The Films of Agnès Varda
September 1, 2019
agnes varda & film & history
The first film by Agnès Varda that I saw was probably The Gleaners and I which is a good introduction to her style as she heartily embraced the
Archiving
August 21, 2019
archiving & blog & tools & 43things & history & blot
Keeping things can be good to help you remember your thinking, where you were, what you did, and to get a sense of history. Sharing things online
How I Watched Films in 2015
March 23, 2016
data & film & history & letterboxd & visualization
Films watched grouped in a word cloud generated from Jason Davies’ site . The days of physical media are going away. As I look through the
24 Years of Vegetarianism
March 15, 2016
baking & bread & cooking & food & health & history & vegetarian & vegetarianism
I became a vegetarian 24 years ago. It’s not a milestone that I usually celebrate, but that’s a long time to stick with something and it is also a
From Complex to Simple: Lessons from 13 Years of Blogging
October 5, 2015
bitdepth & blogging & BlogJam2015 & history & web & writing
It started with text, it’s always text. Words are important, words are the building blocks of my blog and the closer I am to them, the better.
Early Days of Online
June 13, 2015
computers & history & internet
With the electronic world we’re intimately connected to each other and everything has shifted, so that’s what appears normal to many of us. It can
Tilde.club
October 11, 2014
history & tilde.club & web
The blank page is a challenge and the blinking cursor is full of possibility, but it can be hard to get started. The key is to just go. It’s good
A Decade of Flickr
August 10, 2014
canon & flickr & history & holga & iphone & photos & zenit
While I was in Sackville for Sappyfest I was taking pictures with my iPhone and while taking a walk I remembered how the first photo that I posted
Preserving the Past
August 9, 2014
blogging & history & web & writing
As we share more of ourselves online on various sites, it’s important to think about preserving it. Unless you have things backed up on your own,
I Was Doing 43 Things
July 28, 2014
43people & 43places & 43things & allconsuming & history & robotcoop & web
“I’m trying out 43 Things and it’s very addictive. It’s a great way to keep track of and share things that you want to do. What adds to the
Our Dystopian Cinematic Future
July 23, 2014
film & history & summer
One of the perplexing things to me is how so many Hollywood eggs are placed in so few baskets. It’s a large-scale mass-production industry, but in
8 things you probably didn’t know about me
January 2, 2008
history
Lisa Rousseau tagged me in the non-semantic way with the 8 things you didn’t know about me meme (hey, that’s me three times…) and after agonizing on
What Happened and What’s Next
January 1, 2005
technology & history & web
The online world was very exciting for me in 2004. Blogging kept plugging away and I rediscovered Blogger which Google purchased. The great thing
Remembering the Web That Was
November 30, 2003
web & history
About a week ago my son asked me for some help with redoing his Web site. He’s seven years old and he likes to do things that everyone else in the