Category Archives: current events

After every repair he would hand me a full page of material and times written out in pencil and explain exactly what he’d done, moving his hands like a surgeon going back over an operation. He had been in the … Continue reading →

I leave a small gold coin in the stomach cavity of a carved wooden bull. Later, this brings me luck. I am in Virginia working on a defense contract, being driven back to my airport hotel in a friend’s luxury … Continue reading →

I might be wearing a Santa hat

My hosting barfed. I’ll post something of substance soon.

I have like six email addresses, and I’ve decided to take one offline – gsl@litwack.org. If by some astronomical chance you have that in an address book, change it to litwack@gmail.com!

Submitted by reader Louis G., here’s a handy lifehack for travel. On the road and living rough? Knot the legs of your jeans and stuff with laundry, neatly segregating it from your cleans. Thank you Louis G.!

I’ve been following Marcin Jakubowski’s Open Source Ecology project for some time now – he and his collaborators are trying to do for farming and industrialization what MakerBot is doing for 3D printing – this is my very favorite open … Continue reading →

Culture Boner.

Saw Enter The Void finally, so much of two minds about it. Blindingly great directing (the perspective for part of it reminded me of Ima Boku wa…) but the plot was dumber than the dumbest Hollywood drama. I wish Gaspar … Continue reading →