by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2013 | Asides
Shawn Clover has mixed modern and archival photos of San Francisco today and right after the 1906 earthquake. Amazing and interesting at the same time…
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 6, 2013 | Asides
Laurel Snyder on the importance, and reality, of sadness… In the happiest life, there is sadness. Babies cry because they’re cold or hungry, because they have been—however momentarily—abandoned. Toddlers cry because they can’t find the words to express their...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2013 | Asides
From Aaron Hillegass’ theNerdBlog: And don’t even talk to me about retiring early. There are few things sadder than a smart person who retires early and spends a few decades playing golf and waiting to die. If I am really lucky, I’ll push a clever chunk of code...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 4, 2013 | Asides, Featured
The Ruins of Detroit is a sad, but beautiful photo essay about the city of Detroit created by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. Hard to imagine that Detroit was once a city of such amazing architectural beauty. Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 26, 2013 | Featured, Macworld, Reviews, Writing
Bento is gone, so what can you do with all that Bento data you’ve collected? Turns out, not too much. Check out my comparison of some Bento alternatives and recommended options for where to move your Bento data.
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 19, 2013 | Asides, Featured
Difficult to imagine any political person in our day and age writing anything as succinct and beautiful as this. Remains one of my favorite pieces of prose, ever… Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 18, 2013 | Featured
Great animation from NPR on the benefits of microbes in our bodies.
