videos
Hiking at the Wadsworth Falls
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 04/22/2007 - 13:13This was the photo sent from my cellphone at the Wadsworth Little Falls, during our hike. Stop by at Flickr and blip.tv to see other photos and videos from the hike, as well as from the bowling birthday party Fiona went to yesterday.
Miranda's Piano Performance
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 03/10/2007 - 23:10On the Beach
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 03/04/2007 - 18:02They're attacking Charlie again
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 16:10I just received an email from GrapskiDefense. It pretty much speaks for itself. Let's get together and stand behind Charlie.
On February 12th 2007 Charlie Grapski was arrested for his presence at a meeting of the Alachua City Commission.
Grapski has been investigating and exposing corruption in the City of Alachua by the City's political and law enforcement officials.
Grapski refused to cooperate in his unlawful arrest and detention by going limp.
Alachua Police Chief Robert Jernigan ordered an officer to Taser Grapski because of his passive resistance.
This use of "extreme and lethal force" has been heavily criticized in the U.S. by Amnesty International. The threat to use such force in this instance is clearly inappropriate and excessive.
The Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Charlie Grapski and Alachua is calling on all concerned citizens to contact the newly elected Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist, and call for the immediate suspension of Robert Jernigan and the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the numerous allega tions of criminal wrongdoing within the City of Alachua's Police Department.
(cross posted at Howard Empowered People)
When life gives you lemons
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 02/09/2007 - 15:25
When life gives you lemons, make lemon sherbet. This video starts with about 30 seconds of just the cranking, partly inspired by the NPR soundscapes. Spend some time just listening to the cranking of the sherbet.
As Miranda explains, we got the ice from the waterfall behind our house, a small effort to use nature around us, instead of relying on fossil fuel produced electricity to do the cranking and freezing.