Archive - Apr 2008
April 22nd
Upcoming Events in Connecticut
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 09:14Tomorrow night, West Hartford Democracy for America and Connecticut Common Cause will show the movie “Democracy in America” with a discussion to follow at the West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road starting at 7 PM.
Saturday, starting at 1 PM, the Human Rights Torch Relay will come to the New Haven Green.
On May 15th, the Woodbridge CT Clean Energy Initiative will host the seventh event of its year long lecture series. The lecture will be about how simple conservation efforts, costing less than $100 can save people up to $10,000 over the next five years. It will take place at the Center School Building at 7 PM.
On May 28th, David Sirota will be discussing his new book, The Uprising, at R.J. Julia Booksellers at 768 Boston Post Road in Madison. The event will take place at 7 PM. David will be joined by Ned Lamont, and they will talk about “Connecticut's 2006 senate race and how it contributed to the populist movement in America”.
Protests in Second Life
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 08:19(Originally published at SLNN.COM.)
Last week, residents of Second Life grappled with their views of the Second Life value proposition and how they felt that Linden Lab was doing to defend the value proposition.
April 21st
The Twenty Percent
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 20:44Go read Rafael Noboa's The Twenty Percent. Right now. I mean it.
(Hat tip: David Isen)
Talking about Erin Markes
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 10:23Tomorrow afternoon at around 2:35, Eastern Time, I will be a guest on Rick Outzen’s radio show, "In Your Head Radio" coming at you from News Radio 1620 in Pensacola, FL. Rick has a blog where he has been writing about the Erin Markes case. Included on his blog is a link to his exclusive interview with Erin Markes. It is a great interview and I encourage everyone to listen to it.
In another entry, he points to various additional articles about Erin and her son. Last week, Erin spent the night with her son for the first time since she was arrested. New bedsores continue to develop, even though nurses are turning him every hour. However, a new formula has been found that he is managing gain a little weight again.
I know how these radio interviews go. You have so much to you want to say, and just a short period to say it in. My mind runs over different questions Rick might ask, and how I would respond. Then, when the interview is over, you kick yourself for not getting out some important point that you forgot while you were on the air.
So, I’ll probably put up a blog post afterwards talking about all those things I wanted to say, but didn’t. If you get a chance, listen in, then come back afterwards and read about what I wanted to say, but forgot.
April 20th
Offline Sunday
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 04/20/2008 - 14:29Allergies? Some sort of bug? I’m not sure, but I’m dragging today. There has been little email, and little on Twitter, so I’m staying abreast of most of that. Fiona is playing Club Penguin, and I’m helping her a little with that. I scan a few other blogs, social networks, and so on, but mostly, I’m too tired to think.
My traffic has been quite high over the past few days as people did searches on Victoria Lindsey. I hit 500 uniques in a single day and my monthly uniques has broken 4,300, but that traffic is dropping off, and traffic is returning to normal.
So, not a lot of content today. If it wasn’t for NaBloPoMo, the effort to post every day out of a month, I’d probably let this day pass. But, I haven’t missed a day yet this year, so I figure I should at least try to make it through April.
