Here’s an interesting use of online video to facilitate public participation in international policy making. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has asked the "YouTubers" to submit their visions of how the internet can be used to "make the world a better place" which will be responded to by member states of the…
What Dawn Hampton teaches me
This Friday, a couple hundred of us lindy hoppers celebrate the 80th birthday of Ms. Dawn Hampton, a woman who has had a remarkable life as a jazz musician, singer, and dancer. I have been lucky enough to get to be around Dawn regularly at Frim Fram and other swing events in New York. I…
VIDEO: Shim Sham at the NYC Dance Parade
Here’s some fun video provide by Will Luong of me and a bunch of other lindy hoppers dancing a fast Shim Sham during the 2008 NYC Dance Parade. Yes, I messed up at least four times in the the routine. Suck it.
Happy Birthday, Dawn Hampton! Dance that bhangra!
I just got home from a wonderful dance party to celebrate the 80th birthday of Ms. Dawn Hampton, one of the elder stateswomen of lindy hop and an inspiration to me and thousands of other dancers around the world. As befitting a celebration of Ms. Hampton, the party featured two of her favorite bands, the…
ICC Prosecutor slams Sudan for shielding ICC indictees
I had a frustrating time trying to watch the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo present his report to the UN Security Council this morning on the situation in Darfur. (Curse you, Real Player!) But I managed to read the written text of his statement. In his report, the prosecutor heavily criticized the government of Sudan for…
VIDEO: PMT Breakdance team at Spring Showcase 08
Here, finally, is some video from the PMT Studios Spring Showcase that my fellow breakers and I performed at in April. It is interesting to contrast this performance with our much less polished but somehow more entertaining version of this routine that we did at Frim Fram a few weeks ago. I guess the kind…
VIDEO: Justice Sandra Day O’Conner spearheads “Our Courts” initiative at Games for Change Festival
The honorable Justice Sandra Day O’Conner just gave the keynote address at this year’s Games for Change Festival at the New School. Justice O’Conner announces that she is spearheading the launch of a new interactive website called "Our Courts" that will help educate young people about the judicial system in the United States. The project…
Alain Wong starts bike ride to Tijuana for Microcredit
As I mentioned in March, fellow lindy hopper Alain Wong from Montreal committed to riding a bicycle from Vancouver, BC to Tijuana, Mexico for the cause of microcredit lending. I got to meet Alain and some of his friends at Boston Tea Party, which was really cool. Alain and his bike team began their ride…
VIDEO: Tour of Vienna Dinosaur Museum in SL
Garth Goode posts a nice blog entry about a dinosaur museum in Second Life that I had to check out. It appears to be based on the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, Austria, although there is almost no information provided in the build. The way that the museum creators incorporate photos of the real…
Playing with dino toys at Global Kids – I have the best job ever
Yes, this is me hard at work at Global Kids. My colleague Shawna and I are playing with dinosaur toys that Barry bought us as educational tools to teach kids about paleontology this summer in Teen Second Life. Gawd, I have the best job ever.