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Month July 2003

Nocturnal again…

Was out with a cold over the weekend, and in the process of getting back in the swing of things I seem to have slipped into an inverted nay/night schedule. For those who know me, this should come as no real suprise…I’ve got a tendency to get very focused and task-oriented when I’m working on [...]

Hackers and Academia…

Just stumbled across The Hacker FAQ, an “attempt to cover some of the issues that will invariably come up when people without previous experience of the hacker community try to hire a hacker.” Reading it, I’m struck by how the description of a hacker resonates with my impression of the academics whom I admire most [...]

Go read Berger & Luckmann

How ironic is this: someone twisting the notion of social construction in the name of political gain, in the process unintentionally (or perhaps intentially) engaging in the very sort of social construction which he denounces. It’s either brilliant, or idiocy (I’m leaning toward the latter).

Blog-reading and the news cycle…

Another navel-gazing post about blogs. Yeah, there’ll probably be lots of navelgazing here at epistemographer.com (at least I didn’t call this The Reflexive Blog)… So, as I was driving through torrential downpours from New York City to Ithaca tonight, I had a long cell-phone conversation with my mom about current affairs. Now, my mom is [...]

On Jon Stewart…

In the past few days, Jon Stewart keeps popping up at random moments. Not literally, of course, but he’s been mentioned by several different people in several different contexts. First, I was looking over my calendar for August, and was reminded that I’d ordered tickets for the August 12th Daily Show (I’d forgotten, since I’d [...]

Back in New York…

Back in town after a week-plus in the Northwest, first in Portland for a wedding and to visit some friends, then a few days on the Olympic Peninsula, just driving around and exploring beaches, ports, and even a rainforest. We came back with an extra duffel bag full of books from Powells, tea from the [...]

Go west, young man…

As the handy link to the right indicates, I’m in Portland, Oregon through the weekend, hanging out with my old friend Josh Berg and going to the wedding of two other friends. Probably won’t post anything until next week when I’m back in New York next week, so until then, enjoy this link to my [...]

Blogging and other literary forms…

So, I started this blog about a week and a half ago, and I’m already noticing something interesting happening – at random moments in my day, I catch myself composing a post about whatever’s on my mind at the moment. In the past few days, I’ve essentially written posts in my head on the possible [...]

Happy 4th of July…

Spent the evening having a makeshift picnic on a roof deck in Manhattan…didn’t have a clear view of the fireworks on the East River, unfortunately, but we could see some in the distance over in Jersey. In honor of the fourth, here’s the most patriotic photo I could manage (no Mom, but two kinds of [...]

Jazz in the Park…

Had a great night in Prospect Park last – caught a performance by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn concert series. Amazing music, a great crowd, and a generally cool temperature added up to one of those nights when you’re glad to be a New Yorker (even if only a [...]