PDX: Vegan pirates?! Arg
While in Portland two weekends ago we dropped in for a little visit with Dave and Ann. Our favorite married couple keenly offered us numerous Manhattans and after several hours of doing nothing Dave decided to mention that he knew of a secret, yet fascinating bar. Yes, matees – A PIRATE BAR. After a lot […]
FREAKout: the blog
If you know anything about me, or my tastes, you know I love books. Yet, of all the books I have enjoyed “Freakonomics” holds a particularly vaunted spot in my collection. If you haven’t read it, the book is the joint collaboration of a New York Times writer and a “rogue economist.” Steven Levitt and […]
Dept. of Design: Old is the 'new' New
So you might have noticed…upgrade! Hyperbole has been completely refreshed after months of design work and testing. This is basically what I consider web design 2.0: Taking something profoundly shiny, slick and techy (like the Internet) and making it look more like the familiar analog world we inhabit day to day. This isn’t revolutionary, and […]
Facebook: The Revolution WILL be televised
Many people have already written about the great Facebook rebellion, but if you don’t know, here’s the deal: Facebook introduced some new features yesterday and like every feature before they just dumped it into people’s laps. The difference was WHAT they had put upon the users of this massively popular college social-networking site. The News […]
They call me Mellow Yellow
Yes, the KitchenAid has arrived and I love it, but today I’m posting with even greater culinary significance. As you may or may not know my friend Jess just returned from the Middle East and year in Israel and is presently residing on my sofa. In her travels to Turkey she picked me up some […]