Spring is here
Signs of spring in Boston:
The street sweepers have been around to remove some of the beach-worth of sand left after a season’s worth of snow.
We’ve had a few 90°+ days.
There are flowers in Copley Square.
I had a few minutes last night to walk around before practice, before the light failed, and got a few good [...]
BRAxe to fall at Fort Monroe
According to the Associated Press (via the Washington Post), the BRAC axe is finally falling on Fort Monroe, one of the country’s oldest military installations and the coolest one near my childhood home. Here’s my hometown paper’s take, together with some good photos of the fort, its moat, and a reminder of its Civil War [...]
Genetic markers for “lame site”
Scoble: No RSS Feed? It’s a genetic marker for “lame site.” Good description of something I talked about here a while ago: offering RSS is part of entering a social contract with a potential reader that says I plan to update this content, and I care about influential readers and respect their time.
The History Channel, coming to a neighborhood park near you
Looks like our favorite Robbins Farm Park is going Hollywood. We got fliers yesterday announcing that “a History Channel production will be taking place” there today and tomorrow. I’m not used to getting these sorts of notices, so was amused by some of the text (emphasis mine):
…The documentary we are filming requires battle scene re-enactments. [...]
