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Poached Eggs on Mass Pike
A long, long time ago for a couple months I worked the grill at Howard Johnson’s on the Mass Pike near the Natick exit. I had the crazy idea that I could work the 11pm-7am shift and look for a … Continue reading
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Breakfast in Hardin, Illinois
Hardin, Illinois – I had breakfast here while the regulars talked about whether society or the individual is at fault in the case of bad behavior on the part of teens, and whether you should kill a beaver or an … Continue reading
McCann’s Irish Oatmeal, the real deal
Maybe you’re a fan of oatmeal and you’ve seen the selections at the supermarket. Lots of Quaker (various kinds), some store brands, and this stuff called McCann’s Irish Oatmeal in the real tins. And you may have wondered, is it … Continue reading
Tender Mercies
Many years ago, when it first came out I saw the movie Tender Mercies, and thought it was very good, as many people did. What the heck did I know at that point though, barely being out of college and … Continue reading
User Experience and SEO—It’s the loving thing to do
Recent projects have brought the principles of User Expreience and Search Engine Optimization to the top of the list in my interactions with colleagues at work. Of course, those principles (and practice) are always at the top of my list. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian UX, Golden Rule, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, User Experience
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At the Apple store
Just a little time out to reflect on what a cool world we live in (in a techno-social-culture kind of way at least), especially with things like the MAC. Here I am at the Apple store at the CambridgeSide Galleria. … Continue reading
Punctuation please
I was all ready to present this as the well-written counterpoint to the wordy fire exit sign (see adjacent blog entry), but then realized that, though it does get the point across in as few words as possible, it lacks … Continue reading
Why we need editors
Every day I walk by two fire doors on the way to work. I can’t help but notice the extreme wordiness in contrast to the clear and efficient use of words in the sign on the other fire door a … Continue reading
The cell phone is the new Polaroid
I have film cameras, I have digital cameras, but the camera I find myself using most often and spontaneously is the one in my cell phone. The quality is finally good enough for snapshots. (See the image of the RR … Continue reading
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Tagged camera, cell phone, polaroid, railroad crossing
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Life experience = code
So much of life involves decoding. This occurred to me as I was working on a Web project and having to look at the code, make little tweaks to it and then look at the result in a browser. And … Continue reading