Today was one of those magical days in New York where the light colours the city in unexpected ways. First, check out this dumpster that was transformed from banal into a battered modernist gem: Later today I noticed the wind ripping through a nearby construction site, turing the steel skeleton into a giant lung: Undoubtedly… Continue reading Seen in New York
Category: Random
Damn Cold
A few weeks back it was abnormally cold here in NYC (global warming has made us wimps) and my friend Richard and I were speculating where the coldest livable place was. Richard, being from South Africa, thought that perhaps Duluth, MN was the coldest place on Earth. I countered with Iqualuit, Nunavut. Much colder. However,… Continue reading Damn Cold
ComicCon
Today Mike, Sarah, Wen and I went to ComicCon 2009. Why, you ask are four people with an average age north of 30 going to a comic book convention? Easy – this is one of the greatest subcultures out there and it’s incredible to experience. Where else can you get arrested by storm troopers…… Continue reading ComicCon
Sublime
Most people think of the word sublime as meaning to inspire awe, but one of the original connotations was that something sublime was the manifestation of god on earth. I’m not a particularly religious person, but yesterday I could understand why some people defined the word that way. Wen had a Saturday morning class; I… Continue reading Sublime
How We Got Here
Two recent articles I read have me thinking about path dependence. For those who don’t know, path dependence basically means that we (either individuals or institutions) are the sum of historical experiences – history matters. A corollary is that small events can build up over time to have large historical impacts (read the Wikipedia entry… Continue reading How We Got Here