In a moving ceremony at the International Machinest Hall in Bridgeton, Missouri on Sunday, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton gave absolution to former neocon firebrand Darrin Jobe. “It felt like coming home,” said a tearful Jobe.
Yard Bull
Yes We Can – Obama Music Video
Blogger (and Hillary supporter) Jeff Jarvis dismisses this little ditty –and Obama’s campaign– as "the most rhetorical of the bunch: speeches and slogans so neat they can fit in 4/4 time."
What was the title of the "song" (early 70s?) that incorporated bits of speeches by MLK, JFK and Bobby Kennedy? Was it Abraham, Martin and John? Seems like there was another one but I can’t come up with it.
UPDATE: But smays.com reader Dale could. In 1971, DJ Tom Clay combined Jackie DeShannon’s What the World Needs Now with Dion’s Abraham, Marltin and John, and the speeches referenced above. Clay died in 1995 at the age of 66.
Download What the World Needs Now.mp3
Belly Dancers shake it at the Coffee Zone
The Coffee Zone was packed. SRO. I chatted with Gaylin for a couple of minutes (I think she’s the instructor) and learned that some of the dancers were beginners and others were more experienced.
Pedal like your life depends on it!
Bob lives in Madison, WI, where it’s damned cold. And every morning (and every evening) he hops on his bicycle and peddles pedals five miles to work. Whatever the weather, no matter how cold. Or so he says and I want to believe him. I don’t know how you ride a bike in ass-deep snow but Bob says you can (special tires?).
He snapped this photo this morning. It was a few degrees below zero. Note his rosy cheeks.
When it’s that cold, what happens when you sling a bucket of warm water into the air? It freezes before it hits the ground.
Update: Willie Lohman “peddles” like his life depends on it. Thanks, E. for the reminder.
Nanotube Radio
Some researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have constructed "a fully functional, fully integrated radio receiver, orders-of-magnitude smaller than any previous radio, from a single carbon nanotube. The single nanotube serves, at once, as all major components of a radio: antenna, tuner, amplifier, and demodulator."
"The nanotube radio’s extremely small size could enable radical new applications such as radio controlled devices small enough to exist in the human bloodstream, or simply smaller, cheaper, and more efficient wireless devices such as cellular phones."
They’ve provided short videos of this little bugger playing Layla, Good Vibrations, and the Star Wars theme. [Thanks, Trish]
For the record: I’m for Obama
I’ve always been a cynic when it comes to politics. I recall saying something derisive along the lines of, "I think it’s precious that you believe it makes a difference who is in office" when someone would praise or knock a politician.
George Bush and Dick Cheney have burned that cynicism right out of me. It does matter. And while I don’t know which candidate –if any– can get us out of the jam Bush and his buddies have put us in, it’s time to stand up and be counted.
I’m voting for Obama. If he wins and makes things worse, you can send me a link to this post and hold me accountable. And I promise not to hide. Funny, but I can’t find a Bush supporter anywhere these days.
This post is just for the record. No need for comments. I urge everyone to pick a candidate and support them.
How do you know when it’s over?
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When you find yourself in the Fraternal Order of the Eagle Banquet Hall in Jefferson City. That’s Missourinet reporter Brent Martin. The faces say it all. [Photo by Jon Allison]
Internet helps doctor get back to basics
A week ago I posted about doing an iChat consultation with my new doc. Tonight I found this story about a doctor in Washington who has taken his entire practice online:
Dr. Howard Stark’s office is quiet. Very quiet. No patients sit in his waiting room. No receptionist answers the telephone. Stark does not have a receptionist. Instead, he and his assistant Michele Norris-Bell check e-mail alerts on handheld devices and — between seeing patients in person — on a desktop computer.
Stark has moved most of his practice, based in Washington, onto the Internet and he couldn’t be happier. Since he started his Web-based service two years ago, he has received 14,000 e-mails. And yet, he feels more like an old-fashioned family doctor in a small town than a modern, harried physician.
‘ "That’s 14,000 phone calls that we did not have to answer and that patients did not have to make," ‘ Stark said.
He does not charge for answering an e-mail. "You have to come in one time a year for an annual exam," Stark said.
The idea –which makes more sense if you read the full story– came to him while booking a flight.
"I was sitting here and making a seat assignment to go to Miami. And I said, ‘why is it I can make a seat assignment four months in advance and my patients can’t book a half-hour appointment? I started thinking of other things that could be done online."
For instance, written instructions on how to prepare for a colonoscopy, general health tips, or information on Lyme disease.
Which reminded me of the Living Healthy Podcast.
I really think we’ll be seeing more of this.
Net makes radio and TV transmitters obsolete
Doc Searls says the Net makes radio and TV transmitters obsolete the moment high-enough-bandwidth wireless connectivity becomes ubiquitous.
“We’re one good UI away from the cell phone becoming a radio. (Thanks to the iPhone, it already serves as a TV.) And we’re one smart cell company away from radio- and TV-as-we-know-it from being replaced entirely — or from moving up the next step of the evolutionary ladder. Public broadcasters know that. That’s one reason they now call themselves “public media”, a move that separates the category from its transport methods.
Will this someday be an issue for our networks? Radio Iowa. Wisconsin Radio Network. Nebraska Radio Network. Time will tell.