Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

• OH (At NPR Headquarters): "All it takes is a bad daily newspaper to go broke, and suddenly you guys are the new funding model." #
• @sillycaitlin They do tours every Thursday morning at 11 AM. I'm sure they'd get a kick out of the dress if you still have it! in reply to sillycaitlin #
• @johnbaichtal How about changing the punch cards in a rival's Jacquard loom so the pattern reads "You've been sew, sew pwned". in reply to johnbaichtal #
• @sillycaitlin I must put together the most awesome day trip in DC possible before I move to NYC. Interested? What else would be on it? in reply to sillycaitlin #
• Stuck thinking about rebranding "Cloud Banking" as "Peer to Peer Banking/P2P Banking". The latter is a more apt description of the concept. #
• "There's a difference between hating DC and hating all of the incompetence & stupidity that makes it difficult to enjoy living here." #
• @kellbot @sillycaitlin How's Thursday, July 16? Capitol -> NPR -> Newseum -> Spy Museum -> SAAM -> Old Post Office -> Mall Memorials? in reply to kellbot #
• As libraries decline, so does the civilization that built them. #saveohiolibraries #
• @skeevis How about integration with 311? #
• @skeevis This is not obvious to a casual user. How about a "Look up your 311 request by entering your phone number" cue? in reply to skeevis #
• @dakami Will you be at #neighborcon for the Boone's Farm challenge? Or is your liver still in recovery mode since #phneutral? #
• @timpritlove was right, but the term "P2P Banking" implies Kiva-style microlending. Nothing about savings. "Peer directed banking"? #
• @infowidget It was very hard to resist pointing out that Ohio only marginally qualifies as civilization. #saveohiolibraries. in reply to infowidget #
• @sillycaitlin Thursday 23 Jul? DC for the day? Who else from NYC is in? @potatono set a trend! http://bit.ly/dcdaytrip #dcdaytrip in reply to sillycaitlin #
• RT @georgyo: Best trip of the summer, hands down, buy your tickets before they run out! http://su.pr/5ovbaI #hackersonaplane #
• RT @protospace: we signed the lease. (via @ultramegaman) Congrats! #
• @sillycaitlin @kellbot Let's shoot for July 23 then…and if we need to reschedule, we can pick any other Thursday! http://bit.ly/dcdaytrip in reply to sillycaitlin #
• At this point, I don't care if you're a hacker. Get on the plane. http://hackersonaplane.info #hackersonaplane. (please RT) #
• @MisterGlass There's enough time in the flight to show Snakes on a Plane, Sneakers, Hackers and National Lampoon's European Vacation. in reply to MisterGlass #
• @kellbot Oooh, open it up to the public…send me an invite! in reply to kellbot #
• Contemplating how to repurpose empty Club-Mate bottles for good. Would you send your favorite hacker a message in a bottle? #
• #followfriday: @hackersonaplane In other news, until HoaP is sold out, my tweets are going to be pretty annoyingly HoaP focused #
• The last of North America's Club-Mate is now on it's way to @neighborcon #

100 Things I Will Miss About DC: #73

Neighborcon. Knoxville. This weekend.

I never did have time to fabricate my belt buckle badge…*sigh*.

100 Things I Will Miss About DC: #57

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21

• RT @theqlabs Donate to get @HacDC an USRP2: http://pledgie.com/campaign... – our main goals are to research and teach! Friendly reminder. #
• Bad link last time…support HaDC's USRP2 campaign: http://pledgie.com/campaigns/4801 (Thanks Bobcat!) #
• Wired and I agree on the modular, hackable future. Point #29 from my SIGINT speech and this article reference the BUG! http://bit.ly/143Ore #
• DAs v. Osborne is a far greater indignity than Boxer v. Walsh. ION, go Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter! http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/ #
• @dugsong Geeks on a Plane looks like it was an incredible trip! Will you be recovered in time for @hackersonaplane? http://bit.ly/goap #
• One trillion dollars is enough to buy every man, woman and child in the United States 1,337 5 oz. bags of Haribo Gold Bears. (at ~$2.46/bag) #
• @openfly (US Base Defense Budget + War Supplementals + Nuclear Weapons Spending) / NASA's Budget = 42 in reply to openfly #
• @openfly TARP Authorized / (US Base Defense Budget + Nuclear Weapons) = 1.337 (No joke.) in reply to openfly #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14

