I’m fascinated by Dutch Manhattan. I like imagining it’s wooden homes and windmills. I am stunned by its perceived closeness with the Lenape tribe, the very people whose primal Manhattan identity has been all but obliterated by the city. I romanticize … Continue reading
The destitute Irish are woven as tightly into American history as an Aran sweater. The Potato Famine and its economic outfall (perhaps more deadly than the blight itself) sent the Irish around the world, with a host of them settling … Continue reading
i will off to ireland it just a few days to shoot a documentary on gaelic games. the documentary is sponsored by an at&t “new media” fellowship and was organized by the watson institute at brown. i’m thrilled to be … Continue reading
i’ve been missing my gaming fix lately. this time last year, i was rock band-ing daily a la berkman center, and even exercising my gamer theory with monthly mit-harvard game design meetings hosted by the ever brilliant gene koo. anyway, … Continue reading
Canada is like a popular American movie remade by amateurs with French subtitles. You recognize certain scenes, and the plot feels familiar, but somehow the whole thing is off. Not that this is bad thing. Indeed, I rather like it. … Continue reading