What if there was a world without oil ? What would people do ? What if there was a game about a world without oil ?
Answers to all questions can be found on http://www.worldwithoutoil.org The "what if" game starts on April 30.
The object of the game, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a backer of PBS, is for people to envision a world in which the United States has been cut off from oil imports. Then, visitors will be urged to participate in the game by writing their own stories, creating videos or even by conjuring so-called flash mobs in U.S. cities.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Bicycle - Ride of Silence
The RIDE of SILENCE is a way to remember riders (on bicycles) killed or injured and to raise awareness about the rights of bikers on roads. (A new concept to many people, judging from the way we're treated). Riders on the ride don't talk, and frequently leave a 'ghost bike' (a bike painted white) at locations were riders are killed.
There is a national web site, where you can find rides in your area: www.rideofsilence.org This year, there will be about 200 rides in 8 countries.
In Philadelphia, PA, the next ride is scheduled for Wednesday. May 16 at 6:45pm. This is the second time a ride has been held in Phila. The route will start at the foot of the front steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway.
A brief pre-ride dedication ceremony will take place at 6:45 PM and the ride will start promptly at 7:00 P.M. It will proceed down the Parkway, circle City Hall, continue to Independence Hall, and head over to West Philly via the Walnut St. Bridge. The ride will return to the front of the Art Museum over the Spring Garden Street Bridge. The duration of the ride is expected to be 1.5 hours. Helmets are required and bicycle lights are encouraged.
For more info, Contact the BCGP at info@bicyclecoalition.org or the ride leaders: Ray Scheinfeld, erayben@bellatlantic.net , 215-327-8315; John Siemiarowski, tandemdad@comcast.net, 215-837-0101.
There is a national web site, where you can find rides in your area: www.rideofsilence.org This year, there will be about 200 rides in 8 countries.
In Philadelphia, PA, the next ride is scheduled for Wednesday. May 16 at 6:45pm. This is the second time a ride has been held in Phila. The route will start at the foot of the front steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum on the Ben Franklin Parkway.
A brief pre-ride dedication ceremony will take place at 6:45 PM and the ride will start promptly at 7:00 P.M. It will proceed down the Parkway, circle City Hall, continue to Independence Hall, and head over to West Philly via the Walnut St. Bridge. The ride will return to the front of the Art Museum over the Spring Garden Street Bridge. The duration of the ride is expected to be 1.5 hours. Helmets are required and bicycle lights are encouraged.
For more info, Contact the BCGP at info@bicyclecoalition.org or the ride leaders: Ray Scheinfeld, erayben@bellatlantic.net , 215-327-8315; John Siemiarowski, tandemdad@comcast.net, 215-837-0101.
Monday, March 26, 2007
One Latop Per Child - Upgrade
The One Laptop Per Child effort is taking off, and the web site and hardware has been upgraded, and the beta version was released to developers and organizations in volunteer countries - but nothing in the hands of kids yet.
OLPC site: http://www.laptop.org/ The site is also much better, and they are now taking credit card donations to the program, but still not ready to offer the "Pay for 2 - get 1" that I'm waiting for.
OLPC site: http://www.laptop.org/ The site is also much better, and they are now taking credit card donations to the program, but still not ready to offer the "Pay for 2 - get 1" that I'm waiting for.
Friday, March 9, 2007
The Library Thing
Finally -- a site for people with a reading addiction !
http://www.LibraryThing.com
A cool site if you have a serious addiction to reading and good books. What could be better than an on-line community of readers and tons of information about books and what people are reading ?!
If you were called a "bookworm" when you were a kid - you should check it out.
http://www.LibraryThing.com
A cool site if you have a serious addiction to reading and good books. What could be better than an on-line community of readers and tons of information about books and what people are reading ?!
If you were called a "bookworm" when you were a kid - you should check it out.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Moving on... to Derrick and Will
Enough time wasted on Dax Flame.. I've moved on to Derrick and Will, who are amusing as they point out that TV is pointless and useless. The YouTube (why not UTube ?) site is "Impytherap". It's equally funny if you don't bother to watch the shows -- 4 minutes of D&W give you all you need to know.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Dax Flame - Secret Watcher
I admit it - I have wasted far too much time watching the soap opera called "Dax Flame" on YouTube. I know it's another "LonelyGirl", but I keep watching with morbid fascination. On one hand it's perfectly on target as an irritating 15 year-old-boy who is incredibly immature. On the other hand, his acting is over the top and there are major gaps -- like his off-screen "mother's" voice who sounds like a 14-year old girl. Like LonelyGirl, there's no world outside the video, which is too bad, because they could have a whole world for this loser kid.
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