Skip Gates arrested in his own house

I heard this on Al Sharpton's radio show today. He was interviewing Professor Charles Ogletree. Of course, when I got home and did a quick search for this post, Ta-Nehisi Coates had already beat me to it...

Adam Yauch diagnosed with cancer

#iranelection

For those interested in the latest events in Iran, check out persiankiwi's Twitter feed.

May the Iranian people's voices be heard.
May the powers-that-be exercise restraint.
May peace return to the streets.
May democracy and justice prevail.

That's what's up!

Marta showed me this picture a while ago.

After reading the background (h/t Bossip) - that li'l man wanted to know if the President's hair felt like his own - my snarky, earlier impression and immediate comment on the historical practice of rubbing Negroes' heads for good luck seems, shall we say, to have slightly missed the point.

Point taken.

Introducing Judge Sonia Sotomayor

President Obama's message:

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Late-night, couchified thought: some people like Omelas just the way it is, thank you very much.

Am I really a PC?

Of all the wi-fi networks I've tried connecting to while waiting on Greta's door cable to get fixed, the "Apple Store" broadcast is the only one that actually works.

Go figure.

Mikiphone... portable phonograph

(h/t to Boing Boing)

Carlos on Tavis

for Carlos (haiku)

black magic shaman
eighteen inches mind to heart
journey of the soul

Haiku for a busy mind

white noise

pause white noise rewind

rules bending pulp to wood stand

wind filtering stone

Today in tech history...

From Wired:

1975: The pioneering computer-hobbyist group, The Homebrew Computer Club, holds its first meeting in a Silicon Valley garage. From its ranks will emerge industry pioneers like Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and hacker John Draper, aka Captain Crunch.

It started with a flyer just for geeks posted on bulletin boards (the cork kind). "Are you building your own computer? Terminal? TV Typewriter? I/O device? Or some other digital black-magic box? If so, you might like to come to a gathering."

Who knows - maybe some of this Facebook-friending or Twitter-following will revolutionize society years from now.

Guess I should update more often!

after commenting on PJ's blog...

...I really needed to check my memory against the video evidence.



Yep. Still holds up.

"Brand New Funk" is one of my suggestions for PJ's mixtape project. Go check out his post and leave suggestions in the comments.

Dr. King swats away 40-year prediction

We're ready now: BBC archive

It's been a long time...

An interesting article by Jay Rosen I stumbled upon while scrolling through Huff Post takes a look at journalism's soft underbelly.

Audience Atomization Overcome

It's helpful to see an alternate model to journalistic "objectivity" used to analyze the inherent politics of news-making.

(...I shouldn't have kept you)

Alec on the Internets

Marta's former colleague, our friend, and a father of 3... I present: Mr. Ross.


(Today's word - agita - makes an appearance at about 1:50).

Ballin' with the Best

In case you missed it, Marta's working on the Transition Team! Gettin' face-time on the change.gov website, too!

Trudat

I told some friends this weekend I'd have to buy Ebony magazine for the first time in my adult life.

Why?

Why ask why?

The Takeover!

(h/t to Ta-Nehisi Coates)

In Our Lifetime!!

President. Barack. Hussein. Obama.

No, no, I'm gonna vote!!

Easily the best form message I've ever received:

Dear Jomo,

You're in this video. Check it out!



Remember Florida in 2000--the election was decided by just over 500 votes. Imagine what it would feel like if you didn't vote, the election went the wrong way, and, well--it was actually your fault?

With the help of our friends at MoveOn.org, we've prepared a video that paints that picture, with you, Jomo, in it. It's a funny and scary reminder of how important voting is. After you watch, it's easy to send to your friends and family with their names in it, along with a simple email from you saying "hey, looks like you're in this video." They'll be surprised; they'll think it's funny, and most of all, it'll make them think twice about the importance of their vote.

Thanks and Peace,

-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org PAC team
October 27th, 2008