The University of Michigan has launched a free blogging service for students, faculty, and staff called Mblog. The system uses Movable Type, and I applaud them for launching the overdue service. One of the University divisions involved in launching the site is the Bentley Historical Library, which houses the University’s official archives. The library is […]
Young People For Conference
Young People For Conference, originally uploaded by DCist Rob. I have been spending the weekend at the Young People For student conference here in D.C. For information about the project see www.youngpeoplefor.org
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I first met Scott Stadium at a D.C. blogger meetup. Scott had been a longtime reader of DCist and had written to me about the site. I remember one of the things we had talked about that night was a project he was working on related to the Peace Corps. As Peace Corps volunteer Scott […]
Review: Richard Sennett’s The Uses of Disorder
Richard Sennett’s The Uses of Disorder is one of those books I had heard obliquely mentioned so many times I decided, finally, to read it. Published in 1970, it has aged curiously. Labeled “sociology” by the publisher, the books’ oddly diverse jacket endorsements suggests the stew of ideas contained — the front cover claims it […]
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Contruction at the Convention Center
Contruction at the Convention Center, originally uploaded by DCist Rob. There hasn’t been much construction on ground-level retail spaces on the north end of the Washington Convention Center although several businesses had announced plans to open. Recently I walked by and saw this construction at a space where a jeweler is planning to open, and […]
Flickr Prints
In October Flickr rolled out a service to order prints of your photos. I just now got around to testing it out and yesterday got some prints I had ordered in the mail. For $6, I received 20 4×6 prints and an index print in the mail in about 3 days. They charged $.20 per […]