One of the fun parts of coming to Lake Placid is getting to visit the Olympic Center. Inside the Olympic Center is the skating rink built for the 1932 Olympics, which is still used as a practice facility for Olympic hopefuls. The space itself is a testament to a time before the Olympics meant hordes …
Category Archives: Random
Too much Technology
Once again I am on the road and I find myself hauling around a ton of technology. Specifically on this trip I have my laptop, iPod, Android tablet (with wireless keyboard) and phone. Why am i hauling all this around with me? Good question. And one that I have asked myself several times since I …
Arbitrariness
Lately I have been musing on the nature of the word arbitrary. In my mind, the Venn diagram of the word encompasses both whimsical and verging-on-random decision-making. I looked up the definition in my favourite dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary) and found that my sense of the definitions is very close to right: 1. To …
Deflation
Ever have one of those weeks when everything starts out feeling shiny and exciting? And ever have one of those weeks where by mid-week it feels like your balloon has deflated? That has been this week for me. I am cat-sitting for a cat who isn’t doing well. He is normally a perky, sociable fellow, …
Are We Doing It Wrong?
Which to celebrate. substance or pomp and circumstance? In 1776, John Adams felt that Americans should celebrate the resolution of the Second Continental Congress: “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection …