Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Protecting Your Bike

‘Next time, lock up the entire bike’ courtesy of ‘billaday’ I love bike riding. And I love bike riding around DC. It’s truly a fantastic mode of transportation, whether you’re headed to work or play. Since moving to DC in 2006, with my Cannondale in tow, I’ve noticed a significant increase in the amount of [...]

Win Gov 2.0 Passes!

‘Tim O’Reilly’courtesy of ‘Center for American Progress’ One of the great things I love about DC is that it’s an intersection of theory and practice; it’s a place where people take technologies and policy ideas and work them into rules and laws and systems. The Gov 2.0 Expo is taking place here this week, and [...]

“Smart” Buoy Deployed

‘Buoy Red ’6′ took a pounding’ courtesy of ‘Tony DeFilippo’ The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) deployed a “smart” buoy just south of the Wilson Bridge on Friday, May 4.  The new device will provide scientists and local area boaters/educators with real-time information about the Chesapeake Bay. The buoy is part of the the [...]

Turn Old Jeans Into Insulation for Habitat

A Little Busey With Your Barack

‘busey’ courtesy of ‘spectabillis’ Thankfully, it’s not that often that Gary Busey and DC cross paths. However, the geniuses at http://barackandgary.tumblr.com/ have a lot of time on their hands and have photoshopped shots from the official White House Flickr stream with Busey’s head.  My personal favorite is the photo of Busey with Clinton, Gates and [...]

Flowers for Phones, April 13-14

‘ting’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Next Tuesday and Wednesday, from 11-2pm drop off your used cell phones at either Farragut Square Park or Triangle Park and you’ll get a free potted flower to take home and a chance to win one of many cool prizes.  Collected phones will be recycled as part of the Golden [...]

DC Podcast Tours Led By Middle Schoolers

‘Ksenya 06′ courtesy of ‘yospyn’ WOW!  Alexandria’s Sandburg Middle School has developed ten awesome DC podcast tours that offer fabulous insights into our city’s neighborhoods, monuments, museums and local shops/restaurants.  Each podcast is accompanied by a informational guide that includes the closest metro stop, address, entrance fees and relevant website. How useful! The tours and [...]

Ben’s Chilli Bowl, There’s An App For That … On The Way

‘Just what I wanted’ Can I get an iPhone App with my half-smoke? Pretty soon you can. Son of the late Ben of Ben’s Chili Bowl, Nizam Ali, is looking for you tech-savvy DC residents to develop the latest in Chilli eating technology. The Washington Examiner reports that Ali hopes that the contest designed for [...]

Scribblings: Shane Harris

‘Watch The Watcher’ courtesy of ‘kevinspencer’ Tomorrow at noon, the International Spy Museum is having a lunchtime discussion with journalist Shane Harris on his new book, The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State. In his new book, Harris tracks the government’s elusive quest to build a computer system that can sift huge amounts of [...]

You Abuse It, You Lose It

‘In classroom #1′ courtesy of ‘poplinre’ The GW Hatchet reports that some professors have banned laptops, iPhones and Blackberries because students were using them for non-class related purposes (i.e. Facebook, AIM, email and even gaming). Now having gone to highschool and college when laptops and smartphones were just becoming mainstream, I didn’t have that type [...]

Office Fridge Lockdown

‘Postit on the shared office fridge’ courtesy of ‘Kai Hendry’ Yesterday’s Thrillist email featured an item I have a feeling many DC office workers need. The Fridge Locker Personal Food Security System keeps your lunch, yogurts, apples, etc. under lock and key and prevents that office fridge raider from making away with that leftover slice [...]

Talkin’ Transit: They’re Watching You

‘Do You Slow for Speed Cameras?’ courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’ On Thursday, Big Brother is allowed to catch you speeding in Maryland. But will he really be watching? The use of automated speed cameras becomes legal in Maryland tomorrow, but according to WaPo, few communities are jumping up to embrace it. Currently Gaithersburg, Chevy Chase [...]

MSNBC buys EveryBlock

There are a couple of really amazing tools for combining local news, events, crime reports, real estate listings and photos all into a single geo-aware environment, but of them, EveryBlock is probably about the best of them. MSNBC.com announced this morning that they have purchased EveryBlock, for plans unknown. Congrats to former Washington Post Online [...]

I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Rap Battle Overlords.

How often do you see a robot challenge a Redskin? Especially one that looks like it really couldn’t take a hit? But, there we are. Via the Redskins Blog, Clicky the Robot has challenged Chris Cooley to a rap battle, apparently because Cooley thought Clicky was Gumby. Now, Personally? I’d say if you’re a minor-league [...]

The Post & The Nats Want Your Tweets

‘here’s a question for you two…’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ The Post’s Nationals Journal and the Nationals are trying to put together a Twitter Mashup for Tweets at Nats Park. So, if you go to any of the games this weekend, they could use your help getting things tested out. If you see something Tweetworthy, like a [...]

DC Jobs Program Employee Fired for Being A Jackass on Twitter

Washingtonian Cheap Eats ON A MAP! Whee!

‘U.S. Air Force Memorial & the Pentagon’ courtesy of ‘william couch’ A few weeks ago, I enthusiastically waxed poetic about the merits of the DC Beer Map. So when reader and tweeter emvii sent me the Washingtonian Cheap Eats 2009 on a Google map, it was right up my alley. So here is the deal [...]

Time Warner – You’ve Got No Mail!

Fresh off the presses today, it seems that a number of employees now at Time Warner/AOL can shorten that to just “AOL”. The board of directors authorized the divestiture of AOL from the company and, as expected for many months (if not years), AOL is left to fend for itself. As a friend of a [...]

Military Robots Author to Speak

Missing: Hard Drive with Presidential Info