The Goodspeed Update

After I asked about the service, Sprint has activated the phone-as-modem feature of the new Sprint Power Vision phone they sent me to test. The phone takes advantage of Sprint’s high-speed data network (EV-DO) to allow you to watch live and on-demand audio and video, and download and listen to music from their music store. […]

I noticed yesterday a large mural on the side of the 14th Street bookstore Candida’s World of Books is being bricked over for new construction that’s part of the Matrix condo building. A number of large luxury condo buildings are under construction on that stretch of 14th Street.

“Busboys & Poets WiFi Port Blocking Is Really Asinine”
Local restaurant/lounge has limited WiFi access.

Madison House: Two Rooms Available this Summer
Need a cool place to live in Ann Arbor this summer? Sadly, I’ve got a lease here in D.C.

Free inCircle Access to All Alumni
University of Michigan alumni association opens their members-only social networking application to all alumni, with access to current students promised for April.

Zachary M. Schrag’s recently published book The Great Society Subway has been on my “to read” list for quite some time now.
Since the first time I visited Washington, D.C. I was captivated by the city’s Metro system, which I first began to explore in earnest when I lived in the city without a car for […]

Faz Husain, who passed away last week, will be remembered at a memorial service in Ann Arbor at Pioneer High School on Thursday, March 23rd at 7.30 pm. Friends have set up a memorial website at www.SayHelloToFaz.com.

This tidbit from the chapter on Seventh Street in my newly-arrived 1937 WPA guide on Washington:
Seventh Street in this region, and immediately east and west of the street itself, becomes invaded with dilapidated houses, small shops, pawnbrokers’ officers, and teeming restaurants. The Old Indian Herb Store, at No. 1726, sells every kind of remedy - […]