…you can’t make new cars. One reason I’m glad we got our Prius when we did: Quake Forces Toyota to Halt Production TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp., called production halts Wednesday at factories in Japan because of quake damage at a major parts supplier. The temporary closure of auto parts maker [...]

Me, I always loved how the town of Derby Line, Vermont thrived in a happy world where “our neighbor to the north” is indeed treated as the best, most open, most intertwined of neighbors. A bunch of people are building an ambitious library of the world’s books online, more or less how you’ve always expected [...]

This is one of those weeks where I’ve started to post about eight times, about burbling demi-thoughts ranging from the technological to the political to the societal. Unlike others who can effortlessly sit down and summon the blog muses (a distinctly less powerful and magical set of inspirers than, you know, book or movie muses), [...]