by David | Apr 30, 2013 | reading & writing
Out like an iamb National poetry month Is ending today
by David | Apr 30, 2013 | culture
In the Netherlands, today is Koninginnedag, the official celebration of the Queen’s birthday, if not the actual birthday of the woman who is currently queen. Or rather, was queen. Today, Queen Beatrice abdicated the throne at the age of 75, after a 33-year...
by David | Apr 29, 2013 | economics, media
While researching a piece for the Currensee Blog about contemporary art as an alternative investment, I came upon an excellent piece on the Reuters blog from last year with the excellent title, Artnet’s silly indices. In this post, Felix Salmon opines that...
by David | Apr 28, 2013 | design, technology
No, really, who has got buttons? I was shopping for mobile phones and since the last time I did so, maybe a year ago, it’s like the industry has declared war on actual, real, physical, clicky, buttons. What’s up with that? I’m not talking about...
by David | Apr 27, 2013 | photo, urbanism
Standing in my yard Where they tore down the garage To make room for the torn down garage