This is the sort of thing part of me wanted to keep to myself. As part of Cultural Tourism DC’s seasonal WalkingTown DC events where they sponsor dozens of free historical walks throughout the city, they are offering this one on April 22: Metro: Behind the Scenes Saturday April 22, 9 – 10:30 am Meet […]
links for 2006-04-05
Solving DC Problems A local nonprofit is looking for good ideas to improve the District of Columbia. Guerilla Wayfinding Stencils point north to orient subway riders in NYC Blog Commenting via Text Messaging Tommy’s latest work. Arbor Update: Ann Arbor Democrats to Debate Building Limits Local leaders propose 4-story limit for new Ann Arbor buildings.
‘Tent State University’
First time I’ve heard about this: Tent State University is a campaign that started in 2003 at Rutgers University and has been taken on by about 10 other schools so far. It is the realization of an alternative university in the midst of the old university. It symbolizes our dissatisfaction with the direction of the […]
Hipsters and Urban Planning
My friend Jim recently told me he had read Urban Planning referred to as a very hipster thing to study in the New York Times recently. I did some searching to try to find the article and could just turn up this article from March about a couple Williamsburg residents who became politicized after hearing […]
Google’s Digitization Project
I began thinking about digitization recently after hearing a presentation recently about the National Archives and Records Administration’s Electronic Records Archives, their huge project to design a system to capture and retain digital records produced by the federal government. While the initiative (referred to as ERA, apparently the acronym is back up for grabs in […]
Michigamua Re-Named?
Sources say they’ll simply refer to themselves as “The Pride of 2007” for the time being, and there is talk of a new name. The final turnover to the new class is tonight.
Affirmative Action On the Ballot In Michigan
Blogger Chetly Zarko wrote to me earlier this week to point out the so-called “Michigan Civil Rights Initiative,” which would ban affirmative action in Michigan, will appear on the ballot in November in that state. Another friend reminded me of this story which the Detroit Metrotimes printed in January, but I forgot to post here, […]