Christian Zavisca

A bit more about my dream coffee table

A recent NYT Q&A alerted me to designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and their extremely awesome loop coffee table. It seems to be priced at more than two thousand American dollars at this site. I'm no CPA, but that puts said table out of my responsible financial reach for the moment. Still, it's fun to ponder.

My favorite writer's new book

David Foster Wallace's latest and last novel, "The Pale King," arrives on April 15. If you are a newcomer to DFW, I highly recommend his nonfiction, although I am a big fan of his fiction, too.

Wallace committed suicide in 2008, and "The Pale King" was unfinished. I approach this book with a mix of anticipation and dread that, frankly, I have never experienced before. We'll see how it goes.

Valpo hoops

I haven't done much video posting in a while. This is something from Valparaiso University's BracketBuster game on ESPN2 in February.

Back from New Orleans

Just returned from a terrific service trip to New Orleans, where we stayed at Camp Restore.

My full bunch of photos can be found here.

NOLA bound

Heading off to a service trip to New Orleans for the second year in a row. I'll be posting photos and videos when the chance arises. Off we go!

Now is the winter of our discontent

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Communiversity Day at Valparaiso University

A good time was had by the thousands of folks who came out for Valpo's inaugural Commmuniversity Day.

Wilco Weekend: The Movie(s)

Wilco Weekend

Wilco and Yo La Tengo played last weekend at Coveleski Stadium in South Bend, Ind. A good time was had by all.

New MapQuest logo: Hmm ...

Mashable posts about the new MapQuest design, which looks great. I'm not so sure about the logo. The "Q" appears to be floating in space or something.

Like many, I used to be a full-time MapQuest user, but lately I've gravitated to Google Maps.

Edit: It's an exponent. Interesting!