Orbitz says Open Cuba now
The Havana Note welcomes OpenCuba.org, an initiative by Orbitz to open travel to Cuba to all US citizens.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month May 2009
Article V Convention. The people change the constitution
Our “John Rich. They’re Shutting Detroit Down” post on April 20 has gotten 8,000 hits so far, way more than a popular post normally gets here. Why? Because the song was timely, heartfelt, and crossed political boundaries. John Rich is…
Just saw Star Trek in IMAX
One word review. Wow.
Mystic incantations needed to attach Vista laptop to XP printer
Our printer worked fine in our old place. My Vista laptop printed to a printer attached to Sue’s XP desktop. But when we moved here, it stopped working. The only difference was that we were online via cable modem using…
The greatest threat to the world is…
… cul-de-sacs? Ok, they mean that as a metaphor and want to promote the New Urbanism, with stores in walkable distance and lots of light rail. Our old place in South San Francisco was a bit like that. We could…