I want to publicly thank a few friends who, in their own ways, inspired me to finally get a bicycle and start riding it as a primary means of transportation around the city. I’ve always been philosophically pro-bike but never much of a bike rider. For a little over a month now I’ve […]
A button owned by a friend of mine back in Ann Arbor provides the title for this post. Amanda called me out on her blog, announcing somewhat cryptically the upcoming Idiotarod. She says:
I have a friend who said once “oh, yeah, we do that in Ann Arbor, too” and I am here to […]
Awards are flying around like crazy these days. My dear friend Erica (& team at the Lab of Ornithology at Cornell) recently won a second place award for interactive multimedia design from Science magazine. It’s a cool app to visualize animal sounds while watching video and listening to the animal:
The user can listen […]
My buddy George won the first Pizzigati Prize For Software in the Public Interest for his work on the CitizenSpeak project. (I suspected he may have won when, some time after the prize contenders were announced, he began asking me questions about exactly how he ended up working on it.) He was up […]
It’s been quiet around these parts lately. We’ve been busy enjoying the last gasps of summer and doing a lot of traveling. Evidence via Flickr:
My 10 year class reunion
Michigan Beer Festival - Lizz and I have gone every year we’ve been together
My parents threw us an awesome engagement party
Lizzie surprised us with a visit
We […]
Lizz, Honey and I are joining Chris and Cheryl for a last minute log cabin retreat in the woods up state. No TV. No Internet. I’ve got a pile of books, a box full of food and kitchen supplies. Chris & Cheryl have crates of leftover booze from their housewarming party. […]
Lizz and I had a busy Saturday. We went to the end of the line on the D, to Coney Island, to see the Mermaid Parade. Then we went to the end of the N to get some Greek food in Astoria. In between, we stopped to watch these dancers at the […]
My good friend Joe has been embroiled in the fight for democracy in his Teamsters local. As outlined in this article from The Nation, Local 743 leadership has routinely sold out its members and stolen elections to maintain their grip on the local. They’re having trouble fighting their legal battle, and are trying […]
I’ve spent the last week mostly recovering from my previous crazy-busy birthday week (during which both Lizz and the Beast were in Florida). A quick review:
DrupalCamp weekend was a blast. I learned a lot and met some great folks. Thanks to Noel for putting it all together and Brooklyn Polytechnic for hosting. […]
Friend Mike Grass, formerly of DCist, recently launched a blog as part of his gig at the Washington Post affiliate paper “express”: FreeRide. When he was last in NYC, we watched part of the Super Mario Bros. DVD he reviewed. I’m not sure how we made it through more than one episode. […]
