transitionelement.com http://www.transitionelement.com/ en-us Copyright 2011 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:44:24 +0000 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:21:09 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.38 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Book — Black Snow]]> [ US | UK ] Black Snow by Mikhail Bulgakov Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: When Maxudov&#8217;s bid to take his own life fails, he dramatises the novel whose failure provoked the suicide attempt. To the resentment of literary Moscow, his... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/09/book_black_snow.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/09/book_black_snow.html culture Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:44:24 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Chronicle of a Blood Merchant]]> [ US | UK ] Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua, Hua Yu Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: A cart-pusher in a silk mill, Xu Sanguan augments his meager salary with regular visits to the local blood chief. His... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/book_chronicle.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/book_chronicle.html culture Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:43:25 +0000 ifttt.com if this then that is a new service whose aim is to connect various web apps together via their APIs. The concept is very simple, each site is a channel and you can create tasks between any of them,... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/iftttcom.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/07/iftttcom.html on technology Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:23:57 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — The Fifth Witness]]> [ US | UK ] The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cut-backs. So for defence lawyer... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_the_fifth.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_the_fifth.html culture Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:28 +0000 MT Textile SelfLoader Error Today I did some general CPAN update. Everything went fine, I thought, but when I attempted to publish a post to this blog with Movable Type 3.38, I kept getting this error: An error occurred: Global symbol "$nested" requires explicit... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/mt_textile_self.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/mt_textile_self.html on technology Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:49:21 +0000 W Wh Who Whoa! I love Google Chrome. It has just introduced a new super-fast page loading feature called Prerendering that tries to guess what you are looking for and gets it in the background. It is really fast. However, if you type... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/w_wh_who_whoa_1.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/w_wh_who_whoa_1.html on technology Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:46:02 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Stet]]> [ US | UK ] Stet by Diana Athill Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: Diana Athill has had a most interesting and varied life, and the title she has chosen for her autobiography is proofreaders&#8217; jargon for &#8220;Let it stand&#8221;. In... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_stet.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/book_stet.html culture Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:36:37 +0000 ZERO The question was; &#8220;How much interested do you have in the 2012 Olympics now that you didn&#8217;t get a single ticket in the lottery?&#8221; We are furious. We spent hours carefully picking events, selecting tickets, making sure we had... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/zero.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/06/zero.html life in the UK Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:19:43 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Scrivener's Moon]]> [ US | UK ] Scrivener&#8217;s Moon (Mortal Engines) by Philip Reeve Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734;&#9734; Synopsis: In a future land once known as Britain, nomad tribes are preparing to fight a terrifying enemy - the first-ever mobile city. Before London... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/book_scriveners.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/book_scriveners.html culture Tue, 17 May 2011 08:57:47 +0000 Colgate Scene - Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Maroon'd small version A few months ago, I was emailed by my class rep at my university, Colgate. I gave her the breifest of updates about our life and said, get in touch with Martin. 
Sorry, nothing too interesting happening.

(Still) married to Angela Haswell '91.
Living outside London.  I run web team 
for Scholastic in the UK and Angela works 
for a small hedge fund.  We have two boys,
Owen, aged 11 and Ryan aged 9.

Did you know that Martin Sances '91 just 
became a father to Sam on 25 Sept?  He is 
a lawyer and lives in San Fran with wife 
Betsy.  That's way more interesting!

All the best,

Peter
Well they printed it and a few days later, I got another email from someone who edits the Maroon, the school's Alumni paper and asked me to write a travel column for them. They sent a few examples of previous columns. So I wrote them two versions. The first one got printed, with some _slightly_ cheesy editing (e.g. Doc Martyns). This was the second version. ]]> http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/colgate_scene_s.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/05/colgate_scene_s.html life in the UK Thu, 05 May 2011 09:46:10 +0000 Text Only Or how to submit content to a website. Aside from my day job where a manage a big, big website, I also run a small community website for where I live, the St Margarets Community Website. I try to do... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/04/text.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/04/text.html on technology Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:07:59 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Shit My Dad Says]]> [ US | UK ] Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734;&#9734; Synopsis: Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost one million people follow Mr Halpern&#8217;s philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_shit_my_da.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_shit_my_da.html culture Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:23:37 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Pereira Maintains]]> [ US | UK ] Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: In the sweltering summer of 1938 in Portugal, a country under the fascist shadow of Spain, a mysterious young man arrives at the doorstep of Dr... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_pereira_ma.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/02/book_pereira_ma.html culture Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:16:44 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — The Passage]]> [ US | UK ] The Passage by Justin Cronin Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733; Synopsis: Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she&#8217;s the most important person in the whole world. She is. Anthony Carter doesn&#8217;t think... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/01/book_the_passag.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2011/01/book_the_passag.html culture Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:30:07 +0000 <![CDATA[Book — Heartstone]]> [ US | UK ] Heartstone by C. J. Sansom Rating: &#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9733;&#9734; Synopsis: Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII&#8217;s invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the... http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/12/book_heartstone.html http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/12/book_heartstone.html culture Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:42:50 +0000