WillisBros Blog @ willisbros.net http://www.willisbros.net/blog The WBB is a group blog written by the Willis brothers and their friends. We talk about eGovernment, Inspirado, Lifehacks and Fire Fighting. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Simplify media http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/simplify-media/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/simplify-media/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:03:59 +0000 cuzbry http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/simplify-media/ Has anyone used this app?  This could be the holy grail to sharing endless music and accessing it without hauling around external hard drives and waiting for  iphone to upgrade its GB storage capabitlity

Cuzbry

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/simplify-media/feed/ Red Bank Orbit http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/red-bank-orbit/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/red-bank-orbit/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:55 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/red-bank-orbit/ One of the projects I’ve been working on for the past few months is a new website, Red Bank oRBit. It’s a sort of entertainment sister-site of Red Bank Green. Orbit’s been up for a couple of weeks now and it’s amazing. I don’t so much mean the site itself is amazing–it’s good, but I think there is still a lot of work to be done on the calendaring and community function, but the quality of the articles–the writing–is just incredible. Tom Chesek just writes some amazing stuff about what’s going on locally. I first started paying to attention to his writing when I read his piece on Blondie a couple of months ago. It’s the kind of writing that used to show up in really good music mags and not the kind of thing you expect to stumble across on a local area news site. Anyway, if you’re not checking out Red Bank Orbit, you probably should be. And if you have any suggestions on how I can improve any of the technical aspects of the site like the calendaring or GPS integration, etc, drop me an email at sjwillis@willisbros.net.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/red-bank-orbit/feed/ Byrne / Eno http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/18/byrne-eno/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/18/byrne-eno/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:07:18 +0000 jer http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/18/byrne-eno/ David Byrne is streaming his new record, check it out

UPDATE: it also appears that DB is taking this show on the road and its heading to the Count Basie.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/18/byrne-eno/feed/ On the Ground in Gori http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/15/on-the-ground-in-gori/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/15/on-the-ground-in-gori/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:01:55 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/15/on-the-ground-in-gori/ I’m still trying to understand exactly what is going on with the Russia/Georgia conflict/occupation. We’ve had a busy week this week (man how stress makes time fly like no one’s business!). Anyway, looking at this pretty vivid photo documentary from the WSJ I’m reminded so much of the people I met in Romania. I’m grateful for having had the opportunity to travel to eastern Europe and spend some time just simply hanging out with people there, drinking beers and walking around the town of Brasov. It’s so easy to think that people are somehow different than you or I simply because they live in a place that sounds far away. Sure, there may be a cart pulled by goats parked next to a Mercedes but at the end of the day these people come home, put on the TV or radio and crack open a beer just like you and I. And that similarity (especially when I look at these pictures) makes any sort of aggression by another country’s army just that much more heartbreaking.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/15/on-the-ground-in-gori/feed/ seems kind of lonely… http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/13/seems-kind-of-lonely/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/13/seems-kind-of-lonely/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:47:06 +0000 esch http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/13/seems-kind-of-lonely/ here is a map of countries that don’t use the Metric System>

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/13/seems-kind-of-lonely/feed/ Food for Thought http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/12/food-for-thought/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/12/food-for-thought/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:02:45 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/12/food-for-thought/ Great piece from The American Conservative on local food:

Respect for tradition and social and ecological responsibility can work together with technological innovation and capitalist resourcefulness to respect the ridges and valleys of regionalism in an increasingly flattened world.

I don’t usually find myself thumbing through the pages of American Conservative,this link is via Bittman’s blog.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/12/food-for-thought/feed/ cleanup http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/cleanup/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/cleanup/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:39:51 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/cleanup/ I reformatted the comments and misc. stuff at the bottom of the WBB. Have a look. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/cleanup/feed/ Mountain Bike Race, Saturday AM http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/mountain-bike-race-saturday-am/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/mountain-bike-race-saturday-am/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:50:50 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/mountain-bike-race-saturday-am/ IMG_8992.CR2

There’s a race over at Tatum Park this weekend. I’m going to do it but I’d be more psyched if someone did it with me. Any takers. It’s only 7.5 miles and Tatum is an easy ride compared Hartshorn or Huber. Drop me an email or comment f you’re interested.

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/mountain-bike-race-saturday-am/feed/ Another Children’s Poem http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/another-childrens-poem/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/another-childrens-poem/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:19:30 +0000 nav http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/another-childrens-poem/ Have you ever heard a lion roar
right outside your kitchen door?
It’s a sound that you’d implore,
“Don’t make near me anymore!”

]]> http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/06/another-childrens-poem/feed/ Follow up on Critical Mass Video http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/05/follow-up-on-critical-mass-video/ http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/05/follow-up-on-critical-mass-video/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:33:13 +0000 jim http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/05/follow-up-on-critical-mass-video/ I’m not sure this excerpt from a nj.com article following up on this earlier video post really needs any commentary but I’ll boldface the eyebrow-raising lines:

Christopher Long, a onetime pedicab operator, was charged with knocking down a cop with his bike and then resisting arrest Friday at around 9:35 p.m. in midtown Manhattan during a Critical Mass cyclist rights demonstration.

But a clip posted anonymously on YouTube.com shows Long absorbing a body block by rookie NYPD Officer Patrick Pogan. Long was charged with attempted assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. In the criminal complaint, Pogan (the NYPD officer) claimed Long rode his bike “directly” into his body, causing him to suffer cuts to his forearms. Long is due back in court Sept. 5, officials said.

Tuesday, the New York police union defended Pogan, saying he was protecting the public from Long, the New York Daily New reported.

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