No maps for these territories

might just be temporary autonomous bookstore. Rockin’.

My next-door neighbor is dying of brain cancer, and I do not know what to say. Yes, really. He has been sick all summer, with this illness that seemed to come suddenly and horribly; first he just wasn’t going to work, and suddenly intensive chemo, emergency treatment. He is just six years older than I [...]

Contrary to previous entries, I’m not going to Internet Librarian (though +++ to dinner beforehand) and Seattle trip is postponed. More news following!

24 hours ago, I was just leaving the airport. 36 hours ago, I was making this this more awesome. 48 hours ago, I was here, drinking Blatz with . 72 hours ago, I was wrapping up discussions with my friends and colleagues here (there were some really great conversations and papers). 96 hours ago, I [...]

msg me to meet up. I’m working for a couple hours, then maybe going to the MFA if nothing else turns up. Dinner plans, +/- a magic show at the MIT media lab. We shall see!

Tomorrow I leave for Boston; I am neither packed, nor set with my presentation, nor sure what time I am meeting people there, nor in possession of the phone numbers and addresses I need, enough information, a good plan, Ubuntu on my computer as it should be, or my wits. I suppose I will try [...]

I went to see Film School play in Sacramento with friends, had dinner beforehand, drank too much (even if I was thwarted in getting the kind of creamy sweet fall drink I was daydreaming about) and had a generally excellent time.* Now, it’s mid-afternoon, I have been up for all of three hours, and I [...]