We Do This Every Day

So it’s been a while. In my defense, I have a good excuse (of which more later). I am returning from blog hiatus to grouse about something: I subscribe to Hacker News in Twitter and I’m happy to do so as I regularly …

Catharsis: To a Young Designer

“To be young (is to be sad).” Ryan Adams

Dear Designer,

You don’t know me and I don’t know you, which is why I’m posting this here where you won’t see it instead of replying to your email with an eye-peeling …

Week 162

“[T]he advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf; if the volume of prayers from my saintly enemies means anything, I’ll be saved when the Archbishop of Canterbury is damned. It’s a comforting thought.” Flashman, Flashman at the …

Week 142

“That tension— between beauty and cynicism, between what the Brazilians call futebol d’arte and futebol de resultades— is a constant, perhaps because it is so fundamental, not merely to sport, but also to life: to win, or to play the game well? It is hard to think …

Week 137

Not a whole lot to report. There is, I suppose, but it’s too damn nice of a day to spend it reading (or writing) this stuff. I’m dangerously close to finishing a site for PBS’ Frontline after a week-long crunch. It’s been yet another experience …

django-avatar and Pinax Configuration

Noting this here for the sanity of my future self. When using django-avatar (which is included in Pinax), you need to add at least one of the avatar settings, AVATAR_STORAGE_DIR, to your settings.py file. The important thing to note is this needs to be a …

Week 134

“It ain’t always easy, if your knees knock as hard as mine, but you must remember the golden rule: when the game’s going against you, stay calm— and cheat.” Flashman at the Charge

Heard from an old client and met with a (potential) new one this …

Any Interest in the 700-page Abridged Version?

INT - KITCHEN - DAYTIME

Me: We’ve still got the frying pan to clean. Michelle: I always forget that. Me: I know, it’s on my list of complaints about you. Michelle (unimpressed): Really? Me: See chapter 3, “Domestic Disappointments”.

Week 133

“[T]here’s something splendid waiting for you to go and find it, far out yonder. I wonder if I’d feel it now, or if it happens only when you’re young, and have no thought for the ill things that may lie along the way.” Flashman …

True Love: A Play in One Act

OUTDOORS - NIGHT - FENWAY PARK

A nice April night, game is in the middle innings, Kevin Youkilis coming up to bat.

Michelle: After this at bat, I’m going to the bathroom, no matter what Youk does. Me: What if he cries out your …