Archive for March, 2008

Big Pool

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Let’s say you’re a developer tasked with building the bestest, fanciest ski-in/ski-out slopeside hotel at a premier Colorado ski resort. You’re giving a primo 1.5-acre parcel, and you construct a huge 15-story unit that requires a few years of back-and-forth with the locals to get them to grant an exception to their laws about [...]

Good Days, Hot, Cold, Spring, Winter

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Yesterday, I was within moments of logging in and posting about how spring is really on the way here in Colorado. I’d just gotten back from a cruise down to Boulder where I’d driven both ways in short sleeves with the windows down for the first time since last summer. Indeed, the air [...]

The Trouble with Hard Edges

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A few weeks ago, I got a new Macbook Air. It is the best thing since sliced bread. In fact, since I name all of my computers by using a “butter” theme (think “bean,” “ball,” “milk,” “fly,” etc.), the obvious choice for this computer was “knife.” It is quite thin.
It also has [...]