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Month: September 2019

  • Country Music | A Film by Ken Burns

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    I’m beyond super excited for this. It premieres on PBS this coming Sunday. I didn’t like it at all as a kid, but as I’ve grown more than little bit older, I’ve developed a strong affection for it…I think mainly because my dad loved country music and it reminds me of him.

  • Flashback to Yesterday’s Web

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    I tend to be more than a little bit nostalgic for the earlier days of the web. So, when I saw a link to this MetaFilter thread on old-school bloggers still posting (via kottke.org) and then this Twitter thread about apps and websites now gone that are missed, they both caught my attention and brought…

  • A Nobel-Winning Economist Goes to Burning Man

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    Paul Romer investigates a provocative question: Is this bacchanal a model of urban planning? – The New York Times (The Upshot) – September 5, 2019 “It’s a metaphor for my sense of economics,” Mr. Romer said. “I picture an economist showing up at Burning Man and saying: ‘Oh, look! This is the miracle of the…