sports news
Third Eye News covers today’s Princeton v. Georgetown lacrosse game (first round of the NCAA tournament). [if you don’t see the video, try here]
citizen journalism
Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
technology's tracks
The Vienna Depot, sitting in the midst of the Northern Virginia high-technology corridor, is an easily overlooked monument to human ingenuity in designing signaling and switching systems. Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad constructed the Vienna Depot in 1859. In 1911, it became part of the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad. The Depot remained in … Continue reading technology's tracks
weird science for aesthetic innovation
DC power-wielders gathered last week at artomatic for the April meeting of dorkbot-dc. Peter Blasser fired up his hand-crafted Sidrassi Organ as well as his Tri-Min. A young girl, who explained that when not in school she likes to do science experiments with her father, assisted with operation of the latter instrument. Tim Tate, Founder … Continue reading weird science for aesthetic innovation
ski 'n surf in Vermont
At the excellent Freedom to Connect 2007 conference, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas spoke about his e-state initiative. Gov. Douglas wants everyone everywhere in Vermont to have cellular and broadband coverage. Some quantitative goals are a minimum of 3 Mb symmetric bandwidth (upload and download) by 2010 and 20 Mb by 2013. This initiative, if supported … Continue reading ski 'n surf in Vermont
freezes over
“I know it’s only the Potomac, Senator, but that’s getting close!”