We Do This Every Day

So it's been a while. In my defense, I have a good excuse (of which more later). I am returning from blog hiatus to grouse about something: I subscribe to Hacker News in Twitter and I'm happy to ...

Catharsis: To a Young Designer
"To be young (is to be sad)." Ryan Adams Dear Designer, You don't know me and I don't know you, which is why I'm posting this here where you won't see it instead of replying to ...more »

Week 162
"[T]he advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf; if the volume of prayers from my saintly enemies means anything, I'll be saved when the Archbishop of Canterbury is damned. It ...more »

Week 142
"That tension— between beauty and cynicism, between what the Brazilians call futebol d'arte and futebol de resultades— is a constant, perhaps because it is so fundamental, not merely to sport, but also to life: to win, or to play ...more »