Tag: culture
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Tubing in Phoenix
I went out to Phoenix last weekend to visit with Mike and Dan. It was a good time. We tubed down the Salt River and managed to not kill ourselves on the rocks. Though Mikey got a lesson in kinetic ene…
TNT
Walked down to TNT last night. The exhibit this month was on the Mexican-American experience. They did it like a hands on museum geared towards adults. Displays, buttons to push, etc. Quite interestin…
F9/11
Watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night at the GasLamp downtown. I love the GasLamp Theatre , but the poor place is usually dead, not many people want to bother with parking downtown. Not last night though…
Privacy
People have been freaking out about gmail. The storage space, the privacy issues, and more recently, about the usability of the web client. People were offering up gmail invites as prizes or favors. I…
SD hates people that don't drive cars
My bus stop is near a seniors center downtown. That is a good thing. However, there is no outside seating for the center. This means that the seniors who still smoke (and there are a lot of them) come…
Adventure
A great story from NPR and Slate; First Into Libya . A group of 16 American tourists, the first to tour Libya in a long time. They did a good job on the story, it seems like an amazing place. Our main…
Control Room
We watched Control Room last night at the Ken. Thought it was a great look at the media, exposing biases on both sides of the world. I should really learn to sandboard . Nice: GOP avoiding investigati…
NPR, Saved
Sunday afternoons are quite enjoyable with public radio . First up is This American Life , then The Next Big Thing , then Sounds Eclectic . An easy way to get your weekly recommended intake of stories…
Toxic kitty dust
There is a feral cat that hangs out in the courtyard of my building. This morning I walked outside to see him sharpening his claws on some furniture someone had left outside. Even the wild cats like a…
Information day
Database Nation , a different look from Reason Mag. U.S. agencies collect, examine personal data on Americans , "I didn't know you cared what color my car was, how sweet" . Latest terror alert surpris…