Links for April

Whenever I see a cool book, I’ve been saving it to my AbeBooks cart, so I vibe-coded up an applet to convert the html of my checkout page into a markdown list. If you’re curious about what those books are, see here. I’ve been working my way through: It’s just such a big book! I’m around a quarter of the way through, and I’m trying to note each of the particular things Robert Moses does that’re evil-but-effective. Expect an entire book review on this sometime over the summer. It’s out in paperback! I was wandering through the Seminary Coop It’s a very close second for best bookstore in Hyde Park, behind Powell’s. Great vibes, great selection, Plein Air is beautiful. Only knock is price, which — alas, as a college student — matters a lot to me. I’m reading the Edmonds biography — so far, Parfit is just such an academic weapon. You can just flip to random parts of the book — every frame a painting. Making people happy is a choice, and takes effort. Sidebar, but reader: if we ever end up

Whenever I see a cool book, I’ve been saving it to my AbeBooks cart, so I vibe-coded up an applet to convert the html of my checkout page into a markdown list. If you’re curious about what those books are, see here. I’ve been working my way through: It’s just such a big book! I’m around a quarter of the way through, and I’m trying to note each of the particular things Robert Moses does that’re evil-but-effective. Expect an entire book review on this sometime over the summer. It’s out in paperback! I was wandering through the Seminary Coop It’s a very close second for best bookstore in Hyde Par