The Library Despot 3.0

Some interesting books awaited me as I made my Friday morning stroll from the Harvard Square T stop to the Dunkin Donuts at Mass Ave and Quincy St. These were among the wide array of interesting books in the window of the Harvard Bookstore, an independently owned bookstore across the street from Harvard’s Widener [...]

Hello.  My name is Michael, and I am a packrat.
I have been keeping anything related to my academic career in nice folders in plastic file boxes for years.  I felt it was time for a purge of these files.  I did a similar purge about eight years ago, when I figured I was never going [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A manhole cover exploded this morning near the campus of Harvard University, ensuing a blaze out of the manhole and closing down the famous Harvard Square to Friday morning traffic.
I got out of the T and to get my Friday morning coffee, I had to walk the long way behind Harvard Square [...]

I developed a problem with my iPhone (version 1, thanks), yesterday.  I noticed a dead pixel at the bottom of the screen.  It was down in the menu so I did not notice it unless the phone was started up or shut down.  I decided today that I have Apple Care for the phone so [...]

To the citizens of the United States of America.
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, [...]

The Voyage of Saint Brendan translated from the Latin by John J. O’Meara
May 4, 2008
This was a quick read about the tale of Saint Brendan’s travels with his fellow monks on a seven year journey to find the island of the Promised Land. Translated from the original Latin, it is an okay book, but [...]

I developed a problem with my iPhone (version 1, thanks), yesterday.  I noticed a dead pixel at the bottom of the screen.  It was down in the menu so I did not notice it unless the phone was started up or shut down.  I decided today that I have Apple Care for the phone so [...]