Daily Archives: Wednesday, September 7, 2005

National pastime

National pastime: (From Thursday’s WSJ – free feature) “Unlike the aftermath of 9/11, when America’s enemies temporarily bound the two parties together, Katrina has generated near-immediate partisan combat.”

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Netizens respond

Netizens respond: I just noticed that an amazing amount of money has been contributed by netizens to the Red Cross Katrina relief fund via Yahoo! and Amazon.com (which also gets traffic funneled from Google’s front page donation link). As of … Continue reading

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USPS update

USPS update: Staci Kramer has updated information regarding mailing first-class mail to Katrina survivors and the need for evacuees who have found temporary residences (even shelters) to file change of address forms with the USPS. The fastest way to enable … Continue reading

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And besides, iDontcare

And besides, iDontcare: For the next ten days, this blog will have a lot less posts than usual. I’m starting today by avoiding any posts regarding products beginning with the letter “i”.

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Nashville responds

Nashville responds: An excellent Nashville Scene editorial by Liz Garrigan.

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DisplacedDesigner.com

DisplacedDesigner.com: An effort to provide designers with a place to temporarily re-locate. Quote: “Find an empty desk or table, boot up an old computer, share your phone….several hundred designers out there just lost a great deal, and your excess can … Continue reading

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The Sunken City by John McPhee

The Sunken City by John McPhee: Written in 1987. Appearing in this week’s New Yorker. (Note: Anything written by John McPhee is great.) (via: Doc Searls, who adds, “(The New Yorker is) still the best-written wide-circulation magazine in America.”)

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Katrinalist.net

Katrinalist.net: Katrinalist.net is the search tool front end for the volunteer effort, the Katrina PeopleFinder project. (via: Heather Green, Blogspotting)

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What Susan Kitchens said

What Susan Kitchens said: Last night, Susan Kitchens attended her first ever city council meeting in Monrovia, California. On her weblog, she reports, “In the “open mike” section, I got my turn at the lecturn and spoke about how we … Continue reading

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