Long gone, but now back… sort of. :)
Reader David Palmer asks: “What is wrong with gentrification? Isn’t it good that old neighborhoods get rebuilt?” It’s a mixed bag. Yes, it’s good when truly decrepit, decaying buildings are replaced with newer stock. No one benefits from falling-down, boarded-up, housing stock. But when merely old — not decrepit — buildings are replaced, the rents…
Reader Henry Winokur asks: “Hi Fred: Is there any reason to subscribe to both Langa.com’s and Langa Comments’ RSS feeds? If I only need one which would you recommend? PS: I’m getting an error message above this box that says “please enter a URL in the Your Website (optional box). I did, (www.henrywinokur.com) and yet…
A reader asks: “Why does Boston have so many universities compared to other cities?” Boston benefits from almost 400 years of continual investment in education. For example, Harvard University was founded in 1636, just six years after Boston itself. That wasn’t an accident: From its founding, up to the American Revolution (when the British occupied…
Reader Geoff Komeya asks (via the Contact link): Hi Fred: Just wanted to ask whether you still ride motorcycles? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read your blog about your 10,000-mile ride on the ADVrider site. Such a great piece of travel writing. Thanks, Geoff Komeya Thanks for the kind words,…
Q: Did your hand writing go for a toss after using electronic keyboards? (via Quora) A: Well, any skill that’s not regularly practiced will atrophy. But in my case, there was little to lose; and I can’t blame keyboards! My handwriting was hard for others to read from grade school on. Formal penmanship was too…
Massachusetts residents: Today (Oct 17 2018) is the deadline to register to vote in November’s elections. If you’re not yet registered, please do it now! It only takes a couple minutes online: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/ Other states’ deadline/registration info here: https://www.vote.org/voter-registration-deadlines/ Permalink: https://wp.me/paaiox-cp Reply? Questions? Use the Comment box at the bottom of the page, or click CONTACT.
Yup, it’s yet another “easter egg” hidden inside Chrome, this one recently-discovered: A classic 1980’s-style, text-based adventure game, of the sort from the early days of computing! Graphics? GRAPHICS? We don’t need no steenking graphics! Just look at the text around the blue G: See for yourself: Open the Developer’s Tools (under the “More Tools”…
Yesterday, I saw something new while riding through the newly-renovated MacDonald Park on the north bank of the Mystic River in Medford, MA. The park has been massively renovated, with extensive landscape maintenance, new paving on the old trails and walkways, new benches and performance space, and now, this this small but delightful amenity:
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