July’s edition of the Cincinnati Salon, held on Friday, was simply wonderful. We had a great crowd, plenty of new people as well as regulars, and Adriana Lukas engaged everyone in a very good conversation. People stuck around for a long time, which is the sign of a successful salon to me. (My younger brother […]
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Can we come in?
Originally uploaded by ekalb.
This is my favorite picture from my birthday weekend, taken by Blake while a bunch of us tried to break in to my new building. (I knew the security code, but had a hard time figuring out the little box thingie. I think Steve worked it out in the […]
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Late night in the bar at the Cincinnatian
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
“Cincinnati is just a really great town!” exclaimed a friend of mine today, someone visiting from the New York City area. Well, no duh.
Last night we went to The Cincinnatian to get some thinking done, and I think the pig in posh surroundings (pictured) […]
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I’m really enjoying Dave Winer’s posts on why Feedburner is trouble. I don’t doubt for a second his explanation of why he is bothering to blog this stuff:
[I]t could be that there are people at Google who understand the benefits of keeping things open, and if I can help them argue inside Google, then I […]
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I hate people who talk about how busy they are, but: I am busier than usual right now, and will be through the end of the month. Email responses in particular will trickle more slowly from me in coming weeks (unless you are a client). Please don’t take offense to this; I’m just turning my […]
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Second 30th bday party
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
Thanks to all who tolerated all the talk of age from me over the last month (oh, let’s be honest, twelve months). I’m past that now, as of…now.
The 5chw4r7z35, Bob and Erin Marie, hosted a fab pool party and barbecue birthday lunch (which stretched to dinnertime, in the […]
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At Fountain Square
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
I’ve been overwhelmed since the moment I woke up, in the best possible sense. A random list of cool things about my 30th:
* Spending time with my little brother this morning was a great start to the day.
* The weather couldn’t have been more perfect - sunny, warm, no […]
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I’m moving to a 117-year-old building designed by British architect Samuel Hannaford. I’ll be the first person to live in the refurbished apartment I’ve selected (though obviously a bunch of people have lived in the building over the last century). It’s not finished yet, but by the end of the month will be.
Gosh, what […]
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Me and my little brother
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
My brother was born three years after I was, but we share a birthday. Today he turns 27 and I turn 30. (People always ask us if we’re twins. One hell of a labor that’d have been.)
We’re having a sort of slumber party here, with Adriana […]
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I have no idea, but this made me choke:
If you’re a member of Generation X, you’ll know the history; if you are younger you may not.
It seems like only yesterday that all the people who weren’t fellow Gen Xers were, well, infants.
Today is the last day of my 20s. Not that I’m obsessing about […]
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Adriana
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
Adriana Lukas (above) will be speaking on the topic Revolution for Beginners at tonight’s salon - be there before 7PM for admittance. All the details are here.
This will be the last salon hosted in my current home, since I’m moving at the end of the month. (August’s salon will take place […]
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Cincinnati Supper Club
Originally uploaded by mune67.
It’s me, with one of my favorite locals, Blake Fox, at the last Cincinnati Supper Club gathering.
Everybody loves Blake, and contrary as I am, I can’t help but adore the guy, too. There aren’t many people who can speak knowledgably and with great wit about subjects as diverse as […]
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I say that, but Jeff is one of the most consistently interesting and correct bloggers I read. (I rank him as highly as Techdirt and Samizdata for reliability and readability.) If only I’d known this about him when we met last summer, I could have been properly fawning!
Anyway, Jeff covers an interesting mix of tech, […]
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No lie: As I was watching this, Firefox prompted me to install the latest version.
via Adriana (who arrives in Cincinnati tomorrow - yay!)
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