Day 242: A Little From Each Category
Posted on April 27, 2006 - Filed Under books, computing & internet, government, katrina, music, new orleans, pictures, project gutenberg, public domain, wisconsin | 8 Comments
Something for everyone. This should take care of my blogging responsibilities for the rest of this weekend, don’t you think?
New Orleans: On Tuesday, several of us from work volunteered (wo)manpower to Jazzfest pre-production. From bunting and putting up signs to painting canvases and filing, we spent a day helping prepare for the two […]
Day 240: Pictures From The Election
Posted on April 25, 2006 - Filed Under government, new orleans, pictures | 2 Comments
Too tired from painting all morning at the Fairgrounds. More on that tomorrow.
Now for some pictures from Orleans Parish Primary Election Day.
Day 239: Mortal Kombat Style
Posted on April 24, 2006 - Filed Under government, katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
May 20th. Let the showdown begin.
Yeah, sure … I’m more interested in this graphic.
Observe that the votes follow the flooding following Katrina. There are three main regions as follows: 1) the dry “Sliver OnThe River” minus Uptown, 2) everywhere that flooded minus Lakeview and 3) Lakeview and Uptown.
The Sliver minus Uptown - A […]
Day 236: Motivated Outlaws Of The Marsh
Posted on April 21, 2006 - Filed Under books, citizen journalism, culture-society-history, food & drink, katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Over a load of good cheese last night, Machelle and I talked of the fatigue and absence of coordination experienced by the hard-working local rebuilders of this city. Folks here are simply tired and lack the motivation to get together and arm themselves with scythes and pitchforks with the intention to collectively demand change of […]
Read More..>>Day 235: Priorities
Posted on April 20, 2006 - Filed Under government, new orleans | 3 Comments
While it could not represent its dying and dead, the Louisiana legislature finds the time to make language for the right to be born.
Born into what?
This is why we can’t have nice things.
Day 234: Fun With RSS
Posted on April 19, 2006 - Filed Under computing & internet, geology, new orleans, science & technology | 3 Comments
This afternoon sees our fearless antagonist geeking out on geospatial feeds (tested in NewsGator, incidentally). Here are a few helpful ones:
Location Intelligence
Google Blog Search: gisuser
GISUser.com News Feed
GISCafe Headlines
As June 1 approaches, everyone around here is going to have at least one eye stuck to the TV/computer screen: National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center […]
Day 233: Crime Down?
Posted on April 18, 2006 - Filed Under crime, katrina, new orleans | 4 Comments
nola.com presents NOPD’s comparison of crime statistics between 4th Quarter 2004 and 2005. Violent crime is down 89% while non-violent crime is down 64%. However, in the latter department, general theft and auto theft have reduced drastically while burglary is down only by 24% (1214 in ‘04 to 920 in ‘05).
With a severely diminished population, […]
Day 232: When Faced With Elections, Grow A Garden
Posted on April 17, 2006 - Filed Under government, katrina, new orleans | 4 Comments
What did I do this weekend besides get dolled up and party with law students at their end-of-semester and Easter celebrations? Why, I journeyed to Harold’s in the Bywater, the best plant nursery this side of the Mississippi, and bought plants and potting soil. Harold’s is a place I would take my father […]
Read More..>>Day 229: Happy Tamil New Year!
Posted on April 14, 2006 - Filed Under culture-society-history, desi / india, food & drink, new orleans | 4 Comments
Puthaandu Vaazhthukkal! Or greetings of the new year!
The earthquakes, floods and tornadoes didn’t stop on January 1, nor did they cease on the Chinese New Year or its Kannada equivalent. Now I hold out hope for the year on this first day of the month of Chitra, according to the Hindu Panchangam. […]
Day 227: 99 Red Helicopters
Posted on April 12, 2006 - Filed Under computing & internet, katrina, music, new orleans | 7 Comments
Pursuant to listening to Fred, Fred and nothing but Fred all day, the following question propels forward from my current New Wave coma.
Did anyone catch the 99 Luftballons loop on VH1 on Sunday, March 26th?
The music video presentation, to air Sunday (2 p.m. EST), caps off the cable channel’s “Pay to Play for Hurricane Katrina […]
