Longtime readers of this blog will know that although I had a somewhat tumultuous history with the institution on the whole I enjoyed my time at the Univeristy of Michigan’s student newspaper the Michigan Daily. One of the people I met there was Nick Woomer, whom I had the opportunity to catch up with briefly […]
14th Street Photos
I just uploaded to Flickr a number of photos I took around 14th Street today. Click here to view the set.
links for 2006-04-09
The DCeiver: The Chimp Hamlet Jason’s twist on a classic.
links for 2006-04-08
Foreign Policy: Economist Class Economists are full of themselves. Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC Photo of a little-visited spot on the National Mall South Capitol Street Frederick Douglass Mall A blog about a proposed mall extension on South Capitol Street in DC
Can You Keep a Secret?
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 […]