Archive for the ‘ Planning ’ Category
So, it happened. My life will never again be the same…or perhaps it will simply be all the more the same. Yesterday I went to IKEA for the first time ever. For some misguided reason I was expecting an otherworldly consumer experience. Instead, it was just another big store with lots of poorly made crap [ READ MORE ]
Two exciting developments, folks. First, Sly might be coming back. Second, rumor has it that Gernot Grabher may be a candidate for our faculty search. I don’t know how planning planning he is, but he is major in uniting economic sociology and economic geography, which is where it’s at…as far as I’m concerned. Also, the event [ READ MORE ]
So my big exam has been postponed a couple of days and I have to change the questions. It turns out that this second exam is intended to be more practical and applied. So I have to retool. I’m not sure if this makes it easier or harder. That’s the future of my planning. For the [ READ MORE ]
Last semester, some active first year students in our department organized a panel to discuss the physical issues surrounding the redevelopment of New Orleans (under the dubious assumption that it should happen). A number of practical, long term geological concerns were raised and I presume examined further in this article (via Metafilter via 3qd). For me, [ READ MORE ]
30 billion pounds of steam surge under the streets and buildings of Manhattan every year. [ READ MORE ]