AC Day 2: mid-course corrections
After the workmen left yesterday, I cleared the area where they would be opening the wall in the morning, then went upstairs and tried to figure out where the equivalent opening would be upstairs. And said, “Uh oh.” The equivalent opening was right behind the radiator, right under the window. In other words, it was [...]
The sanitation of the Starbucks mermaid
If your first introduction to Starbucks was in the last few years, you may not realize that the woman in the logo is a mermaid—or that she’s holding her tails wide open in a fertility gesture. Dead Programmer traces the evolution of the logo from 15th century fertility symbol to 21st century corporate logo and [...]
Boston spring
A week late, here is an assortment of photos I took near Symphony Hall last Saturday, the morning of my first Pops concert. The vantage point is at the intersection of Massachusetts and Westland.
In the captions, I joke about not knowing the Boston skyline. It’s true, though I have learned that the funny round building [...]
AC install day 1
Yesterday’s first day of installation went pretty well. Our contractors spent the morning preparing the small air handler by installing an expansion valve, then managed to load it into our small attic (in spite of a very small access panel and a very tight roofline) and spent the rest of the day preparing and insulating [...]
