I listened to a Podcast last week that was very uplifting.* I never knew how much was going on in the world until Alex Steffen from Worldchanging.com gave his talk about the cool things going on around the world. Cool “green” technology that really helps us live within the ecosphere of our world. It starts out a bit grim, but then it just takes off. It’s hard to describe why it’s so interesting–you just have to listen yourself. Really awesome stuff and well worth the 26 minutes. Go to this website to get the audio file–you can play the file with iTunes or WinAmp (and a portable MP3 player if you have one).
*What’s a Podcast? It’s basically a way to get sound files (e.g. radio talk shows) onto your computer to an MP# player, and then possibly onto a portable MP3 player. It’s a new movement (yes, I’d call it a movement), pioneered by Dave Winer and Adam Curry (yes, the ex-MTV VJ). Go to iPodder.org for more info. Onc eyou get set up with a few cool audio feeds, it’s really cool (but then, I like talk radio when I get tired of music).
Posted by Dave Mancuso under
Other Leave a Comment
So what’s more pitiful than hunting down the ’70s music hit Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) (by Looking Glass) on the iTunes Music store and buying it?
Going back and buying it again because the first version you got wasn’t the better sounding original mix.
Things are so close.
C-Span has the best map, but CBS is calling things earlier than other stations (which may bite them in the butt).
The President won four more years. I was really surprised–I predicted that Kerry would win over 314 electoral votes.
Oh well. Kerry was a flawed vessel anyway.
So George Bush won a second term, more than his father before him. I do think it’s time that we try–try really hard–to come together as a country. But I also have some hopes for the Bush second term presidency.
I hope that he drops the witch hunt against gay marriage.
I hope that he builds better partnerships in the world than we have in the last few years.
I hope that the bad parts of the Patriot Act continue to be struck down in court.
I hope that he guides us into much better energy innovations that reduce our heroin-like addiction to foreign oil.
And I hope that he realizes that a leader can say he made a mistake without seeming like less of a leader.
As for the rest of his platform, I don’t have a problem with it (except dropping Afghanistan like a toy we’re bored with–I wish we hadn’t done that). Heck, economically the deficit is so whacked out that it’s just surreal to me anyway. I know Mr. Bush believes in what he’s doing, and that he believes that his means justify his ends. I pray that he knows something we don’t, and that it all turns out OK.
(I wish Steve Forbes’ flat tax had more traction with America too, but that’s just a non sequitur)
“I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high–to permit the customary passions of political debate…
All mankind waits upon our decision. A whole world looks to see what we will do. We cannot fail their trust, we cannot fail to try.”
John F. Kennedy, The New Frontier
Vote well.
