Archive for May, 2007
Secret Candy Drawer Exposed!
Photo by DC Metroblogger Look what I found: the office candy drawer. And note that I wasn’t the first. It seems that the office rats staff also knows where to score chocolate mid-day. From Hershey to Mars, this container of calories is a favorite of the sweet tooth. Now that I know of its location, [...]
More »It’s the alien attack countdown timer I bet
photo courtesy of SideLong If you spent some of your drive in this morning cursing at your XM radio as the signal drifted in an out, you’re not alone.I did the same and so did pretty much everyone else. Apparently XM botched a software update and the problem is at the sats themselves. And yes, [...]
More »Home Rule? What Home Rule?
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) was the first of the crowd to put a not-so-anonymous hold on the DC School Takeover Bill, and today, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was the second to do so. Sen. Landrieu has put a hold on the bill at the behest of the President of the DC Board of Ed President [...]
More »Light Over Belfast
I’m heading off to Ireland this Wednesday, for a jaunt through the West Country. So it seemed fitting that before I step into the the mystical land of dolmens, bogs, and Yeats, I experience a dose of modern Irish reality. Saturday night I went to see a play about a city one associates not with [...]
More »They sold the naming rights to WHAT?! To WHO?!
I have no idea how I missed this when it happened, but WTOP News sold the naming rights to their glass-enclosed nerve center, to Ledo Pizza, of all people. News reports from WTOP now come from the Ledo Pizza Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center. Me? I just can’t wait for the Prada Presents the Washington Post Style [...]
More »What is Good in My New Hood?
Photo by DC Metroblogger Today our office takes up residence at 1900 M Street NW and the lunch options overwhelm. Shopping, dry cleaning, CVS or Rite Aid too, I am at a loss for all the usual office worker services and I need your help. If you work nearby, if you have advice or guidance, [...]
More »Dulles Security Theatre Demarcation Lines
When I first heard about elite security lanes at Dulles Airport, I loved the idea, thinking that I could avail myself of them, or they would at least help speed up the IAD security theatre. But now that I’ve confronted this vision in reality, I am not so loving. There is something odd about “premium [...]
More »Summer’s Almost In, Watch for Cyclists
Not Wise on an MC Originally uploaded by webjedi . While I didn’t drag my ass out of bed early enough to consider doing the “National Bike to Work Day“, but besides the now plethora of pedaling folks on the streets and along the parkways, the motoring type of cyclists are now out in force. [...]
More »DC, The Town of Brunch
Brunch Setup 2 Originally uploaded by tbridge. Is there a better meal than Brunch? Really? You get the comfort food of breakfast, mixed with the tasty lunch fare. Eggs Benedict. With fries. This town has no shortage of great spots for brunch, from the big fancy spots like Georgia Browns (with their incredible southern comfort [...]
More »Welcome to the Big Leagues
Congratulations, Mr. or Mrs. Snack Bar Manager of the RedGate Golf Course in Maryland. You sure have come a long way from smoothing out sand traps, emptying trash bins at each hole, and driving the snack cart around the course. Look at you now! You’re the Snack Bar Manager with your very own dedicated parking [...]
More »A 60 Minutes Interview Preview
While Don may be ducking down with shyness, I’m almost immobile with anticipation. Starting at 7pm tonight will be my premier on 60 Minutes. Famed reporter Lesley Stahl will be covering MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte’s progress with One Laptop Per Child, his dream of one-to-one computing as an educational boost, and I’ll be featured as [...]
More »TECH Cocktail with AOL Joe
While I arrived too late to meet-up with Tom, I too joined the party crew last night at DC’s first TECH Cocktail. All the A-list of DC’s blogerati were there, sporting cool looks for the cameras. Unfortunately, I didn’t meet any of them, being so tardy that the doorman almost didn’t let me in, but [...]
More »Fun, if inaccurate
My dining companion last night said that he didn’t think this was accurate since the hybrid still uses gas but if someone as pedantic as me is willing to give it a pass I think it’s funny enough to share with y’all. Maybe I was just in a forgiving mood after gorging myself on chicken [...]
More »DC Metroblogger on 60 Minutes this Sunday!
In what may be a great case study on how blogging now influences major media outlets and confirmation that I am in the blogging big leagues, 60 Minutes will be focusing on the other website I contribute to: OLPC News. Famed reporter Lesley Stahl will be covering MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte’s progress with One Laptop [...]
More »DC’s First Tech Cocktail
It was a packed house at MCCXXIII last night for DC’s first Tech Cocktail, hosted by Frank Gruber and Eric Olson. Out on display were a number of interesting services including Wine Library TV and Buzz XYZ, amongst others. DC’s tech community is certainly well-served, what with groups like Refresh-DC, and the Social Media Club, [...]
More »Bike to Work Day 2007
Photo by DC Metroblogger Finally, a Bike to Work day with agreeable weather. This means you do not have an excuse: pedal your way to employment today! Come join DC area cyclists in Freedom Plaza to celebrate a healthy form of locomotion. Drivers, you should be especially celebratory. We represent thousands of car lengths NOT [...]
More »Biggest Waste of Mall Space?
Do you recognize this dilapidated structure, badly in need of a paint job? Have you ever passed it on your way to a museum and wondered, “Hmmm. What a bizarre looking thingamajig. I wonder what they use that for?” Have you ever seen anyone on or around it? All of these questions cloud my brain [...]
More »Maybe These Guys Aren’t as Bad….
Washington Nationals Game Originally uploaded by acaben. Swept the Marlins. Took Three of Four from the Braves. Our offense actually produced some runs, and our bullpen actually stopped the other guys from doing the same. The bullpen hasn’t given up a run since Tuesday. 10 straight innings from the the bullpen without an earned run. [...]
More »Maryland Goes Smokefree
As of February 2008, all the bars and restaurants in Maryland will be smokefree, joining the District and several other cities and states around the US. Bars and Restaurants can petition for an exemption if they can prove financial harm to their business, but I have a feeling that’s going to be a hard sell [...]
More »Summer Comes to Franklin Square
Photo by DC Metroblogger This is Washington DC’s Franklin Square. Nestled between 14th and 13th Street and K and I Streets in NW, its one of the largest, if not the largest park in downtown. With huge old-growth trees, plenty of grass and shade, and multiple benches, its a great escape from urban life without [...]
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