Monthly Archives: January 2012

Appeal for “Sheduled Ring” on mobiles

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Anyone who has gone to church, synagogue, mosque, or any regularly-scheduled meeting over the last twenty years has encountered the irritating interruption of cell-phone ringing. Yesterday such an embarrassing event disrupted the NY Philharmonic’s performance at the Lincoln Center. It … Continue reading →

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In praise of sidewalks

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

One of the core challenges of urban planning is to sift through complex, entangled social-political-economic-environmental-political problems to find policies that are feasible and really helpful. One of those policies is the promotion of good sidewalks: no trip-hazards, no projecting hardware … Continue reading →

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Birthday in South Lake Tahoe

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Thank you to all of you who wished me Happy Birthday by various 21st-century means! At Lizzie’s strong encouraging we took a 3-day road trip to Tahoe. Of course we did not check the news to discover that Tahoe is … Continue reading →

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