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Monthly Archives: April 2009
To read: 7 lessons in bike activism
Do something
Make a fuss
Find the right people
Roll with the opportunities
Be tenacious
Sometimes just showing up is enough
There’s no such thing as too many good friends
via: http://www.westsidebikeside.com/ (where I read about all the terrible things that happen to bikers in my home city of LA)
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We are all one [baby]
This boy engages with history, preaches the gospel, and reminds us that we are all products of our surroundings. Who are you? And what did you preach when you were young?
Videos of children on youtube–especially ridiculous ones like this one–make me wonder about the permanence of this format, and its frightening future indexability.
If the child–10 [...]
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Tone Matrix + Audio Tool [audio interface]
Just imagine an interface, and make it so…
Interactive Museum from Nicolas Loeillot on Vimeo.
Here are two samples from the range of audio tools online. The first is simple, (tonematrix) and the second is far more complex (Audiotool). Please check them both out, but imagine for yourself what you would like to do someday online. Someday [...]
From the Archive: “Open source revolution means more Internet” [4/8/2005]
I wrote the following article in 2005 after finding that there were few articles in my college newspaper that had anything remotely to do with the Internet. I was going to go through and edit it to fit my sensibilities of grammar and correctness, but I’ll let it stand. In April of 2005 the internet [...]
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Randalph, Geoey, & Tommy [radio play]
A web-u-drama about the significant sandwiches in our lives…
Listen here: Randalph, Geoey, & Tommy
Written, Produced, and Performed by James Patrick Roehl [msg]
More James below:
Phantogram EP out now [new music]
Loved these guys live, now you can have a taste… Guess what… they’re on myspace.
Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds.mp3
Also check out their older album ‘Eyelid Movies‘ here.
(posted with permission)
The Balad Burn Pit: All-purpose toxic materials disposal in Iraq [iraq, vet health]
Update Feb 20, 2010: The anger is rising: read this LAtimes piece.
Something made me mad today. So I’m posting about it.
After reading an article on Wikileaks regarding the Balad Burn Pit, where toxic chemicals such as
“…acetaldehyde, Acrolien, Arsenic, Benzene, Carbon Monoxide, Ethylbenzene, Formaldehyde, Hydrogen Cyanide, Hydrogen Fluoride, Phosgene, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfuric Acid, Toluene, Trichloroethane and [...]
Web Trend Map [data vis]
‘Web trends‘ put out by Information Architects (.jp) is always a treat. Their map of the movers and shakers of the web are laid out like the Tokyo subway with a surprising amount of dimension: rank, reliability, site type, and key figures…. The layout is currently in final beta stage, so head on over there [...]
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How does your country treat bikers?