The Raspberry Pi 3
Wow, the Raspberry Pi 3 looks interesting. I don’t have any specific projects in mind that would make me want to run out and buy one right now, but maybe […]
February 2016
a little more on Starbucks Rewards
The NY Times has chimed in on the Starbucks Rewards program changes, so I thought I’d post a link to that as a follow-up to my earlier post. They raise […]
Not !Important
I’m currently working on a SharePoint project that’s going to involve a number of fairly kludgy bits, mostly because… SharePoint. I think I may be able to get a few […]
Starbucks rewards
When I decided to lose some weight a few years back, one of the big things I did was to stop going out to lunch every day. Now, I usually […]
Somerville redevelopment
There’s a lot of redevelopment going on in Somerville right now. I’m honestly not sure how I feel about it. I do know that I’m not happy about the parking […]
no SDCC for me this year
I went through the motions yesterday, but unsurprisingly, badges sold out in an hour, and I didn’t get one. Today, I went to New York and paid a visit to […]
Pee-wee’s Big Comeback
I just finished reading a long NY Times Magazine article about Pee-wee Herman, and his new movie. I was a big fan of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, back when it was running […]
new Met logo
I love the Met, but I’m not in love with their new logo. (I also don’t think it’s that bad — just not as good as the old one.) As […]
SDCC 2016 open registration
It’s just one more day until open registration for SDCC 2016. I last went in 2012, and haven’t been able to get in since. So I think I’m due, right? […]
The economics of very high taxes
From Bernie Sanders’s Tax Plan Would Test an Economic Hypothesis in the NY Times: That is, a 73 percent top rate would generate more revenue than the existing tax code, […]