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Whatever It Takes to Explain Edward Tufte

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Len

Edward Tufte, Yale professor emeritus and information design guru, sets a high but liberating standard.  One must do “whatever it takes” to explain something.  Including him. Why I Went: I noticed somewhere on the Internet a couple of years ago … Continue reading →

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Were You There When They Passed Health Care, Great-Grampa?

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Len

The moment came like a mouse poking its nose into a room.  CSPAN’s “Yea” total morphed from 217 to 218, the number required for passage of HR 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act.” I was in the guestroom … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Reasons Not to Read David Meerman Scott’s World Wide Rave

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Len

I’ve been wanting to write that headline ever since I read David Meerman Scott’s bit about the power of negative headlines. In World Wide Rave (click here for Kindle version) he writes, “I think what people are really saying when … Continue reading →

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Aboard the Henry Longfellow

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Len

The Head of the Charles Regatta seemed like ages ago this afternoon as we took a leisurely boat ride upstream from the Galleria Mall aboard the Henry Longfellow.  It’s the type of tourist thing a local would seldom enjoy, so … Continue reading →

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My Head of the Charles Regatta List

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Len

When I haven’t posted to the blog for a while, I feel a nearly physical pressure to check in here, even when I should be doing something else.  Today is an excellent example, because I have lots to do in … Continue reading →

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A Touch of Fall

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Len

I took this photo the other day at Whole Foods, 340 River St., Cambridge.  If you’re reading the post on your Kindle, you won’t see the brilliant orange color of these pumpkins, but the shapes themselves will convey, I hope, … Continue reading →

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Democracy is Coming to the U.S.A – and Denver!

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Len

I’m winding down after a couple of whirlwind days back in Denver, to attend a Board meeting of our condo association, mainly, and also a marathon public hearing at the Denver Planning Board regarding a comprehensive sign plan at Writer … Continue reading →

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Bill’s Waves

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Len

The day before yesterday, when Hurricane Bill’s first big waves arrived here at Ocean Park, Maine, I decided to go down to the beach for some bodysurfing. It was early Sunday morning, well before the Old Orchard Beach Fire Department … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Bill

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Len

I had high hopes that Hurricane Bill would come a little closer to Ocean Park, Maine, than is now likely.   The day before I turned 10 years old, Hurricane Donna formed, and it ended up hitting the southern Maine coast … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Beach

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Len

This late in the day, the breeze is cool and dogs are allowed back on the beach at Ocean Park/Old Orchard. We’ve been reading our Kindles, which prompted a woman who had just bought one to approach us with this … Continue reading →

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