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Books 2010 #16 The Grand Design

I’m no physicist, and even I know that The Grand Design is a little premature. It’s also a little bit of linkbait owing to the examination of the need for a creator to set the universe in motion (“ZOMG, Hawking … Continue reading

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Books 2010 #15 Devil in the White City

I stayed up late a few nights reading The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America. America’s first serial killer + architecture + landscape design (c’mon, I’m surrounded by Olmstead out here) … Continue reading

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Books 2010 #12 Zero History

This probably won’t be a very straightforward review. Hopefully you don’t mind. Fashion. That’s what I walked away thinking about after reading Zero History, William Gibson’s latest. There’s more to it than that, of course, but the bits about clothes … Continue reading

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Books 2010 #14 Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art

Quick, go look through my old school Boston skateboarding flickr set. Then, ask yourself how much I enjoyed Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art.

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Books 2010 #13 BIKE SNOB Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling

Yes, I read BIKE SNOB Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling . I mean, of course I read it. I’m a bike nerd on at least three different level (I commute by bike, ride a road bike and … Continue reading

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