“No Longer A Republican” – Sign from Madison, Wisconsin protests. (via @jimwitkins)
February 2011
Few Americans have heard of 83-year-old Gene Sharp. But for decades, his practical writings on nonviolent revolution — most notably ‘From Dictatorship to Democracy,’ a 93-page guide to toppling autocrats, available for download in 24 languages — have inspired dissidents around the world, including in Burma, Bosnia, Estonia and Zimbabwe, and now Tunisia and Egypt.
minnpost: Forbes.com has an interesting interactive map: “Where Americans Are Moving [in 2008].” This screengrab is for Hennepin County, Minnesota. Black lines are people moving to Hennepin County and red lines are people moving from Hennepin County. This raises important questions like, why isn’t anyone moving to Minnesota from Hawaii? Wait, don’t answer that. (via) Nice map
mugshotmonday: Ladies who hate to laugh, read no further. Jeff is a proud Son, Brother, Comedian, MTV Host and dart enthusiast. He lives lives in LA and goes on TV because he loves attention and growing up his parents didn’t Retweet him enough. He loves Bears, Robots, Buttons, Boobs, Speaking in 3rd person and his
minnpost: Think you can balance the state budget? Give it a try Take the deficit into your own hands with the MinnPost state budget calculator. We found it surprisingly easy, though, admittedly, we weren’t aiming for realistic solutions. This turned out really cool. I spent some time with JavaScript to add some functionality to a