Waiting for the Moon

Nov 08

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Seattle Times Calls McGinn Next Mayor

Attention Seattlites:
The Seattle Times ran a story in Sundays paper -

How an underdog named Mike McGinn took City Hall
How did Mike McGinn apparently take Seattle City Hall? The mayoral candidate had a fleet of volunteers so devoted they deferred graduate school, borrowed money from their parents and spent hours contacting voters for McGinn.

By Emily Heffter
Seattle Times staff reporter

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By all accounts, McGinn was the underdog in the race. He was out-fundraised by more than 3-to-1, and he lacked big-name endorsements. He was opposed by Gov. Chris Gregoire, the chairman of the state Democratic Party, and most of the business and labor communities.

What he did have was a fleet of volunteers so devoted they deferred graduate school, borrowed money from their parents and spent hours contacting voters for McGinn.

The grass-roots campaign seemed to tap into Seattle’s idealism, as McGinn spoke about listening to people and bringing them to consensus, stopping plans for a deep-bore tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct and expanding light rail.

lindaboucher:

robot-heart:

octo_purple_sm (via lnakanishi)

Nice

caplowsparks:

Salieri’s Requiem has an unusually large solo English horn part! Played by yours truely…and recorded by Pentatone

That’s my daughter on English Horn!

Central Australia, The End of the Trail, 2007
Photo by Fernando Souto,
silver gelatin print, 15×22in (38×56cm)
Via: Smack Mellon

Nov 07

After Dinner on the Island

Seattle

Seattle from Ferry Headed to Bainbridge Island

Matías Aguayo

XLR8R offers a mix tape from the Chilean DJ Matías Aguayo, combining music from his new CD AY AY AY and rare finds from Latin American Flea Markets and his personal record collection. Fifty minutes of great music.

Click picture to listen or download.

Nov 06

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INTERACTIVE SHIP TRAFFIC MAP -

Amazing map of ship and port traffic using AIS and accurate up to one hour. Brought you by the U of A Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering. This project is so amazingly useful, I don’t know what to say. Zoom in and check out some of the individual ships. See full size here.