I’ve had a pretty set filing system for quite a few years. Bank statements, paid bills, and anything else more important than the average newspaper get filed in the appropriate slot in the cabinet. I’ve cleaned things out once or twice, but in general that just seems like more effort than its worth, so the [...]
I’m going to try very hard not to overload B&S with political crap—who really needs more of the stuff?—but this is just too good to pass up:
The Daily Show at it’s finest. The researchers on their team who come up with this stuff do great work.
Lately I’ve been reading a history of Chicago, Chicago: Crossroads of American Enterprise1. It’s a popular history, published in 1944, and it follows the style and approach that you’d expect of a book of that vintage. The prose tends towards a purplish hue at times, and “man” is used as a synonym for “people.” But [...]
So I finally fulfilled a delayed plan and flew out to the east coast to visit friends and sightsee. Stops were made in NYC and Boston, and I gave Amtrak’s express train between the two a test (verdict: fast). It was good, as always, to spend some time in cities other than Chicago, noting the [...]
One of the most unusual devices in the digital camera world right now is the Casio EX-F1. It’s kind of a weird hybrid: a six megapixel still camera that also shoots high-definition video. Neither of those qualities are exactly spectacular (or all that impressive, really) but they’re just the setup.
In addition to its normal video [...]
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