I've taken on a side project lately. A year or more ago I came across a website that sold official recreations of Star Wars props. Among sets of Stormtrooper armor and more, a helmets caught my eye, in particular a plain rebel X-wing pilot helmet with a few sheets of decals for the owner to apply… Continue reading A Side Project
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With New Eyes
I’m reading Meet Me By The Fountain by Alexandra Lange, a book that traces the architecture and cultural history of shopping malls in the United States. It’s been a fascinating read; malls are something so very common place but also one that is taken for granted by the popular imagination. In her foreword, Lange describes… Continue reading With New Eyes
Pigeons
I usually claim the day I fully became a New Yorker as the day I swore at a pigeon that flew way too close to my head. My swearing wasn’t at the incident but instead a futile string of profanity directly targeted at the dumb pigeon. I don’t think the bird registered it. Pigeons are… Continue reading Pigeons
An Overabundance of Expertise
I am in the market for a robot vacuum. I’ve been thinking of getting one for a while and have decided that I’m tired of having to deal with the dustiness of LA and would like the machines to do things for me. So I did what’s become par the course for any purchase of… Continue reading An Overabundance of Expertise
News Alerts
There are times when I really don’t like having news notifications on my phone. I was playing video games last night, a Friday night relaxing after the work week, when my phone buzzed. I glanced over and promptly learnt that Israel and the United States had launched missile attacks on Iran. Perhaps I was naive… Continue reading News Alerts
Anonymity
In a purported effort to 'protect the children,' Discord has announced that all accounts will be given the safety settings assigned for teenagers unless the user can prove they are an adult. This proving-you’re-an-adult will be done with an 'age inference model' that guesses if you’ve an adult based on your activity on the platform.… Continue reading Anonymity
Projecting
The newest installment in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man, is out this week in a super limited release. Its predecessor, Glass Onion, was, likewise, only in theaters for a week on account of Netflix wanting to get their movie on streaming quick as possible. Unfortunately, Dead Man’s release coincides with Thanksgiving,… Continue reading Projecting
Out And About
No post today, on account of being away this weekend. Fiery Furnace So this is a post of pictures instead. Golden tree from Gemini Bridges. Couldn’t tell you what kind of tree it is. Except it’s gold. Whale Arch. It’s a whale.
A New Story
I was fortunate enough to call New York home for many years and it truly is no hyperbole to say that the city is someplace special. To my immense joy, on Tuesday the city elected a new mayor — one who sees the city much the same way I do, a place where anyone can… Continue reading A New Story
The Myth of Vegas
I am not a fan of Las Vegas. I passed through it a few years ago and was, well, unimpressed. The Strip struck me as oddly artificial, like a simulacrum of a city like New York. A recreation in a controlled environment without the perceived dangers of a real city, where a visitor doesn’t need… Continue reading The Myth of Vegas
Essays, Not Rants! 