My hosting company, Hostonce.com, deleted the mysql database containing the content this blog contained for one year. When I found out this occurred, I saved from Google’s cache all the category index pages from the past year. Your challenge: write a script that will extract from these HTML pages my old posts, and help me […]
Public Briefing on MCRI in Detroit
One United Michigan is hosting an event this Tuesday: Don’t be Fooled! Michigan is coming together to support affirmative action. Who: One United Michigan What: Public Briefing on defeating the California Anti-Affirmative Action Amendment When: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 , 5:00 p.m. Where: AFSCME Auditorium, 600 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan The Constitional Amendment backed by […]
The ‘Borf Effect’
When I was talking to this reporter about the arrest of the graffiti artist “Borfâ€? she asked if DCist had seen a “spikeâ€? of traffic. After getting off the phone I checked the numbers and saw that we did indeed see a high level of traffic on Thursday (when the Post ran their expose on […]
YP4 Summer Online Course Announced
I’m facilitating this course for my “workâ€? (in quotes, because I can’t believe I get paid to do this). I am lining up an awesome linup of guests from People For the American Way, American Constitution Society, ACLU, Earthjustice, Planned Parenthood, and more for this one – go register. (See the announcement online.) THE BATTLE […]
Iraq War Protest Announced
The anti-war coalition United for Peace and Justice has announced a massive “mobilizationâ€? to Washington, D.C. this September. I thought the last paragraph from their call was interesting: From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to bring our demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust war. These three days […]
Help Town Hall Open in Glover Park
Town Hall, a new restaurant to open in Glover Park, needs the ANC 3B to approve a “Stipulated Licenseâ€? to allow them to serve alcohol until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends. The city gave them the liquor license from the restaurant formerly in the space, but they need the ANC’s blessing […]
Bill Clinton
I thought Bill Clinton’s speech at yesterday’s Campus Progress conference was the best I’ve ever seen him give. They’ve posted the audio (mp3) and video here. —–