Monthly Archives: August 2008

Taxistan in the London Evening Standard

2008/08/15 – 19:08

Team Desertaxi, who’s website and field communications I oversee, has gotten a little more press coverage. The team, and their micro-nation of Taxistan have been written up in the London Evening Standard newspaper including pictures taken from the Team Desertaxi Blog.
With this story, it seems like print media is starting to looking more closely at [...]

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Being Interviewed by the Tokyo Broadcasting System

2008/08/14 – 22:33

This evening a film crew from the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), a Japanese TV network,  came to my apartment to interview me for a “60 Minutes”-like news segment for  Japanese TV. They’re doing a piece on Panasonic’s corporate name consolidation, and wanted to get my take on Japanese electronics brands, etc. I talked to the [...]

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Caught between Russia & Kazakhstan by war, Taxistan is born

2008/08/13 – 09:25

I work with Mongol Rally entrant Team DeserTaxi, and set up their website, blog, and manage their field communications. Their mission is to drive a London black cab from London all the way to Mongolia.
They were trying to cross the Kazakhstan-Russia border on the eve of Russia starting war with Georgia – and were denied [...]

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Shooting the Highline Design Book Release Party

2008/08/07 – 13:50

Last week I took photos and volunteered at the Friends of the Highline Design Book Release Party. The party was actually underneath the Highline, and featured a great band, food and drinks. The new book, “Designing the Highline” showcases the Highlines’s design from Gansevoort to 30th street. I haven’t been up on that section of [...]

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Gmail Still Down – I’m Dead In The Water!

2008/08/06 – 22:26

Gmail has been down for me for almost 12 hours now. And it’s only my main account. Seems like there is a documented issue, which is good to hear, but still not fixed. According to the Google Groups Gmail discussion board, they are working on the issue:
Update: our engineers have identified the source of the [...]

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Ikea Brooklyn

2008/08/02 – 13:26

Ikea Brooklyn

I’m going to Ikea Brooklyn… Here goes nothing. I will now spend the
next hour or so wandering endless aisles of strangely named Swedish
furniture.
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Sent via mobile.

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