Monthly Archives: April 2008

Peripeteia

Posted on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Sweet marjoram, the FTA has okayed Metro to Reston, Dulles, and beyond. Maybe I’ll be able to take the day off to see the groundbreaking, after all. But the feds haven’t written the $900 million check yet. Stay tuned.

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fargo

Posted on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 by David Gorsline

I scored 25 out of 34 in The Rather Difficult Font Game. Not good enough to make it on to the leader board.

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At the park: 15

Posted on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 by David Gorsline

On Sunday’s trip, we saw the results of hatching in three boxes. Myra and Chris were rewarded with views of chicks in two of them! The foliage has really greened up in the past couple of weeks, after what feels … Continue reading →

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Some links links: 2

Posted on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Via things magazine: a thought-provoking post by Jeffrey Zeldman on the “outsourcing” of personal web page content: [Imagine] a 1990s site whose splash page links to sub-pages. Structurally, its site map is indistinguishable from an org chart, with the CEO … Continue reading →

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Briefly noted

Posted on Monday, 28 April 2008 by David Gorsline

…in last week’s Economist: “Nauruan” is probably the only proper adjective that is also a palindrome. Dubai is selling the naming rights to some of its metro stations and its two lines. Dubai Metro Naming Rights offers you unmatched impact … Continue reading →

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Bad, bad, ghastly, and bad

Posted on Monday, 28 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Via ArtsJournal: a Rochester, N.Y. artists’ group is giving staged readings of the notorious stinker, Moose Murders, reports Campbell Robertson. The play closed after its opening performance on Broadway in 1983. The number of people who claim to have seen … Continue reading →

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Not so green

Posted on Friday, 25 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Willie D. Jones reports on research (preliminary, apparently not yet published) by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center that compares various energy sources and means of power generation in their efficiency of water consumption. That certain high-tech darlings of alternative … Continue reading →

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Some links: 26

Posted on Friday, 25 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Marc Fisher picked up my plug for Huntley Meadows Park for the Post’s Community Handbook.

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Upcoming: 11

Posted on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 by David Gorsline

All aboard for the first annual National Train Day, 10 May. (Though it would be better called National Passenger Train Day.) Amtrak has scheduled events at four of its most important stations, the Union Stations in Los Angeles, Chicago, and … Continue reading →

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One more dang toolbar

Posted on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 by David Gorsline

I added Operator to my Firefox add-ons. Operator discovers microformat markup embedded in a web page: you can do some cool stuff, like extract contact information published as an hCard and export it to your address book, or you can … Continue reading →

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Constructive criticism

Posted on Monday, 21 April 2008 by David Gorsline

…[William Faulkner] didn’t seem remote to everybody in being our great writer. I know a story about him, though he never knew anybody knew of it, I’d bet. Mississippi is full of writers, and I heard this from the person … Continue reading →

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Plant a billion

Posted on Monday, 21 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Herewith my Earth Day project for this year. (The widget is a little wide, so I’m not sure what to do with it when it scrolls off the bottom of the page.)

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The Good Woman of Setzuan

Posted on Sunday, 20 April 2008 by David Gorsline

What an apt commodity has Bertolt Brecht charged his character Wong with selling, for Wong is a seller of water, a commodity as free as the falling rain yet one of the most precious economic commodities. Wong (or Wang, in … Continue reading →

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On the verge

Posted on Friday, 18 April 2008 by David Gorsline

Joanna Goodman listens to a yellowthroat.

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Upcoming: 10

Posted on Wednesday, 16 April 2008 by David Gorsline

My favorite band of the late 90s, Portishead, has reformed and has a CD to be released later this month. Jon Pareles gives a preview: Third is more polymorphous, more extreme, more propulsive and often harsher than previous Portishead albums. … Continue reading →

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