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The Flawed Housing Action Package 2.0 — The City of San Diego, like many U.S. cities, is attempting to build its way out of homelessness and spiraling rents. This simple supply and demand approach to real estate economics is an oversimplification that does not take into account the market manipulations of large corporate interests. The builders want…

The city is having a fire sale but only for a few — There is extensive debate about the housing crisis in California. Advocates of building our way out of overpriced, unaffordable housing tout this will solve homelessness as well. Anyone disagreeing is labeled a heartless NIMBY. I am here to shed light on the disingenuous marketing ploy underlying this land rush. The…

If it’s not fed regularly, it’s a Zombie — The Myth The project has ended, lessons learned collected, and documentation turned over to operations. All is good in the land of Nod. Soon the project deliverables, like an orchard passing the seasons, changes. A UI nip-tuck here, an update to import files there, and soon the product has drifted from its…

Musings from a toll booth on the highway to Hell — We all know where we are going apparently and the menu only has two choices: Heaven and Hell. Well, yes there is purgatory but that is more like a light apéritif when considering the long-term commitment of the other two. The choice of destination is yours and I can’t tell…

Linus was right about the Great Pumpkin — Pumpkin Spice Oysters Rockefeller! 🎃😋 Uptown meets downtown when these seasonal favorites come together and dress to impress! Ingredients 1/3 cup chopped fennel 1/3 cup chopped parsley 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped shallots 1 teaspoon chopped chervil 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter 2 cups watercress One 28 fl oz bottle of Starbucks® Pumpkin Spice…

The new face of espionage — There is no doubt DJT is the worst President in the history of the United States but what if that completely misses the point? After reading the redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit it appears the mission of Agent 045 was more successful than any by the revered 007. We usually think of…

How setup a no cost donation website in no time — There are a lot of options for taking donations these days but the most cost effective and well known is PayPal. …

Artist Amber Erceg stands figure drawing on its head — If you have not been keeping up with the work of Amber Erceg you should read about her break-out work Dumpster Ballon as a way of fastening your seatbelt for the release of I’d Tap that. Again Ms. Erceg works with photographic “Objets Trouves” (AKA “The Found Object”) but this…