Bicycling in DC
Biking is still dangerous in Washington, especially with the huge cars that take up so much of the street, but it’s nice to see this project. Smartbike DC is the first public bike rental service in the USA. It’s available by subscription, with docking points around the city. Clear Channel first initiated a program like […]
The president-elect weekly address
US President-Elect Barack Obama will be recording a video address each week which will be available on YouTube. This will replace the president’s weekly radio address of the past. Here’s no. 1. and it’s about the economy. (3:34): YouTube: ChangeDotCom
NYT Breaking News: July 4th, 2009
The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia This special edition of The New York Times comes from a future in which we are accomplishing what we know today to be possible. Thanks Beatrice & Beatrix 🙂 Download a pdf version here.
Angels only need apply
Thinking about applying for work in the Obama administration? Go to Change.gov, but make sure your halo is brightly polished. The questionnaire being sent to hopeful candidates is the most extensive ever used by a new administration in Washington. (See article in the New York Times) Excerpts:
BigDialog: Ask the President-Elect
http://www.BigDialog.org, a cross-partisan partnership of academics, bloggers, and e-communities invites President-Elect Barack Obama to answer the people’s questions. The eCitizen Foundation (a Massachusetts non-profit) along with its partners and supporters, including Bill Mitchell of MIT and Lawrence Lessig of Stanford, are asking people to pose and prioritize text and video questions for Mr. Obama. The […]
Halloween
Halloween is a wonderful celebration for young people. But in Ireland, where it originated, and in the States, guys, not here in Germany. Here, it sucks. There is no tradition, and it just doesn’t work. My mother sewed me my first costume at age two, and I went as a green Peter Pan. At four […]
Bear ways
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bearways.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s all my fault. We had a bear visit our cabin the other day. It was in the early evening, the sun was still up and I was down by the water when I heard some loud thumps up in the woods, and thought, “Hey, that’s funny, maybe our […]
