newsletters27 views2 minute read What subtitles can teach Big Tech about how real human beings work.Peter Crosby03/01/2024 There are so many ways tech could make my life better, and VR isn’t any of them. View Post
europetravel62 views6 minute read Amalfi Italy was once a major port, so some lazy Italians named the entire coast after it.Peter Crosby05/11/2022 At the mouth of a deep ravine, Amalfi Italy looks like it got vomited out of the surrounding mountains. View Post
australiaoceaniatravel60 views11 minute read Melbourne is the most livable city in Australia’s otherwise sweltering hellscape.Peter Crosby11/22/2016 Compared to Australia’s other major cities, Melbourne is a breath of fresh, and freezing Arctic air. View Post
caribbeannorth americatravel59 views11 minute read San Juan, Puerto Rico: Where so many speak Spanish, you think you’re in California.Peter Crosby05/11/2007 We spent a week in the not-so-exotic — but still technically foreign — Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. View Post
north americatravel26 views3 minute read Los Angeles, CA: The Mondrian, aka “Our trip to Pretentiousville.”Peter Crosby01/01/1997 On a recent trip to LA, I had the opportunity to stay at the famed Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. View Post
north americaoceaniatravel51 views5 minute read Oahu Hawai‘i: “All expenses paid trip” turns out to be Advertising Club ruse.Peter Crosby10/10/1996 We get suckered into judging the advertising of people who live in paradise, and we were not okay with it. View Post