EPA Launches Home Energy PSA, Shoots Self in Foot
by jpreardon on June 25, 2004
The EPA has launched a new commercial promoting energy conservation in the home. Wonderful, except the tone of the ad seems to advocate giving up on trying to make vehicles more fuel-efficient. One of the characters in the commercial explains (…)
More Bikes Against Bush
by jpreardon on June 23, 2004
It looks like the Republican National Convention is turning into a showcase for the tactical uses of bicycles. Not only will we be able to see the “Bikes Against Bush” project action, but Times Up will also be organizing several (…)
Commute
by jpreardon on June 22, 2004
Fredhead has a wonderful photo essay, Commute New York City, documenting some of the common images seen during a typical New York City commute. Somehow, the view through his lens is much more interesting than from (under)ground level. The other (…)
iTalk, iListen
by jpreardon on June 21, 2004
I picked up a Griffin iTalk this afternoon because I needed to record a meeting, and my tape recorder had finally died. As I was riding downtown to my meeting, I wondered if I would need to install any software (…)
Bicycles as "Tactical Media Weapons"
by jpreardon on June 17, 2004
A student at Parsons is working on Bikes Against Bush, a project that will be used as a sort of interactive, mobile protest tool: “Bikes Against Bush” transforms ordinary bicycles into Internet enabled, tactical media weapons for non-violent, creative resistance (…)
Torch NYC
by jpreardon on June 17, 2004
On Saturday June 19th, the Olympic torch relay will be following what might be the most indirect route from 30th Street in Queens to Times Square. At least the organizers managed to route the torch through all five boroughs. The (…)
"I got it!!!"
by jpreardon on June 2, 2004
Matt Law has a good first hand account of what happens when a straphanger retrieves their cell phone from the subway tracks without the aid of an MTA worker. Moral of the story: It’s a cell phone, just let it (…)