Archive for September 2007

The Logical Choice

2007
September
18

Eric says that I am a programmer at heart. I love logic, math, and order and I feel enormous satisfaction when solving problems objectively. I do not excel at tasks that are subjective or that require creativity and imagination. For this reason, I have decided to terminate my career in urban planning and pursue a

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There Is More To A Place

2007
September
06

People are the most important part of places. I have written about this before. Twice. And I am delighted to read that the guys at Penny Arcade agree. In their news post today, Gabe recounts the success of PAX – the three-day game festival they host every year in Seattle, WA. He recalls that representatives

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Deliverance

2007
September
02

Filmed in 1972, the movie Deliverance tells a story about four suburban professionals who endeavor on their final canoe journey down a river in rural Georgia that is scheduled to be flooded by real estate developers – imminently burying the valley, its provincial residents, and their culture along with it. By depicting the conflict between

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