restaurant, Robert and I commented on how nicely renovated the buildings and grounds looked, and on our way out, we were amazed to discover the Italianate Commander’s Mansion…
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NYC Bloggers
A map of the NYC that shows where the bloggers are, organized by subway stop