Author Archives: filosofo
Pumpkin Festival
October 21, 2006 – 10:26 pm
Today we went to the annual pumpkin festival held on Boston Common. Sam had a blast, laughing and making passers-by smile and remark at his cuteness. Each year Boston tries to beat the world record for the most jack-o’-lanterns simultaneously lit. When we left they were only a couple of thousand shy of the almost […]
What Plato Might Have Said But Didn’t
October 20, 2006 – 9:23 pm
Search Google for “Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws,” and you’ll discover a number of people think Plato said such a thing. However, as Kevin Mungons pointed out, there’s no evidence he did. How do faux quotes like this get started? They seem to come […]
bbPress Official Launch
October 13, 2006 – 11:35 pm
I’ve already been using the alpha version of the bbPress forum software for over a year and a half, but tonight the developers released the first official version, with a nice new default theme. For me its greatest appeal is that it integrates easily with WordPress and has a similar callback architecture. Having struggled with […]
Plato on Today’s Social Sciences, Perhaps
September 21, 2006 – 11:16 pm
“Suppose a man was in charge of a large and powerful animal, and made a study of its moods and wants; he would learn when to approach and handle it, when and why it was especially savage or gentle, what the different noises it made meant, and what tone of voice to use to soothe […]
Brookline: “No We’re Not Part of Boston!”
September 19, 2006 – 10:39 pm
Though surrounded by Boston, the 300-year-old town of Brookline is its own city. At the border of Brookline and Brighton—a neighborhood of Boston—you can see that each town seems not to take account of the other, at least with regard to fire hydrant placement (hydrants usually are more than just ten feet apart). From what […]
Northern Forest Canoe Trail
September 15, 2006 – 10:10 pm
After reading about it in the New York Times, I’d like to try parts of the fairly new Northern Forest Canoe Trail. With rapids rated no higher than Class IV, it should be mostly scenic and leisurely.