Algorithmically Speaking – February 29, 2008

There’s a tradition in many places in the English-speaking world that women may propose marriage only on Leap Day. There’s probably another tradition that men have their sturdy travel suitcase pre-stocked and ready to bolt at a moment’s notice when...

Happy Art – February 27, 2008

Walking across Rockefeller Center today my usual path was blocked by a huge sculptural work replete with neon tubes and fancy light bulbs. It looked like an electric representation of a fountain, or maybe it’s meant to be some whipped cream extravaganza. In any...

My Workaday World – February 26, 2008

Some days are spent inside, at my Mac, working, working, working… I don’t get out, (with a home-office the commute doesn’t involve the out-of-doors), and then suddenly it’s dark outside, and Cirrus (the Budgie) is already in his ring waiting...