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the other pilot ate the fish Originally uploaded by maximolly. When our flight from Hartford to Chicago got stuck in a thunderstorm, 100 feet from the jetway, the pilot announced we’d be there for a while. So I said, screw this. I’m flying the plane myself! (Nah, but they gave a nice tour of the… Continue reading The other pilot ate the fish

In 1989-1990, when I was 17 and 18, I spent a year in Düsseldorf, Germany as an exchange student. Toward the end of the year, I spent two weeks on a short-term exchange in Kleve, a smaller town on the Dutch border. The mother was 34 and recently divorced, her children 9 and 5. They… Continue reading The tiniest world

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I was in NYC Thursday night, where I met a number of people: Jane, Jane-who-works-with-Jane, Jenn, Heather, Olof and Leonora. Last stop of the evening was dinner at Peasant, a nice Nolita restaurant. I had skate wing, and unfortunately, I think that it was either bad or more likely, was served with some kind seafood… Continue reading Food allergies or food poisioning

Finally, I’ve found one of my favorite ever things: Primiti Too Taa! Created by Colin Morton and Ed Ackerman in 1988, it is a typewriter animation of a Kurt Schwitters sound poem. I saw it at an animation festival in 1989, when I was 17, had it on video, and then lost it. Finally, yay… Continue reading primiti too ta!

doppelgänger Originally uploaded by maximolly. This picture was taken at LAX on May 1, 2005. Enrique picked me up at 10 a.m., and we spent the day together before I flew to London (and then Amsterdam). It was one of the best days I’ve ever spent with anyone. We didn’t kiss goodbye. But we did… Continue reading One year ago, one year later

In about 40 minutes, I’m scheduled to give my final presentation in our year-end review. I’m terrified, since these things are critical and my project needs some tearing into. Here’s hoping that the kind of criticism won’t be like the urban ecologist at my last crit. One hopes that won’t be the case. In addition,… Continue reading My final review is about to start

What very sad news. Jane Jacobs has died at age 89. She was especially known for her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which had a far-flung impact. Other works, like The Economy of Cities, are cited by people like Ed Soja as being incredibly forward-thinking, for as much as they were… Continue reading Jane Jacobs has died

When I wrote the paper on women and mobility a few weeks ago, it put me on track to doing what I’d come to Yale to do. I wanted to look at mobile and ubiquitous technology from within a spatial, urban, architectural framework. For a variety of reasons, I’ve decided to pursue my Berlin and… Continue reading The excitable crowd: characterizing social, mobile space

Three hours ago, I handed in my thesis chapter for the semester. I even managed to get five hours of sleep last night (2:30 a.m. till 7:30 a.m.) and did include Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau and Bruno Latour in my thesis. More soon. Now? I nap.