I'm now on my sixth day of the sick, so in lieu of a post that requires much thought: Yay for USB-powered microphones and pop filers. The first will make it much easier to record podcasts at conferences. The second will make it much easier to record podcasts. Lyra...
Thanks so very much for your continued support, interest, and engagement with the Duck of Minerva. This has been an exciting year for the blog thanks to all of you. At the same time, 2012 has, like...
Whatever your relevant holiday is, if it happens tonight and tomorrow, then very merry.And remember -- put Mithras back in Christmas!
Obviously, it is slow around here over the long holiday weekend.Here's my brief winter holiday weekend report:1. My wife and oldest daughter left Louisville early Saturday morning to attend the...
Sufganiot and Latkes for all. As I am perhaps the only one of the Tribe who dislikes latkes, I fully embrace the jelly doughnut as a religious celebration today.Last night, my wife and I were out at Barnes and Nobel, and ended up buying a book for our son. We had picked up a Dr. Seuss classic, as he's really starting to enjoy them.In line I was making a slight mockery of the Chanukah cards that they had displayed. Its not exactly a holiday you send cards for. I was wondering who was still a bundle of nerves, having so much Chanukah decorating to do, so much to get ready, with the one candle...
Rob Farley Scott Lemieux (sorry, Scott):Somehow, this doesn't seem like the right time for a chipper Thanksgiving greeting...The terror attack on Mumbai certainly sucks the cheer out of Thanksgiving.In fact, almost every Thanksgiving something terrible is happening somewhere in the world, whether headline grabbing or not. For over ten years, to take but two examples, it has been a pretty good bet that unspeakably awful (and probably non-headline grabbing) events are taking place in the Congo or the Sudan.This is probably an inevitable consequence of a globalized world. It isn't so much that...
Its Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. I'm in Ohio, visiting family in Cleveland and Canton. Driving out here Tuesday night was quite the adventure, there's nothing like a minor snow storm on the Pennsylvania turn pike. When we finally did arrive at 1:30am, the driveway was slick and my car couldn't make it up! There's nothing like shoveling a driveway at 1:30am. There's snow on the ground here--something that is a fact of life in Cleveland but inconceivable back in DC. Yesterday I baked pies. Two plus a small mini-pie. Pumpkin. Used the recipe on the side of the pumpkin can, and...
...I would like to wish all my fellow members of the Duck and our loyal readers a happy and safe Thanksgiving.That's all.