Author Archives: d4vid

Centrale

Posted on November 9, 2019 by d4vid

Arrived at Milano Centrale.  Europe knows how to do train stations.

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Gelato

Posted on November 9, 2019 by d4vid

I’m on vacation in Northern Italy. I had a wonderful Italian moment just minutes after arriving here. Deplaning in Milan in the pre-dawn cold, we were herded onto buses to take us to the terminal.  A dad standing near me … Continue reading →

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Crisp

Posted on November 3, 2019 by d4vid

When it comes to being graphically interesting, NYC just can’t help itself.

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Lycanthropy

Posted on November 3, 2019 by d4vid

In a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan, I stumbled upon a category I’d never noticed before mixed in among the Psychology and Personal Growth and Self-Help sections.

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Dilated II

Posted on October 27, 2019 by d4vid

A while ago, I mentioned Heinlein’s use of indirect exposition, but then I discovered that Eric S. Raymond (one of the fathers of the free software movement) had already written about this in “SF Words and Prototype Worlds” and “Rudyard … Continue reading →

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Epitaph

Posted on October 14, 2019 by d4vid
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Achtung

Posted on October 9, 2019 by d4vid

Did my Generation X cohort arc from earnestness to cynicism?  Did this correspond to the arc of U2 from earnestness (pre-Achtung Baby) to cynicism (from the Zoo TV tour on)?  Discuss.

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Powerless

Posted on October 6, 2019 by d4vid

Rewatching “Veep” and “The Thick of It”, I think I struck on the aspects of the seasons I like which are absent in the seasons I don’t like nearly as much.  Early on, both shows are about people supposedly in … Continue reading →

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Source

Posted on September 12, 2019 by d4vid

When browsing in Chrome I often have Inspect open just because.  Visiting a time.com article on climate change, I noticed this comment between the <!doctype> and <html> tags: <!doctype html> <!– /((((((\\\\ =======((((((((((\\\\\ (( \\\\\\\ ( (* _/ \\\\\\\ \ … Continue reading →

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Typical

Posted on July 21, 2019 by d4vid

A terrible example of the “Golden Gate Bridge swallowed by fog” cliche as shot from the Presidio. The fog burned off the afternoon, I pushed up my long sleeves, and of course got my forearms sunburned.

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Hip

Posted on July 20, 2019 by d4vid

For my trip to California, I continued my trend of staying at dive motels converted to boutique motels: Beck’s Motor Lodge in San Francisco and (once again) the Safari Inn in Burbank.

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Tide

Posted on July 19, 2019 by d4vid

About two-thirds of the way between Stamford and JFK, my driver cryptically asked me, “Do you know if the tide is high?” I wasn’t sure if I would be shot in the face with a silencer if I answered wrong.  … Continue reading →

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Ruby

Posted on July 18, 2019 by d4vid

For the first time in, like, twenty years I’ve learned a brand new HTML tag!  In my blog, I’ve always done translations like this… 小河马 (xiǎo hémǎ or “little river horse”) With the set of <ruby> tags, I could do … Continue reading →

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Float

Posted on July 8, 2019 by d4vid

At work, but I suppose more generally in life, my sense is that I instinctively project an equilibrium between levity and gravitas.  I’m not sure if other people see me that way.

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Glare

Posted on July 4, 2019 by d4vid

I enjoyed my first Independence Day in New England by watching fireworks from my balcony and hearing the squawking of startled seabirds. In the distance, across the Sound, I could also see fireworks up and down Long Island.

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