Monthly Archives: August 2007

A bookstore as a means of inspiration

Jason Santa Maria of Happy Cog likes to look at lots of different things as a means of inspiration for his design work (I know this because he told me so in his An Event Apart presentation . Riffing on … Continue reading

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Farmers Markets – Not this week

Ouch. I missed all of the markets this week because of work. I was out at a conference on Tuesday and today I missed the Daley Plaza market because of work. However I found out about another market that is … Continue reading

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Update 2: Indiana Allows BP to discharge more waste into Lake Michigan

I had wanted to follow up on this a lot earlier than today but all things being what they are I didn’t so I am right now According to several sources BP has stated that it will find a way … Continue reading

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“Deadline Über Alles!” Software Engineering

After expressing my current frustrations with work to a friend who happens to be a software developer he shared with me this link to a blog posting titled Asshole Driven Development by Scott Berkun. The article provided five different kinds … Continue reading

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Thoughts on An Event Apart Chicago 2007

Well, An Event Apart Chicago 2007 just wrapped up (brought to you by the folks at Happy Cog and Eric Meyer) and all I can say is WOW! What a conference! If you take a look at the schedule you … Continue reading

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Week 15 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 8/21/07

I skipped last week because we were out of town and the week before because we were going out of town and I didn’t want vegetables or fruit sitting around going to waste. This week I returned to a bunch … Continue reading

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Farmers Market while Traveling – Pittsford, NY

We stopped at the Tuesday edition of the Pittsford farmers market just to check it out. I was just curious to see how things were in places other than the Chicago area. The market was fairly small with about 5 … Continue reading

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Local food in Pittsford/Rochester, NY

The grocery chain in Pittsford is Wegmans. Every time my wife and I have been here to visit her parents I have been impressed with their flagship store that is located in Pittsford. I was even more impressed on this … Continue reading

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Garden Progress – 8/6/07

It has been a good season so far. I’m pretty sure my cucumber plant is about done. I just picked what looks to be the last cucumber off it tonight and I didn’t see any new buds or flowers indicating … Continue reading

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Week 12 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 7/31/07

As has been the case for over a month now the selection of items at the market has been fantastic. However I’ve been finding that buying the things that are not as hardy, like berries, just isn’t such a great … Continue reading

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