Archive for April, 2006
The Mobile Homeless in America
Ian Urbina had a great article in the NY Times a few days ago. Consider this statistic.
Last year was the first year on record, according to an annual study conducted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, that a full-time worker at minimum wage could not afford a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country at average market rates.
Better than counting, the Sheep Sequencer
Harvard comp-sci student Rebecca Nesson put together a mezmerizing flash-based music sequencer (wikipedia) with sheep doing the instrumentation. I doubt this would get me to sleep any faster, but at least I’d have a better time while I’m up.
Link: Nesson’s Sheep Sequencer, via The Music Thing
The Weepies at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
I’ve just got too much going on right now, a familiar refrain these days, but for the rest of you, thursday’s show at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck features The Weepies, a project from veteran folk artists Deb Talan and Steve Tennen.
Take a listen to: The Weepies
Don’t Shoot the Puppy
I’m not sure I want to know what this says about me, but I got hours of enjoyment playing Don’t Shoot the Puppy the last few days. [Hint: wait til the very lastest moment] Other games that are just as useful to society are available here
Play: Don’t Shoot the Puppy