• I'm at Momo's (1334 U St NW, 13th, D.C.) . http://bit.ly/d6f1j #
• @kio_pio Actually no…but "the company" does use Bonsai cultivation for relaxation. In other news, I do have the iForceField app loaded. in reply to kio_pio #
• @securityninja Have you checked in with your local hackerspace lately? in reply to securityninja #
• Foursquare : Yelp! :: Twitter : Facebook. I have yet to convince any DC friends to jump in. I remain in the Top 5. http://tr.im/foursq #
• So, a law student, a med student and an accountant walk into a bar… #
• @ryanvan If @jdickerson lived in my neighborhood, his basement wouldn't be flooded. #
• @monkeyorg : Gen. Robert Lee Scott Jr. :: Me : Yahweh #
• RT @Fenrir HAR Program Schedule BETA – 10 June 2009 : http://bit.ly/3uuNnK #
• @kellbot @revolvingdork I have had pretty good luck customizing the IKEA Lindmon blinds for goofy sized windows. http://tr.im/DIYBlinds #
• RT @securemac Apple acknowledges Mac OS X is susceptible to malware – http://bit.ly/17NciP #
• RT @theqlabs Reminder: Neighborcon! June 26-28 in good ol' Knoxville! (In other news, Macs need security products too.) #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07

• @ThinkHausOrg (nee Hamilton Hacker Space) signed a lease and has a space! Congrats @myrcurial and crew! #
• @vitabeata I have the Kinder Country that @guckes got for you. Should I drop it off in Philly? Thanks again for an awesome museum marathon! in reply to vitabeata #
• HUGE thanks to everyone in Vienna, Cologne, Bielefeld and Berlin that made this trip awesome. Back in DC with tons to catch up on! #
• @satmandu That would be awesome, but it wouldn’t wipe away the awfulness of UAL. Just ask @elduardo. in reply to satmandu #
• @jeffreybarke Go you! Supporting public radio is important, no matter how they get you. Also, great hanging out with you the other night! #
• Shopping with @delayfx and attempting to explain Foursquare (at Target) #
• @function Hopefully I’ll get the chance to watch “Us Now” this weekend…still playing “catch up” this week. http://tr.im/usnow in reply to function #
• RT @maximka The revolution will not be monetized. #
• @D0Cdet thinks New York attitude is the younger sister of Detroit thuggyness. Also congrats on the music video. in reply to D0Cdet #
• @Namastizzle Where are you staying? The guest house on 16th is open…need a visitor parking permit? in reply to Namastizzle #
• This weekend will be the only one I spend in DC in June. I should just list my place as a vacation rental. Would you rent it? #
• RT @brooklynmuseum New crowd-sourced public art project ‘hopes/dreams/fears’ – submit yours! http://tr.im/nqhx #
• That settles it. I’m listing my place as a weekend vacation rental. Unrelated, but some of you don’t know @allirense and I broke up in Oct. #
• Just blogged about Rhizome Voting…a new funding & engagement model for the arts? Congrats to finalist @dianaeng http://tr.im/rhizome09 #
• Wondering what happened to http://bitkanone.ccc.de…and wondering why I thought of this in the middle of reading about ADA compliance. #
• Is anyone from an EU hackerspace going to DefCon? The hackerspaces panel is looking for someone. #
• Jean Shin and Jenny Holzer are my co-pilot. (at National Portrait Gallery) http://bit.ly/d7Ujf #
• I had no idea the District of Columbia had its own Department of Agriculture. Wierder still, it was the bus driver who clued me in. #

100 Things I will Miss About Washington DC

When I left Los Angeles, I did a photo series of 100 different people, places, concepts–things I would or ended up missing about the place. I attempted, but failed to do something similar for Grand Rapids.

