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Spertus Museum reopened and the One of a Kind sale
We did two things this week to take my mind off of my job search. The Spertus Museum, which is attached to the Spertus College here in Chicago, is a Jewish museum and educational facility on Michigan Avenue. Â We went in on Thursday this week to check out their new digs – its a […]
November 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
The Medici Giraffe
Title: The Medici Giraffe Author: Marina Belozerskaya Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (August 21, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316525650 ISBN-13: 978-0316525657 The title of this book is a misnomer – only one chapter out of 7 talks about the Medici Giraffe, which was a gift from an Egyptian ruler to get the […]
November 11th, 2007 by alephnaught
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
Title:Â Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence Author: Tim Parks Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton; 1 edition (May 15, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393328457 ISBN-13: 978-0393328455 I read this book while traveling to and from San Diego for an interview. The book is very interesting – it weaves the historical events […]
November 4th, 2007 by alephnaught
13949712720901ForOSX
13949712720901ForOSX You can read about why this string is important here. Suffice it to say that this seems like a nice, non-violent way to support the port of Java 6 to the Mac platform. Although, I suspect Apple has it almost ready anyway – they delayed the Leopard launch to get the iPhone done, and […]
October 28th, 2007 by alephnaught
Dinner at Alhambra Palace Restaurant
Alhambra Palace Restaurant is a good Morrocan restaurant on Randolph Street. 1240 W. Randolph, Chicago, IL – (312) 666-9555 We went to the antique market on Randolph and went by this restaurant on the way there. You can’t miss the facade – its a bad takeoff of the Arabian Nights. Aviva had wanted to try […]
October 27th, 2007 by alephnaught
Chicago Metra comuter train schedule stuff
I’ve written a little web app to find the next four trains running between two stations on the Chicago Metra comuter train line. I also loaded CalTrain, a little Blackberry application, with the lines I and a friend usually take (the application can’t handle a large set of data for some reason).
October 27th, 2007 by alephnaught
Stardust
Title: Stardust Author: Neil Gaiman Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Harper (July 31, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0380804557 ISBN-13: 978-0380804559 I read Anansi Boys and American Gods a bit ago and, when I saw this book had been made into a movie, I figured I should read it. This was a quick, fun read. […]
October 23rd, 2007 by alephnaught
More paper models!
I built two more paper models, one of the Duomo and the other the Campanile, both in Florence. I also started a web page on my paper modeling hobby. I made two more paper models, which I bought on eBay and from Daedalus Books (a good overstock and discount on-line bookstore). The models are of […]
October 19th, 2007 by alephnaught
Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis
Title: Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis Author: Orson Scott Card Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Forge Books; New Ed edition (November 29, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0765341298 ISBN-13: 978-0765341297 Just finished this book. I liked it quite a bit; it goes along with Card’s books on Sarah and Rebekah. Card is doing a series of […]
October 16th, 2007 by alephnaught
My Brother Is An Only Child
A good Italian film from the Chicago International Film Festival. Since I’m between jobs I’ve been trying to spend more time with Aviva. She and I don’t typically like the same films, but I agreed to go with her to see this one for a Saturday night out. We ate dinner at a restaurant next […]
December 8th, 2007 by alephnaught