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FreePlay Dance Crew Perform at Dancing in the River City (video)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Last Sunday, the FreePlay Dance Crew got to show their stuff at the "Dancing in the River City" same-sex ballroom event in Sacramento. I honestly didn't know what to expect from performing hip-hop at a ballroom event.  I pictured a polite but slightly puzzled audience of ballroom fans and dancers.  "Thanks (yawn), next!" I should have…

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Manu and his son playing “DJ Hero 2”

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

  Here's my buddy Manu and his son Micah playing "DJ Hero 2" for the X-Box.   Okay, well Micah thinks he's playing. Go DJ Micah on the ones and twoes!

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Rikomatic.com is dark to protest web censorship

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Today, Rikomatic.com joins those striking against censorship. Join us in this historic moment: tell Congress to stop this bill now! First Name: Email: Address: ZIP Write Congress Now! Not In The US? Petition The State Department. I am writing to you as a voter in your district. I urge you to oppose the Senate version…

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On January 18 Yehoodi.com is going dark to Fight Web Censorship!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

I couldn't be more proud of my website I help administer Yehoodi.com than I am today.  Our team has taken the decision to join hundreds of other websites around the world — including Wikipedia , BoingBoing and Reddit — in shutting down our site on January 18 in protest of the PIPA / SOPA bills…

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Ready Player One: 80s Era Gaming Meets Snow Crash (review)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

"Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they learned about the contest."  — Opening sentence of Ready Player One   I finally got around to reading Ready Player One, by Earnest Cline, after friends told me I had to read it. A near future scifi adventure, Ready Player One…

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Burma Superstar’s Tea Leaf Salad: Believing the Hype

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

This tea leaf salad from Burma Superstar in Oakland is the best thing I've eaten so far in 2012.  I'm not a fan of salads, but I've been craving this ever since I had a couple bites of Jeskat's tea leaf salad when we ate there a month ago. I had to go back for…

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I’m Proud of the Yehoodi.com Community

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

As one of the adminstrators of the swing dance website Yehoodi.com, I sometimes get lost in the minutae of moderating the discussions, projecting managing our web dev team, and producing our podcasts.  But just today looking at the front page of the site, I'm immensely proud of what we have built together.   Every single…

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NOLA Dancers in Fun Music Video “Baby Can Dance”

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

  This music video "Baby Can Dance" has been making its way around the internet lindy circles, and for good reason. It features several New Orleans lindy hoppers (including my friend Lisa Casper) dancing to a very cute tune by Carsie Blanton. Featured dancers: Chance Bushman and Giselle Anguizola Peter Loggins and Amy Johnson Reuel Reis…

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Rikomatic.com is back in business

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

We had some snafus in the transfer of our domain from Godaddy to Namecheap, which we spent way too long trying to fix over the past couple of days.  Apologies if the site did not load for you or if emails to rik @rikomatic.com were bouncing.   We should be mostly fully operational at this…

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Christmas Decorations on Graves? No, Thank You.

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Note to my loved ones: When I have discarded this mortal coil, please feel under no obligation to put cheesy seasonal decorations around my gravestone.  Wherever I end up, I have passed beyond all interest in tinsel, foil and plastic fake trees. Thanks for understanding. (Seen at Mountain View Cemetary, Oakland.)

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