July 2010
34 posts
“We don’t have a Subway on the corner, we have a Fork Heart Knife. We...”
– Chris Seelbach (OTR resident and 2011 city council candidate) on the state of Main Street in Over-the-Rhine.
Cincinnati web designer creates ‘Mobilizing Metro’... →
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...
“Cincinnati’s plan to build a streetcar once seemed like a dumb idea. Now...”
– Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis, finally announcing his support for the Cincinnati Streetcar plan.
Nearly all of the “trash” listed in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out” is compostable. http://bit.ly/bhKzF3
Costs of Washington Park (ing) - CityKin
Community Development Corporations honored for their work, impact in Cincinnati - UrbanCincy
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?)
Topical gym promotion: the “Stomp Mel Gibson” special - Advertising Is Good For You
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...
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)
The Result of Anti-Tax Extremism - Cincinnati Blog
I’m peeeeeeeling.
Hidden Assets of Fort Washington Way Saving Taxpayers Millions of Dollars - UrbanCincy
SCPA Suburban Landscape - CityKin
Boone lacks votes for smoking ban - Cincinnati.Com - All Local News
Now Available: “Explore Cincinnati” for July 12, 2010 - Explore Cincinnati
Cake at Forecastle
Forecastle Festival 2010 Preview - Each Note Secure
Transportation Secretary LaHood on the Cincinnati Streetcar - CincyStreetcar Blog
FULL DETAILS: Cincinnati wins $25M Urban Circulator grant for modern streetcar project - http://bit.ly/dDvZKk (via @UrbanCincy)
Misplaced Priorities
Here’s an example of how misplaced our transportation priorities are in the United States.
Cincinnati has been fighting to get funding for funding for our Streetcar project. Today we were awarded a $25 million federal grant, which will allow us to actually begin construction this fall. But winning this grant was not easy. The mayor, city council, and streetcar supporters have been...
Chase Lets Users Deposit Checks Via Their iPhone - OhGizmo!
Drive-By Truckers Playing In Store @ Shake It Records - Each Note Secure
Postal Service requests higher rates - Cincinnati Business News - Local Cincinnati News | Business Courier of Cincinnati
I love @tumblr but they seem to have strange priorities for new features. Rolling out flashy new stuff while lacking some basic features.
Matthews: Right the economic ship by building rapid rail - UrbanCincy
Focus on walkable, bikeable urban neighborhoods to solve this issue… Business Courier: Ohio obesity rate hits 29% http://goo.gl/6Ixb
A lot to finish up today…. then a week and a half of vacation.
Cincinnati Sees Dramatic Increase in High Quality Urban Designs. http://goo.gl/KGD8 (via @GMeckstroth)
June 2010
73 posts
Shift+Refresh is a lifesaver when designing or coding websites. I’m not sure how more people don’t know about it. Shift+Refresh Is Like the Restart Button for Web Sites [Lifesavers] - Lifehacker
Oil Doesn't Equal Freedom
A few months ago, I came across this infuriating quote from former Virginia governor George Allen:
Americans are not addicted to oil, Americans are addicted to freedom.
This isn’t the first time “freedom” has been used to justify our addiction to oil. Here in Cincinnati, the group COAST uses the “freedom of the automobile” argument to bash the Cincinnati...
Park+Vine moving to larger storefront on Main Street. http://bit.ly/93CCZD
This makes me miss the Phony Coney’s article on city council umlauts.
RT @TheOnion:
Ünited Stätes Toughens Image With Umlauts http://onion.com/8Y8RWH
Cincinnati to launch RecycleBank this fall - Cincinnati Business News - Local Cincinnati News | Business Courier of Cincinnati
Benet’s Phamacy: Last Day - CityKin
Comments on Enquirer site re: food trucks are hilarious, infuriating & based on some burbanites’ fear that the city is doing something cool.
Cincinnati’s Clifton Plaza: An Urban Design Crit. - urbanOut
Recording a new episode of @explorecinci later today featuring the one and only @ColDayMan … This should be pretty interesting.
I recently discovered Comedy Death Ray Radio. If...
UC names researcher Ono as provost - Cincinnati Business News - Local Cincinnati News | Business Courier of Cincinnati
MySpace just sent me an email saying “Look whose birthday is coming up on Thursday, April 15!” listing 10 of my friends. Uhh, what?
Did I mention I’m enjoying multitasking with Pandora for iPhone because I upgraded to iOS 4 last week? :)
This Devo Pandora station sure is interesting. Suddenly want to start a new wave band.
Going to bed. Getting up early to head to #pwcbus tomorrow.
Take the whole midrange and boost it.