Archives for March 2010
Cosdorks
March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Humor
I saw an article in Wired magazine a few years ago about “cosplay” —people dressing up as video game or anime characters—and didn’t think anything else of it, other than judgmental and pejorative things like get a life and OMG, you’re 40-years-old and wearing spandex, a platinum wig and about
In The Beginning
March 26, 2010 | Filed under: Web Design
Shawn Blanc’s tweet and blog post relating to why he started blogging, in addition to Zeldman’s mention of an old A List Apart article reminded me of an entry in my mental ‘things-to-blog-about’ list. Why does this site exist? How did it get here? It shouldn’t be a surprise that
Reading List
March 21, 2010 | Filed under: Books
Last book read: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Very good. Books on the way: The Big Short, Michael Lewis. If it was “The Big Phone Book” by Michael Lewis, it would still be on the way. Shibumi, Trevanian. Meant to read this a long time ago. Fly Fishing with
Now That is Writing
March 1, 2010 | Filed under: Writing
A few years ago while I was overseas, I read the first two volumes of Shelby Foote’s massive narrative of the Civil War. Just today I picked up Volume 3. I know I’m not alone in becoming a fan of his after his appearance in Ken Burns’ documentary — which