March 2010
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In which I consider Atlas Shrugged for some reason
Fifteen or so years ago I managed to read Ayn Rand’s magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, and by read, I mean listened to the unabridged book on tape while driving back to school from Southern California to Boulder, Colorado. The thing was something like 24 tapes in all and consumed the entire drive and then some. And you know what? It was totally worth it. I didn’t ever want to stop driving,...
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Traveling with the iPhone | Concert Vault
If you’re like me, you gotta have tunes when you travel. Obviously, the iPhone is ideal for this given you have access to songs from your iTunes library on it. But sometimes that’s not enough, you know? You need more. And there’s no shortage of great music apps to choose from. For discovering new music and creating contextual playlists there’s really none better than...
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February 2010
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Traveling with the iPhone | TripIt
The iPhone is simply the greatest piece of technology I’ve ever owned. Sure, it drops calls and has spotty coverage, but who wants to talk on the phone anyway? What makes Apple’s device so vital is its combination of simplicity and power.
When the iPhone was introduced, the ability to manage your contacts and calendar and send emails from your phone was hardly new. Blackberry users...
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“So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas...”
– Hunter S. Thompson | Died February 20, 2005 (via thingsdeadpeoplesaid)
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Catching up on some reading while I was away
I don’t read as much as I used to. Well, that’s not right exactly. More precisely, I don’t read as much for pleasure as I used to. I imagine I actually read more than I ever have only it tends to be generally work-related which is always useful, sometimes enlightening, and quite often dull. What free time I have that could otherwise be dedicated to reading more personal things -...
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Please Come to Boston for the Winter Time
Just doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? The cadence is all wrong. And more so if you replace “Boston” with “Tewksbury.” But that’s the way it is with business travel. You don’t much get to choose where you go and when.
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Remembering The Gates
Today marks the five year anniversary of the opening of “The Gates,” exhibited in Central Park in February of 2005. The art installation was the work of the recently passed Jeanne-Claude and her husband Christo, a pair responsible for some pretty amazing and often controversial large-scale art projects. I was living in New York at the time and recall “The Gates” were...
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