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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Pumpkin Festival
October 21, 2006 – 10:26 pm
Today we went to the annual pumpkin festival held on Boston Common. Sam had a blast, laughing and making passers-by smile and remark at his cuteness.
Each year Boston tries to beat the world record for the most jack-o’-lanterns simultaneously lit. When we left they were only a couple of thousand shy of the [...]
What Plato Might Have Said But Didn’t
October 20, 2006 – 9:23 pm
Search Google for “Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws,” and you’ll discover a number of people think Plato said such a thing. However, as Kevin Mungons pointed out, there’s no evidence he did. How do faux quotes like this get started? They seem [...]
bbPress Official Launch
October 13, 2006 – 11:35 pm
I’ve already been using the alpha version of the bbPress forum software for over a year and a half, but tonight the developers released the first official version, with a nice new default theme.
For me its greatest appeal is that it integrates easily with WordPress and has a similar callback architecture.
Having struggled with customizing a [...]
Bad Design On Wheels
October 7, 2006 – 12:39 am
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which runs Boston’s subways, commuter rails, and buses, is rolling out new fare collection devices on all of its buses. 356,400 people ride its buses every day, so you’d think that the MBTA would make sure that the new systems are efficient and user-friendly. They’re not.
The first two [...]
Google Thyself
October 5, 2006 – 2:05 pm
Google recently purchased the house where the company started in a garage just eight years ago Saturday. The story is interesting not for the purchase itself but because of what Google asked of the Associated Press: so many people drive by the Google house that the company requested that reporters not reveal the address, [...]