Thursday, May 31st, 2007
As part of being in Berlin this week I attended a lovely hacker conference-party by the name of PH-Neutral. Perhaps the best part of this get together was that I met two very fun new friends, K and F. (maybe they dont want their names used, who knows)
K recognized me from the... »
Tags: baltic, berlin, education, estonia, germany, immigration, russia, US
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
The typical mainstream discussion about global warming contains mostly conversations about political deals, automobile usage, and where they’re putting a new wind farm. Yet one area that rarely gets written about is that of the shipping industry, where most of the world’s goods are transported. What kind of pollution risks does the industry... »
Tags: climatechange, globalwarming, pollution, shipping, transport-damiantatum, US
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
I wandered over a few blocks from where Im staying here in Prenzlauerberg (Berlin), to take part in the latest eipisode of Küchen Radio. The people sitting around the kitchen table were great fun and I loved answering questions and observing their style of running a show.
By all means click and give a listen,... »
Tags: berlin, bicyclemark, citizenreporter, germany, kuechenradio, podcast, US
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Monday, May 28th, 2007
All the critics are up-in-arms at the shocking development last week, that congress voted to give the GWBush his war money. Obviously they’re outraged because the party they were convinced would represent their opposition to the war, did not do what they were elected to do.
Yet the disappointment doesn’t end there. Because... »
Tags: congress, corruption, iraq, katrina, minimumwage, pork, US, usgovernment
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Saturday, May 26th, 2007
More than 40 years since an underground fire began burning, the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania has all but disappeared. Leaving behind only grave yards, dead trees, empty plots of land from former houses, plumes of smoke from the fire below, and of course.. the few Centralians who have stayed put. This video blog entry... »
Tags: accident, centralia, coalfire, coalmining, pennsylvania, undergroundfire, US
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