Kinder Words http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords proficient in handclaps and whoa-oh's Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en 2008-12-02’s Tweets http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/753 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/753#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:59:59 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/753
  • @seanybitts Stop tempting me! in reply to seanybitts #

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  • So cold. So so cold. #
  • Watching This American Life - the TV series. I couldn’t love Ira Glass more. #

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  • @travis_a Snow tires review. http://tr.im/1nju in reply to travis_a #

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    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/750/feed     One-man band plays and sings Thriller http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/751 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/751#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:03:20 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/751 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader

    In a compilation of 64 videos all shown on the same page, one man recreates Thriller — the beats, the howling, the singing — all by himself. This is pretty awesome, like Christian Marclay on speed. (thx, christopher)

    (link)]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/751/feed     2008-11-29’s Tweets http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/749 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/749#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/749
  • 6am, hometown is dark and a Labrador is sad. Bye Ravenswood - see you in a month. #
  • Port Columbus International Airport is actually one of my favorite airports in the whole country. Small, efficient, Free WiFi, nice chairs. #
  • How often does your 5 hour flight get in 45 minutes early? Amazing. #

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    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/749/feed     The Mission According to Flickr Photographers http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/745 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/745#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:06 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/745 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader

    Johnny0 at Burrito Justice points us to this rendering of the Mission District’s boundaries according the the geotags found on Flickr photographs. Interesting that the northern end of Dolores Park isn’t included. What about all those bike polo pictures?

    Johnny also looks at some of the newly coined “micro-hoods” (Transmission, Mastro), and proposes some new ones of his own. La Lengua is definitely one of my favorite areas. Link.

    Posted in Life in the Mission      
    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/745/feed     Overparenting http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/746 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/746#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:06 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/746 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader

    Joan Acocella discussed the current state of overparenting, aka spoiling, helicopter parenting, hothouse parenting, or death-grip parenting.

    Marano thinks that the infant-stimulation craze was a scandal. She accepts the idea of brain plasticity, but she believes that the sculpting goes on for many years past infancy and that its primary arena should be self-stimulation, as the child ventures out into the world. While Mother was driving the kid nuts with the eight-hundredth iteration of “This Little Piggy,” she should have been letting him play on his own. Marano assembles her own arsenal of neurological research, guaranteed to scare the pants off any hovering parent. As children explore their environment by themselves-making decisions, taking chances, coping with any attendant anxiety or frustration-their neurological equipment becomes increasingly sophisticated, Marano says. “Dendrites sprout. Synapses form.” If, on the other hand, children are protected from such trial-and-error learning, their nervous systems “literally shrink.”

    (link)]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/746/feed     Friendship http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/747 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/747#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:06 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/747 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader

    funny pictures of cats with captions

    Friendship we has it

    iz nice 2 haz frendz.

    picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: Katie P

    » Recaption This

          

    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/747/feed     Bodyslammed cyclist to sue NYPD http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/748 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/748#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:30:06 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/748 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader Cyclist Christopher Long, who was shown getting bodyslammed by Officer Patrick Pogan in a bystander’s video said he plans to sue the police department for the assault and false imprisonment.
    It’s not really personal. [Pogan], unfortunately, is going to be a scapegoat in this situation because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I think that the department really helped him do what he did, because he felt safe to act that way. He felt entitled to act that way. That’s the department, culturally. The department set him up for failure. He committed a crime, he assaulted me. He didn’t do that by himself.
    Long was asked if he considers himself an “activist”:
    Things like bicycle activism only happen in New York City. We have 130,000 daily bicycle riders, and yet we still feel like we need bicycle activists? I think bicycles are inherently empowering because they’re inexpensive and they’re a reliable mode of transportation. I would consider myself someone who advocates the use of bicycles.
    Read more.

