jan
27
2012
Going for a Ride
When you select something for purchase at photo / video superstore B&H in New York City, the salespeople, instead of the item to you, will put the item on a conveyor belt that runs overhead throughout the store. When you're done shopping, you can pick up your goodies at a kiosk by the checkout. Here, take a virtual ride on that conveyor belt.
Farewell To An Unlikely Hero: Why 'Chuck' Packed Such A Potent Punch | Monkey See | NPR
Linda Holmes writes, “Against overwhelming odds and in spite of eternally low ratings, Chuck’s life and death speaks in surprisingly potent ways to how television is changing. More than anything, Chuck is a story about the rise of the fan … And Chuck fans, in their businesslike enthusiasm, sold themselves as a product.”
jan
25
2012
The Markup: Notes On The State Of The Union | NPR
“President Obama has laid out his vision for the nation. We marked up his speech with fact checking, analysis and reaction — all in the margin.” I worked with Erica Ryan to set up this page within our CMS, tweaking the CSS to narrow the main content column and kick the annotations into the new left margin.
jan
23
2012
jan
22
2012
Photo of the Day: Freeze
Yesterday’s snow (and subsequent thaw / refreeze) iced over the front yard.
jan
20
2012
Watching Them Watching Me | Modern Love | NYTimes.com
Dean E. Murphy writes, “The death of a spouse rewrites the rules of a family in ways I never could have imagined.” Warning: Have Kleenex at the ready.
jan
11
2012
Photo of the Day: Hydrangea Detail
A close-up photo of one of the hydrangea flowers in a vase in my living room, taken with a magnetic iPhone macro lens. You have to get really close to your subject before the camera will focus. In this case, I think it worked out well.
jan
10
2012
The Joy of Books
I cannot even fathom the amount of work that went into this stop-motion video. Un-shelving, re-shelving, resetting the store the next morning, starting all over again at night… Still, this video is magical. About the project (from the YouTube page): …
jan
08
2012
Photo of the Day: Election Planning
From last week: Some quick scribbles in my notebook for ways to internally promote different election-related features on our story and blog pages. Lots of pieces to the Elections puzzle.
jan
07
2012
Back on the Bike
I don’t know why the temperature is in the mid-60s in January, but I’ll take it.
Rob and I rode our bikes down to Old Town Alexandria, got a late lunch at Paradiso, then biked back home.
We were not the only ones with this idea: The Mount Vernon Trail was packed with joggers and bikers.
What Does Unesco Recognition Mean, Exactly? | NYTimes.com
Steven Erlanger writes, “Independence Hall is a Unesco site, but not the White House. The Grand Canyon, yes. Niagara Falls, no. Inside the odd politics and big business of World Heritage sites.”
jan
06
2012
The Weight
Wilco, Nick Lowe & Mavis Staples rehearse “The Weight” backstage at the Civic Opera House in Chicago in December 2011. Filmed by Zoran Orlic. So very good.
