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://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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 ... http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/19/red-bank-orbit/ 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/ 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 ... http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/15/on-the-ground-in-gori/ 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/ 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 ... http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/12/food-for-thought/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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 ... http://www.willisbros.net/blog/2008/08/05/follow-up-on-critical-mass-video/