A Lazy Day at the Book Designer, Plus 1

As you have probably noticed by now, I’ve taken the day off today. The Friday following Thanksgiving—now known throughout the land as Black Friday—is always a strange day, mostly devoted to a masssive push to get buyers inside big retail stores to...

Gratitude, 2012 Edition, A Thanksgiving Post

Another Thanksgiving holiday has rolled around for those of us in the U.S. This orgy of family, travel, food and thankfulness never seems to get old or lose its charm. Even some cooks’ best efforts to change the traditional menu are met with fierce resistance...

Giving Thanks, Yet Again

Today I give thanks to all my readers who take time out of your very busy lives to spend some of it here educating, instructing, or entertaining yourselves with the stuff I’ve posted. And I thank the accumulated wisdom of technology that’s given me amazing...