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April 16, 2024April 16, 2024Brief thoughts

From dorms to offices?

Reading this blurb from the Business Review about the dynamics of commercial office space in 2024 suggests some interesting (and troubling) parallels […]

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April 12, 2024April 14, 2024Technical

(Test) Longer blog/essay

This is a test to see how the ActivityPub integration handles the situation where I create a longer blog/essay over a period […]

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April 11, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

No Trees?

It’s great to see a strip mall (“shopping center/plaza”) embrace the creation of some greenspace. But it’s disappointing that the artist’s rendering […]

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April 7, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news

On paid parking in Saratoga

Published in the TimesUnion this week: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/paid-parking-begins-memorial-day-saratoga-springs-19380919.php The reactions of many of the people quoted are typical and show just how car-brained […]

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April 7, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news, Jotting things down

On shopping bags…

The TimesUnion published a blurb about the plastic bag ban that was enacted four years ago. The sub-headline tries to draw a […]

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April 3, 2024April 4, 2024Upstate Culture

26er: Prairie Star Mimosa

The first 26er of the 2024 challenge was the Prairie Star Mimosa. It uses a combination of apples from Sammascot and Prairie […]

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April 3, 2024Jotting things down

No Commute to Office?

Heavy traffic in a multi-lane highway

Our local business journal syndicated a brief interview with Richard Florida regarding his optimism about the future of American cities: https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/03/28/a-revolution-amid-the-reckoning.html One […]

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March 16, 2024In the news, Jotting things down

Crane brand saved

It looks like the Crane Stationery brand will indeed be bought by a local investment company, and that they will preserve the […]

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February 25, 2024Brief thoughts

Overwhelmed and scattered…

Over the past week, I’ve watched a renewed push to have the Senate pass the KOSA, a terrifying bill that’s intended to […]

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February 23, 2024In the news

When can we get this too?

It would be great if we could get this in Colonie. https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-approves-adding-fluoride-water-supply-18684621.php

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