Category Archive: Social Stuff

  • The People's Guide to the U.S. Constitution - 01/18/2008

    Our friends at ActionPublishing recently published a new book entitled The People's Guide to the United States Constitution by Dave Kluge. This book is short and sweet, and a must-read.
    Why, you ask?
    In order to GUARD one's freedom against a government that wishes to oppress its own citizens (that means you and me), it's a good […]

  • I want to speak to a human - 12/28/2007

    Just a quickie — after jumping through some hoops to try to track where UPS might possibly have a package we'd ordered, we found a neat website … you guessed it: gethuman.com has lists of companies, their telephone numbers, and how to actually speak to a human when you call.
    In the case of […]

  • Save the White Deer - 06/02/2007

    Sometimes the authorities-that-be do some pretty strange things, like killing off deer in Marin County … but we're proud to say that our friends at Friends of the White Deer are the kind to stand up and do something about it. From their newly launched (like, tonight) website:
    In the summer of 2007, the National Park […]

  • MIT Open Courseware - 12/06/2006

    We don't know that this belongs in the "Social Stuff" category, but why not? At any rate, we were delighted to discover that the famed MIT has released OpenCourseWare:
    a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership.

    Given […]

  • Google Idol - 03/22/2006

    We don't want to spoil the surprise, but we have to say we were — surprised? amazed? — taken by Google Idol. People are indeed fun.
    Gotta love a medium that lets people be creative in a venue they can share with others. The Web is, among other things, the people's medium.
    Hat tip to Peter_D.

  • Screamin' Kids Self-Protection Website - 08/06/2005

    Some weeks ago, Screamin' Kids founder Terri Marshall approached our web design studio with a plan. Expecting from the company name to hear a clever rant about the vagaries of life with loud children, we were surprised to hear Terri's story.
    r of three, Terri had experienced something many of us can relate to: "a […]