On Friday, the world knew, an apocalyptic snowstorm was coming. It was coming up the jet stream, from the south. We could see fifteen inches, twenty-four inches, perhaps even forty inches of snow. A winter storm warning was issued from 10 am Friday to 10 pm Saturday. Some thought the office would be closed onContinue reading “On Blizzardammerung”
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On Birds in the Snow
About an hour ago, snow began to fall on Baltimore. The weather forecast earlier this morning called for one to three inches of accumulation. A few hours later, during Car Talk, the local NPR news announcer revised that forecast upward to ten inches. (Correction: Ten inches is the Eastern Shore. Charm City is still justContinue reading “On Birds in the Snow”
On Today’s Typography Lesson
It has only taken twenty years, but I have finally found the font I wanted. In the mid-1980s, Del Rey used a distinctive typeface for the tables of contents or chapter headings of many of their science fiction novels. Foundation and Earth. The Songs of Distant Earth. The Integral Trees. Robots and Empire. A reallyContinue reading “On Today’s Typography Lesson”
On New Internet Toys
There’s a new Opera Pre-Alpha to play with! As longtime Allynologists know, my browser of choice is Opera. I’ll use Firefox in a pinch, though I don’t like how it looks. It’s sterile. I don’t like its rendering engine. That said, I do stay current on Firefox, and I just downloaded Firefox 3.6. (I haveContinue reading “On New Internet Toys”
On Being at a Loss for Words
This is one of those days where I can think of nothing to blog about. I could write about how gorgeous the weather was today. I could write about politics, like the special election in Massachusetts tomorrow, but that’s depressing me right now. I could write about writing, but there’s very little there to say,Continue reading “On Being at a Loss for Words”
On Monday Stuff
After changing the typeface for my blog to Georgia last week — because I wanted a serif font for the body text, rather than a sans-serif font — I changed my mind and went to Palatino Linotype. It’s nothing against Georgia. It’s a nice font. But Palatino Linotype is me. It’s what I work in.Continue reading “On Monday Stuff”
On Multiple Monday Musings
I have nothing profound to say today. I feel as though I’ve been on a roll the past few days.
On a Year-End Meme
Let’s look at 2009 in review, courtesy of a meme seen at Stuart Ian Burns’ blog: 1. Where did you begin 2009? I was in Raleigh, visiting my sister and meeting my niece. We watched Dick Clark’s Rocking New Years Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest. 2. What was your status by Valentine’s Day? On Valentine’sContinue reading “On a Year-End Meme”
On a Tired Hamster
The little hamster that runs on a wheel to power my brain? He’s really tired. I wore him out today. I wrote a lot, the hamster got a lot of exercise in, and he’s tired. I think I made him run so fast and so long that he overheated the axle on the exercise wheel.Continue reading “On a Tired Hamster”
On Late December Walks
Last night, I took a walk on the way home. When the light rail train pulled into the North Avenue station, the conductor announced that the train would be stopped there for several minutes, as there was a disabled train ahead of it. From time to time, I’ll walk from the North Avenue station, pastContinue reading “On Late December Walks”