Author Archives: d4vid

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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Gifts

Posted on June 16, 2019 by d4vid

My dad loved movies.  We never knew what to get him for birthdays or Christmas so we all, independently, seemed to converge on giving him movie tickets and passes.  When we sorted through his stuff, we found a cache of … Continue reading →

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