Global Spin

OK, this time I’m the one who’s out of the loop. :) This weekend (Nov 10-11), San Diego revisits its very own BarCamp, and it’s shaping up to be even better than the last. (Better except in one regard: I can’t attend this time around.) Topics so far include Rails, Twitter, college, marketing 2.0, online [...]

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Events, Fun, Technology, Web 2.0 on November 5th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

If you dare, take a look at my new divestment banking clubs idea. This is what happens when I have to figure out where to store all that new camping equipment.

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Plain foolishness, Writing on August 7th, 2007 | Comments Off

By way of Jaime: A dear friend of mine has just entered a contest called “The Search for the Next Public Radio Star.”  I realize this is a bit of an oxymoron, but suffice it to say that there is definitely a subculture (of which I am a member) in which working on public radio [...]

Posted by Chris in Art, Community & Activism, Journalism, News/Media on May 16th, 2007 | Comments Off

I’m too lame wiped out to post anything today, but Ame sent along a compelling plea: Today is the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war. There are vigils tonight and, yes maybe they don’t make much difference, but maybe they do. I chose to believe they do. Plus, it gives you a chance to be [...]

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Iraq on March 19th, 2007 | Comments Off

Who didn’t see this one coming? None of us in the organic ag industry are surprised. In fact, we’ve been worrying about it for at least a year now. Remember, bigger is not always better, especially when it’s Wal-Mart. Ok, kids, I’m posting the whole article here, complete with original links, as it’s relatively short [...]

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Community & Activism, Environment, Food, Organics on January 31st, 2007 | Comments Off