Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Hacking Dr. Seuss: Dad Goes From Sad and Mad to Glad
I love Dr. Seuss. His books were critical to my childhood and my early fatherhood. I have “Cat in the Hat” is a First Edition, Third Printing (the 195/195 on the inside flap): And “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” in a true First Edition: I even custom-lacquered some baby furniture with cut-outs from “Hop…
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Quick Review of Chicago’s Open 311 Implementation
Here are some notes I took while reviewing the various Web resources published in the City’s Open 311 implementation announced on Friday: Service Tracker: http://servicetracker.cityofchicago.org/ The Service Tracker tool is driven by this open source code: It displays a running list of service requests submitted under the following service request types: Some possible improvements: Many of…
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Tracking Eater Chicago’s “24 of Chicago’s Most Anticipated Fall Openings”
I saw this post on Eater today: 24 of Chicago’s Most Anticipated Fall Openings. As is usual with Eater, it was an amazingly well-researched post, with tons of detail and specifics about who’s doing what where. The actual dates of restaurant openings are a notoriously inexact science. There are lots of movable parts to opening a new…
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On Clint Eastwood & Playful Moderation
The other night I saw Clint Eastwood on TV. He was at the Republican National Convention, giving a speech of sorts. He had a conversation with the President, who was represented by a chair. I found the whole thing odd and wonderful. I think Clint Eastwood is a great director, even though he seems to…
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New Year of CCD
I am looking forward to starting a new year of CCD. This time I am teaching sixth grade.