I spent last week in Dallas at a conference.
At said conference, we paid a visit to a small, obscure, out-of-the-way football stadium.
It has an unobtrusive big-screen display.
I learned a lot at the Emerge conference’s seminars, and it was a fun trip all around. More photos here.
Posted in Design, Digital Media, Travel, Web/Tech, Work
Valparaiso University’s Spring 2011 Commencement was Sunday afternoon. I had what I guess you would call an event-management support role on the day itself, working with ushers, making sure the photographers were set up, things like that. One fun aspect of the day was getting a chance to work with folks in some departments who I don’t normally interact with much, such as facilities management and campus police.
Other than the not-awesome weather (cold, rainy and windy), it was a great time.
Posted in Valparaiso University, Work
A few weeks back I plowed through Season 1 of “Treme,” the New Orleans-based series by David Simon and Co. on HBO. “Treme” is loosely based around the stories of a number of musicians and other NOLA residents as they recover from the devastation of Katrina and its aftermath. It’s a great show, and especially meaningful to me because I’ve spent a week each of the past two years on spring break service trips to New Orleans. I’m probably the perfect audience member for “Treme” — I know enough about the city to appreciate the many spot-on local references (Abita beer, beignets at Cafe Du Monde, a character reading “The Moviegoer”) but not so intimately connected to New Orleans that I find any gaps in realism grating.
Not to get all Top 5 on you like the guy in “High Fidelity,” but here’s how I’d rank my favorite TV shows of all time:
1. “Deadwood”
2. “The Wire”
3. “The Sopranos”
4. “Treme”
5. Not sure. Probably “The Office,” either the British or U.S. version
Wow, am I in the tank for HBO or what? They should scan my brain waves the next time they’re trying to put together a hit show.
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Arriving May 3 is the new one by Bill James, “Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence.” James is primarily a baseball writer, and a great one. He has posted some long-form stories in the crime realm on his (subscription-only) website, but I can’t wait to read the nearly 500-page whole thing.
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I’ve officially migrated the blog/site to WordPress, and we’re currently in the “Getting to know you … getting to know all about you” stage. All of my photo links are busted, so I need to decide whether to re-establish some of those or not worry over it.
The header photo is in honor of my pals and our traditional Turkey Bowl football game each Thanksgiving. It feels like late November weather out there this morning, so I figured it was appropriate.
Happy Good Friday to all!
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A recent NYT Q&A alerted me to designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and their extremely awesome loop coffee table. It seems to be priced at more than two thousand American dollars at this site. I’m no CPA, but that puts said table out of my responsible financial reach for the moment. Still, it’s fun to ponder.
David Foster Wallace’s latest and last novel, “The Pale King,” arrives on April 15. If you are a newcomer to DFW, I highly recommend his nonfiction, although I am a big fan of his fiction, too.
Wallace committed suicide in 2008, and “The Pale King” was unfinished. I approach this book with a mix of anticipation and dread that, frankly, I have never experienced before. We’ll see how it goes.
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