Author Archives: Ethan
Consider It a Feature Downgrade
In brief, I had this project at work I was pretty excited about. It was to be an ASP.NET implementation of a solution for posting xml data to third-party background check services. I planned it out to be flexible and … Continue reading
To Me You Are a Work of Art
I took Friday off in what I hope will be the beginning of a pattern for the remaining 5 weeks I’m working here. To facilitate the day off, I worked until about 2am on Thursday, and then further stayed up … Continue reading
8-9-10
Well, I haven’t really been up to much since my last post. I worked all day yesterday, taking some breaks to read Kerry’s NYTimes opinion piece on an exit strategy for Iraq (which I unfortunately can’t find a link for), … Continue reading
Halo Welt!
Yesterday our internet went out for a couple hours. Not an event in and of itself…our internet was out tonight until a few minutes ago (there was a big storm and the television reception apparently isn’t the only thing that’s … Continue reading
Syriana
Another rainy day in the ‘Rut. Again our plans of far-ranging exploration were dashed. Instead we had a quiet brunch with all the embassy people and expats at Casablanca before taking a brief, damp walk on the corniche. It’s nice … Continue reading
No New Yorker
Last week, I read an article in the Village Voice about “mutant bike clubs” in NYC and the recent defacement of Brooklyn Industries bike-themed window displays. The vandals etched “Bike Culture Not For Sale” with acid on the window glass. … Continue reading
Odds and Sods
In the interest of continuing to try to post everyday, a general accounting of the last 36 hours or so… Yesterday our friend Rudy put on a production of Antigone (or at least a portion of it) at the Lebanese … Continue reading
blue elephant
(After talking a big game about making a post every day, I dropped that ball in the second inning. I guess I’ll have to do two posts today to make up for it.) Two nights ago, Amy and I went … Continue reading
Follow Up
Yesterday I received an anonymous comment from Phentermine-Yi. I’m going to admit my ignorance right off the bat at not knowing what phentermine was, as I’ve never sought pharmaceutical treatment for my weight problem. The text of the comment was … Continue reading
beirut.year.slice(316, 317);
The title is from a post called beirut.year.slice(304, 305); that was languishing in my WordPress drafts. I had gotten this far: I got about two hours of work done this morning before the power went out. It remained out for … Continue reading