Blog

Writing about whatever's on my mind.

• Google Maps wants to kill me
  March 10, 2010
  bicycles
  Google Maps just added biking directions—great news, except it wants me to cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which cyclists aren't allowed on. High hopes, beta bugs and all. Read more →
• I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!
  July 17, 2009
  bicycles
  I drove 65 miles to Rockland County to buy a 1995 Schwinn, and I don't regret it. Now I'm outfitting it to replace my car for short errands around Staten... Read more →
• Remembered
  December 15, 2008
  reference
  A student returned to thank me—and this time, I actually remembered her. Turns out the research we did together earned her an A. Read more →