Mapping: Not a solved problem
Looking for directions between my house and the Boston airport shows a surprising degree of variation between map services. Check this out: Route Google Maps Yahoo Maps Mapquest home to BOS 7.6mi,...
View ArticleBoston area ice cream: capsule reviews
Ice cream in the Boston area, ordered roughly by quality. Toscanini's: some of the most delicious ice cream available anywhere, period. This is serious, classy ice cream—well, as serious and classy as...
View ArticleNew Century Voices Concert, Sunday 6/19 4pm in Harvard Sq
The choir I'm in, New Century Voices, has a concert coming up this Sunday 6/19. It's at the Swedenborg Chapel in Cambridge, MA. Swedenborg Chapel is located at the corner of Quincy and Kirkland streets...
View ArticleMedieval Boston and Urban Renewal
link Here's a fascinating photo essay on "urban renewal" in Boston. It shows "Medieval Boston" (1920s) and the dramatic changes it has suffered in automobile-induced destruction projects since. It's...
View ArticleSong of the Day
Brookline by Jonathan Coulton. Now I'm rich and smart,my home is charming.Sense of irony well-honed.I buy used books and Britas,I snack on nuts and wine.I have been imprisoned in Brookline. Listen to...
View ArticleBoston fireworks: On the river
I'm not a huge fan of fireworks. Although fire is cool, expanding smiley faces in the sky don't impress me anymore. But when my girlfriend Nicole proposed that we watch the world-class Boston fireworks...
View ArticleNews is Irrelevant
In his book Beyond Fear, security expert Bruce Schneier writes: “Slices of life with immediate visual impact get magnified; those with no visual component, or that can't be immediately and viscerally...
View ArticleStartup School, Part 1: The Reception
I spent this evening in a big room full of geeks. The room belonged to Y Combinator, Paul Graham's venture/incubator firm, and the geeks were assembled for the Startup School reception. Startup School...
View ArticleA geek dinner I didn't organize
Yesterday I went to a dinner at RSS Labs organized in part by my friend Pito Salas. As Bela Labovitch pointed out, Brian Del Vecchio took some photos. Am I supposed to look that asymmetrical when...
View ArticleBarCamp Boston is this weekend!
link BarCamp Boston is this weekend at Monster Worldwide in Maynard. Over 150 people have registered to participate, and I'm sure it's going to be stimulating and fun. I've been so busy working on it...
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