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End of summer update: I got back this morning from a week-long holiday in Northern California. Tons of pictures on Flickr. I will blog more about it later.
Above: The famous Fisherman’s Wharf of San Francisco. Below: LS plays with eels at the Monterey Aquarium.

Sophia & Perilla
I hung out with Sophia today. [...]

I just got an email from Paul Hilder of Avaaz.org about a Global Handshake for the China Olympics:
As the Beijing Olympics begin, the world looks on with mixed emotions. It’s a moment which should bring us closer together, and Chinese citizens deserve their excitement — but the Chinese government still hasn’t opened meaningful dialogue with [...]

Yesterday, I attended a forum on democracy, politics and participation online hosted by OneWebDay at NYU Law School. The forum was part of Internet Week in New York. I have uploaded the entire panel discussion as a podcast for you to experience yourselves.
The Panelists:
Baratunde Thurston - Comedian, Pundit; Web Editor, The Onion
Andrew Rasiej [...]

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Ok, so here’s the deal. Residents in my building, Greenwich Club Residences, have been trying to get our management company to removed plastic lock boxes from the Sirius Radio control units in the common areas of our building. When I first moved in, we had access to control the radios, as these radios [...]

Red State Update on the CA court ruling

WASP Old Money still hate Jew New Money
Just wait until the Russian Billionaires, the Gulf Arabs and the Chinese start putting their names on New York institutions…
Amy Walker’s 21 Accents

Sudanese child-soldier-turned hip-hop-artist Emmanual Jal’s new album
EMMANUEL JAL - Warchild - The Video - Behind the ScenesAnd finally, a [...]