April 28, 2008

  • Edge 2 Edge networking

    Phil Hughes on Bob Frankson, applied in Estelí, Nicaragua:   In social-political terms, it means looking for a local solution and then growing that solution to connect to other resources. It seems like something that could be done, would be good for Nicaragua/Nicaraguan communities and would even appeal to some organizations looking to make grants.… Continue reading

  • Jump! tonight

    After brunch at Johnny D’s yesterday, we caught the Forbes Flyers — a rope jumping team of high schoolers from Torrington, CT — putting on an amazing demonstration of skill and enthusiasm, outside the Davis stop on the Red Line in Somerville. Turned out they were there to help promote Jump!, a movie showing that… Continue reading

  • Continuing loss of Face(book)

    So I decided to cave in and say yes to patients waiting in the accumulating pile of friend requests at my Facebook account. Haven’t been to Facebook in awhile, so I was also curious to see if “friending” has improved since the last time I slogged my way through the process. First, l lost count… Continue reading

  • Splogment du jour

    When a blog comment to an ancient post comes into moderation and it has no relevance to that post, and the English is awful, I’m figuring it’s a splog (spam blog) comment. So I kill it. The latest one killed went, question: How many guys ( MARRIED) feel that all they do is for not?… Continue reading