The last post on this blog was in October of 2007. I launched a new site then, with technologies designed to make things easier to update (which actually made it harder), and quickly abandoned it. That design was never really finished—blog posts weren't styled properly, things broke and were never fixed—and my growing use of [...]
Category Archives: Life
On Libraries
The fifteen branches of the Jackson County Library System closed today due to a lack of funding. I’ve spent countless hours both in the Ashland library and using its vast resources. I’ve known librarians for years who are now without jobs. This closure troubles me greatly.
I ranted a bit over on Metroblogging Portland.
There’s a measure [...]
There’s a New Streetcar in Town
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Driving past the streetcar yards the other day, I spotted a brand new train being loaded on to the tracks. It’s bright green and had a more rounded, bubblelike, nose than the current model. Presumably this is one of the trains that they built the new siding for last year while I was [...]
It’s Snow!
This should give a quick idea of how much snow had come down in downtown Portland by about 8:45 this morning. It’s still coming down pretty steadily. It’s very pretty, but it’s making this apartment search a bit more difficult.
Sidenote
A while back I came across a piece of software called Sidenote, developed by Pierre Chatel. It’s an incredibly neat little notepad app with a beautifully clean interface that sits on the side of your screen and pops out whenever you need it. At the time I found it originally, I didn’t really see the [...]
Broken Angel Fire
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While walking to school this afternoon, I noticed that the top of the Broken Angel art structure, had some smoke coming out of it. Further inspection showed that the smoke wasn't coming out of any chimney but that a small portion of the upper tower was on fire. Out came the cell phone. After [...]
Card Offer Roundup
I haven't updated this site in a while, primarily because I'm in the middle of rethinking its design to work in some new contentful sections. Expect more frequent, and more interesting, updates in the future.
Since I moved to Portland, my mailbox has been flooded with credit card offers galore. Apparently when you only have one [...]
And so it begins.
The MAX train was right on time. 3:57 am on the dot. By the time it got to the airport, it was twenty minutes ahead of schedule. I picked up a steamer and a bagel and was surprised to find that the prices were the same as I would have paid outside of the airport. [...]
Night Lost to Plato
After sitting in the Old Pharmacy Cafe for far too long this morning (a result of accidentally falling asleep at about nine), I think I've finally gotten at least a semblance of a handle on the project of mapping platonic dialogue Euthydemus. I keep thinking that I should be doing something more complex and elegant, [...]
Back in Portland
After spending the last month at home in Ashland, I'm back in Portland and having to get used to the idea of having classes to go to. Since I haven't written anything here, this is going to be a big conglomeration of things that don't really warrant individual posts, but I still feel like talking [...]
