Archive for July, 2008
Brian Eno and David Byrne To Release New Album
Two of my favorite musicians, Brian Eno and David Byrne, are releasing a new album in the very near future. In fact, you can sign up to get a free song from the album on August 4. Just go to the Everything That Happens web site and sign up and they will let you know [...]
Video of Obama’s Berlin Speech
This is a wonderful speech, clearly meant as an invitation to work together to rebuild America’s relationship with Germany and the European Union. It was also clear that Obama wants more of a commitment from European nations in securing and rebuilding Afghanistan. There were at least 200,000 people in attendance. WOW! It made me proud [...]
Netroots Nation Returns to Second Life
The Netroots Nation progressive bloggers convention, formerly Yearly KOS, has returned to Second Life again this year. Even though I live just forty miles away from Austin, Texas, where the convention is being held this year, I was not able to attend in person. However, once again this year, Netroots has provided some great options for participating via the internet. The more interactive and entertaining option is the Second Life venue which has been expanded and improved since last years SL conference. The other option is to watch the keynotes and sessions either live or taped on ustream.tv.
Widgets Available for Summer Olympics
I had planned to boycott the summer olympics as a show of solidarity with Tibet’s desire to preserve their culture and to be allowed more autonomy from the Chinese government, but I have to admit that NBC is making it difficult for me to stick to my plan. I have been very disappointed with NBC’s olympic coverage for the past several olympics, so I thought ignoring them this summer wouldn’t be a problem. However, NBC and MSN have implemented an excellent web site, and are providing really good quality digital coverage of the US olympic trials that are in progress now, and they are advertising extensive live web coverage of the games themselves. As an avid sports fan, and dedicated user of the Internet, I am very favorably impressed by the extensive, well designed, feature rich web site. Also impressive are the widgets that are available on the site. Some are available now, like the one below, and others will be available once the games begin. Kudos to NBC and MSN for this excellent web site. If the TV coverage is as well done as the web site, we are in for a treat.
