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What are you doing on Monday?

Cross-posted from EchoDitto
Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Day. It’s a national Day of Service and a time to reflect on social justice.
The crisis in Haiti brings extra focus and intensity to the question of how we care for each other. How did one of the world’s poorest countries struggle to survive just miles off [...]

Surviving theft. Shoulda worn that fanny pack.

I had my bag stolen earlier this week in Copenhagen. It was a huge distraction for about 24 hrs, but the upside is that I learned the truth about a few of those things people always warn us about. Hopefully this is helpful to you, but I’m also writing this to remind my future self:

Keep [...]

Michael Pollan on Sustainable Food

Great 15 min talk from Pop!Tech — good reminder on what it takes to produce our food, and how the current system can’t last, nor should it given the better alternatives:

My neighbor Ace at 92: Decorated vet, living legend

Ace is a neighborhood legend — with one arm, four purple hearts, and more than a dozen antique cars, he’s hard to miss.
Nearly every weekend, Ace drives one of his old cars up Connecticut Ave to pick up his favorite meal at McDonalds. On a nice day, you can catch him outside holding court near [...]

Most widespread day of political action in history

This past weekend I had the honor of volunteering with the 350.org team during the final 48 hours of their global day of action on October 24, in more than 180 countries and every single time zone. It was filled with the same intensity and emotion as Election Day — complete with lots of [...]

Netroots Nation 2009

Overall thoughts from last weekend at Netroots —

Bloggers are in their teenage years — Blogs and bloggers have come of age, compared to the 2004 cycle when their relevance and potential impact beyond enthusiasts and the uber-engaged was unclear at best. With major ‘wins’ in 2006 and 2008, they’re treated with respect, albeit somewhat [...]

Top three reasons to travel with an iphone

I try not to be a product evangelist but this was the first international trip i’ve taken with my iphone, and man has it performed in ways that I didn’t anticipate.
1. WIFI — enough said; ATT’s international roaming plans will cover you for some emergency email checks, tweeting, or mapping, but beyond that, tapping [...]