Noise Between Stations

Kitchen Table

The phrase comes from Owen, who once compared the conversation among blogs to chatting around the kitchen table.

  • Web Accessibility Outreach Coordinator

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    Could be a cool job: The World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science is seeking a Web Accessibility Outreach Coordinator to coordinate development of education and outreach materials promoting Web accessibility for people with disabilities.

  • monoki

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    Some super shiny scaly fishy friends were cited for their Movable Type chops. Check ’em out: Monoki.

  • Lance on Winning

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    ‘Not four victories or five or even six,’ he said. ‘There’s never been a Tour de France victory by a cancer survivor before me. That’s what I’d like to be remembered for.‘ Armstrong Wins His Fourth Tour de France Also see the New Yorker interview, link courtesy of Mr. Veen.

  • Philip E. Agre

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    Peterme points to Philip Agre’s home page. Wow, there’s a ton of interesting material here on Internet culture, education, and design. Let the foraging begin.

  • The Sound Late at Night

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  • Job Search at Michigan SI

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    Peter points to this great job search engine at Michigan’s School of Information.

  • Pastina

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    Did anyone else have an Italian grandmother that would cook them Pastina? An earliest food memory for me, I recently picked up a box in the market, along with all the ingredients in the chicken-soup-with-pastina recipe on the side. Mmmmmmm, comfort food. And good for you. What’s the earliest food you can remember eating?

  • Tendency to Subway

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    I was just trying to explain to Nick why I usually ride the subway. It’s economical, yes, that’s a big part of it. He asked, ‘The community?‘ and yes, but really no. It’s not as if people socialize down there. It is the people though, the great Walt Whitman celebration of the democratic city (‘Leaning…

  • Independence Day, 2002

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    They’re selling vegetables on BroadwayA man is runnin’ for the train Strollin’ down 42nd Street On our Independence Day Rub-A-Dub on 57th Street It’s our Independence Day! Arm in arm on 82nd Street On our Independence Day

  • Sylloge + Caterina

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    Stewart got married. Wonderful!

  • mc.clintock’s Inventory

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    Did anyone else go right for the medicine cabinet? Kinda disappointing ;-)

  • The Salon

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    I’m becoming convinced that the salon is a great model for meeting in person the people to whom you already have an online network connection. A few weeks ago I participated in an IA Salon, and tonight I was invited to another group interested in social network analysis and the like. Both events were attended…

  • Tall Buildings

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    There was a fire in the building next to ours. Our elevators don’t work, nor does our air conditioning (and it’s a humid 93 degrees F outside). The connectivity goes in and out, the lights flicker, we smell gas, and the office is on the top floor of a 10-story building. I’m feeling a little…

  • girlwonder

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    girlwonder is looking fabulous with her new minimalist boxes-on-white design like, well, like me. Is white the new gray?

  • Puerto Rican Day

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    It’s Puerto Rican Day in New York, complete with parade. I’m listening to West Side Story… ROSALIA: When I will go back to San Juan.ANITA: When you will shut up and get gone?ROSALIA: Everyone there will give big cheer!ANITA: Everyone there will have moved here!