As I prepare to move to New York (after this summer’s big activities), my thoughts drift to what I’ll miss about DC. Unlike the other places I’ve lived, I never really felt like I made this strange place my home. Where the LA project was about loss, the Grand Rapids one about moving on, this one seems to be a bit more about creating a present life worth remembering.

The numbers are randomly assigned, implying no order but that of whim. The pictures are mostly original, with a few memories thrown in for good measure. In following most of my work whose purposes are purely selfish and aesthetic, I make no attempts at creating a path for the viewer to follow. It’s more for my own amusement.

Rhizome Commissions Voting

While funding for the arts is easier to come by in good times, it’s always the first thing to go during a downswing. Finding funding for the arts is a profession in and of itself, one that needs to shift away from begging governments, corporations and foundations to a model that directly engages those moved by the arts.

One such model I’m personally familiar with is the Rhizome Commissions Program. I joined Rhizome so I could support commission proposals from Edith Kollath and Diana Eng, both friends of mine from NYC Resistor. Were it not for their participation, I wouldn’t have even heard about Rhizome let alone added them to the list of organizations I’m proud to be a supporter of.

While contests like these aren’t a perfect way of picking worthy art projects, the program’s use of online approval and instant run-off voting is one strong way Rhizome helps “encourage and expand the communities around … emerging artistic practices that engage technology.”

I’m happy to report that Diana’s proposal, Fictional Jewelry and Other Wistful Adornments is one of the finalists. All of the projects themselves are worth checking out, and I expect to blog more about these artists and their work in the future. Below the fold are the links and my ranking of the finalists, with their project summaries (some of which I truncated for brevity’s sake).
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31

• @frapzzt is way too committed to IRC, with him and other C4 nerds, trying to get as much Fnordinfo on the Bielefeld conspiracy as I can. in reply to frapzzt #
• Thunderstorms in Köln, good thing I have my towel! Now if only I could find @georgyo and crew #
• Bielefeld gibt es doch! At least, there seems to be a city around the Bielefeld train station… #
• SIE haben mich! #
• @plomlompom The University here feels really real…I believe I am in a music theory class right now…will I ever make it back to the ICE? in reply to plomlompom #
• I should have eaten the blue pill of Bielefeld. Instead, I came to Berlin. #
• I keep forgetting that the Berlin politeness is an acquired custom not always understood, appreciated or even explicable in most cases. #
• At least I am practicing the Berlin politeness on New York’s Foursquare. #
• @roivoire Me too! Awesome to meet you and @songadayman and everyone else! Can’t wait to see you again! in reply to roivoire #
• Big news breaking at #hardhack tomorrow! @fbz is convincing Berlin to turn Tempelhof into the world’s largest hackerspace..needs our help! #
• RT @fbz #hardhack is the on the frontpage of heise.de! thanks @r4gni for a awesome article! http://is.gd/Imgj (via @fbz) #
• @skytee We have this saying in the US: No good deed goes unpunished. We just can’t trust anyone with our boxes, or our pants anymore. in reply to skytee #
• @r4gni Was at #ph-neutral, have some errands to run. Brunch at the venue is quite good, no need to eat before! Want to meet for Jamaican? in reply to r4gni #
• @r4gni After that. I was dragged into an awesome art project on my way to c-base. I am going swimming! in reply to r4gni #
• @r4gni Berlin artists are…whatever word is past insane. Must shower, find a clean suit and get back to #ph-neutral. It’s 20h??? Ugh. in reply to r4gni #
• @r4gni Berlin artists are…whatever word is past insane. Must shower, find a clean suit and get back to #ph-neutral. It’s 22h??? Ugh. in reply to r4gni #
• @r4gni Is it wrong to say I already miss the abuse of Berlin? (On Delta 79 to NYC) I didn’t catch up with everyone I wanted to! in reply to r4gni #
• New York attitude is sort of like the younger cousin of the Berlin politeness. In other news, I am on a Dulles style people mover at JFK. #

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