Paper has more patience than people
Surely, there will be wonderfully creative applications of textless technologies. But then some things will be lost.
Privilege and Anger
I can’t stand the word privilege. I’d rather hear fingernails on a chalkboard. “That’s because privileged people don’t like others pointing out their privilege,” I’m told. That’s probably true, in a way. I have no...
Aging is Shedding our Potential: Thoughts on Turning 36
I turned 36 yesterday — a seemingly insignificant number, except that I’ve been reading through a journal I kept when I was 18 and I can’t fathom how I’m now twice that age, or how I arrived to here from there. There are parts of my 18-year-old...
When I Grow Up
A friend of mine was having some difficulties imagining the next steps of her career path. So she decided to list a few people in her field that she admires, and to write down those specific things she admires about each person. It helped her think about what she...
Look at me! Avatr* and the future of vanity
Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality. – Friedrich Nietzsche Vanity didn’t always carry its modern, negative connotation. Rather it conveyed mere futility, eventually transforming...
Back to My Printing Press
I started blogging at el-oso.net in December 2003. I didn’t expect it to last long; mostly I wanted to keep a travel diary for a road trip around Mexico, and I figured, why not keep it on the Internet? Several months later I realized that I still had more to...Latest Photos
