Category: Blog
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Sewing Project!
Tonight, I decided to make a diaper bag as the gift wrapping on a “Welcome to the World, Baby!” package for a young cousin. I’m proud enough of the results to share ’em here.
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Red Radishes and Champion Chard
Well, that’s the state of my garden so far this year. Red radishes might sound good, but it’s not the root that’s big and red. It’s the short, stunted leaves.
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A Potato Leek Soup
If you have leeks coming in for harvest, I made a tasty soup from those leeks I posted pictures of on Saturday.
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To Read: Kay Ryan Review
My friend Aneesa has a lovely review of the poet Kay Ryan’s work published over at Fanzine today. I’m a poetry fan, myself, but I’d never heard of Kay Ryan before. Aneesa’s review made me want to go out and purchase her books, though, so I wanted to share it. I’ve included my favorite of…
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A Fine Piece of Journalism
This is apropos of nothing I usually write about on this blog (if you can even say I “usually” write on this blog at all), but if you happen to stop by and find that you haven’t read the Esquire magazine profile of Roger Ebert yet, do it. I read a lot of writing for…
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Adventures in Portland
I recently took a week-long trip up to Portland, Ore., where I popped in for a visit at FMYI’s brand-new offices at the Leftbank Project. The visit provided some fodder for two articles, both of which have now been published on The GigaOM Network.
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Introducing GigaOM Pro
At last I can pull back the curtain on the big project that’s kept me at the office days, nights and weekends for the last few months! Last week, we launched GigaOM Pro, the GigaOM Network’s subscription-only market research offering. I’ve written dozens of descriptions of the service — for the web site; for emails…
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Cisco, Cisco, Cisco!
Recently, I’ve had more opportunities to write for Earth2Tech, and I’ve been covering some of the big IT companies’ role in smart grid. This morning, Cisco announced its smart-grid strategy, and I have a writeup about the plan over at E2T. Check it out here. While I’ve (mostly) focused on what the Cisco plan means…
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Small-Batch Hardwoods — Sustainable Industries
Mark Stella first got interested in unique Northwest hardwoods while volunteering at the environmental education center at Opal Creek, near Detroit, Ore. What began as a sabbatical from his job as a product developer in Boston turned into a love affair with old-growth forests and the mill towns that manage them.
Celeste LeCompte 