Cincinnati web designer creates ‘Mobilizing Metro’ iPhone app
Aaron Renn recently wrote that It’s Time for America to Get On the Bus. He argues that cities should look at improving the quality of their bus service to eliminate the negative perception and attract more riders. He states that while there’s a “legitimate case for rail” in many cities (including Cincinnati), adding high-quality bus service to the plan can expand the reach of the transit network at a lower cost. (…)
Nearly all of the “trash” listed in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out” is compostable. http://bit.ly/bhKzF3
We will be having a fire drill at work at some point within the next 90 minutes. (Is it really a drill if I know this?)
At Snopes.com, Rumors Are Held Up to the Light
DP: You would think that with the instant communications of Internet, that all this misinformation and urban legend stuff — that people would catch on that it’s not true.
DM: The flaw in that theory is that for a good many people, it’s not important whether things are true or not. It reflects what people want to believe. It reflects a worldview. It’s their way of passing along things that concern them. Things they’re afraid of.
Like it could be, “I don’t care if Richard Nixon really did this. It sounds like something he would have done.” A lot of people are unwilling to acknowledge anything that contradicts their worldview. So telling them that it’s false doesn’t necessarily slow them down. That’s how urban legends get started for the most case.
After walking from east campus to west campus this afternoon, I must have been giving off around 5-7 olfs. http://bit.ly/9LlAHb
Happy hour tonight at @NeonsUnplugged in OTR. $10 for 10 drinks. Not kidding. Be there. It benefits Habitat For Humanity. (via @davidcben)