    On activism, Alan Snel writes as the Cycling Examiner and tells cyclists about the power in organization.]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/748/feed     2008-11-28’s Tweets http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/743 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/743#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/743
  • @helvetireader The “refresh feeds” button in expanded view. in reply to helvetireader #

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    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/743/feed     BART Swing http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/744 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/744#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:52:23 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/744 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader

    swinging-underground-project

    Lauren at Double Takes just discovered Caroline Woolard’s Swinging Underground project, in which a backpack turns into a subway swing and adds a little whimsy to an otherwise dreary commute — for you and all your fellow commuters. Link. (Thanks, Mike!)

    Previously on Mission Mission:

    Sidewalk Swing

    BART Boner

    Posted in Art, Video      
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  • Cold Case on TNT would be better if they cut out the montage to terrible music at the end of every episode. #
  • “I like it when you’re home, but just go sit in a corner or something.” My mother inspires me. #

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    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/742/feed     2008-11-25’s Tweets http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/739 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/739#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/739
  • Attempting sleep at a decent hour. Gotta set my normal alarms to get me up tomorrow. #
  • Resisting the call of McDonald’s breakfast sandwiches. Old places, old habits #
  • @rstevens DORMAMMU! in reply to rstevens #
  • @travis_a The flatlands have got you. in reply to travis_a #
  • @stevenf Or you could integrate all of things via APIs and RSS feeds using things like Twitter Tools for Wordpress and Flickr Gallery for WP in reply to stevenf #

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    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/739/feed     80 Year Old Woman Beaten by Three Men http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/741 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/741#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:46:55 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/741 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader
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    Holy crap.
    I found this story on the Oakland. It’s maddening and makes me sick. I really hope they catch these guys.

    Reward doubled in Oakland beating of woman, 80

    By Kelly Rayburn
    Oakland Tribune
    Updated: 11/24/2008 10:38:49 PM PST

    OAKLAND — Mayor Ron Dellums and the Oakland Police Department on Monday increased to ,000 the reward the city will offer for information leading to the arrest of three people suspected of attacking an 80-year-old woman.

    The woman, whom police have not identified, was beaten unconscious Thursday by three men in the 2700 block of Grande Vista Avenue. The men stood over her laughing after the attack, police said.

    The woman was fighting for her life Friday but was upgraded to critical but stable condition during the weekend. She suffered swelling of the brain, bleeding from the brain and an orbital fracture near one of her eyes.

    “I offer my heartfelt condolences to this woman and her family,” Dellums said in a statement. “This was a senseless act of violence that is both tragic and intolerable. It’s an example of the sort of rage and disregard for human life that cannot and will not be tolerated in this city.”

    Investigators canvassed the area Monday night, looking for witnesses or other clues. Dellums said he “strongly (encourages) anyone who may have information regarding this matter to come forward.”

    The mayor acknowledged that Oakland often sees an increase in robberies and violent crime during the holiday season. He said the city is “committed to deploying officers, resources and time to ensure that our communities are safe and that everyone can fully participate in a peaceful season.”

    Authorities previously were offering a ,000 reward for information about the attack.

    Anyone with information can call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers of Oakland at 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211.

    ]]>     http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/741/feed     Bowoto v. Chevron: White Guilt Clouds The Truth About Nigeria http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/740 http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/740#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:41:00 +0000 Justin http://www.thesixman.com/kinderwords/post/740 Linked from: Justin’s shared items in Google Reader
    Today features jury instructions and closing arguments in the trail of Bowoto v. Chevron. In the accounts of the trial, I've noticed an interesting pattern of the perspective of what I know call "White Activist Guilt". From that perspective, Chevron is the rich, bad "white" company, and the Nigerian militant groups attacking that company's employees and facilities are all good, non-violent folks.   This is the kind of view that has been presented by blogger Scott Gilmore, and others.  But his blog's arguably the best one solely dedicated to the Bowoto trial, so I'll start there.

    The story he tells of a peaceful demonstration by Bowoto is just not true. But the real story of this case is the poor Nigerian economic development and that government's neglect in making life better for Nigeria's poor, who've formed militant groups to take whatever wealth they can. 
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