http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/ Disemboguements and fluvia. en-us 2006-09-25T12:22:15-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000526.html "O" from the Angry Drunk Bureaucrat blog points out the opportunities for green economic development in the city. As you can see from my comments I have a problem with the centralized model of going green. I think we can... mastr 2006-09-25T12:22:15-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000529.html New arrival to the Pittsburgh blogging scene, Pinky, recently posted about a visit by literary critic/lawyer Stanley Fish. An interesting write up, and it made me think about things that I barely understand, especially literary criticism. I also thought about... Off the Desktop mastr 2006-09-20T12:05:22-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000528.html Recently I got a chance to visit Greg Karkowsky and see his wonderful work. The following is a video of his skeleton lounge.... Making Things mastr 2006-09-19T12:36:41-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000525.html Fellow Pittsburgh blogger, Rob of Unspace asks "What's Your Morning Coffee Cup Like?" I can't resist answering because I have such a great mug, and I love coffee. My oldest son used to go to City Charter High. Consequently, he... My Life mastr 2006-09-10T16:01:48-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000524.html If this blogger links to it, and this blogger links to it, heck, it's got to be a good idea. I'll be there. And Liz will be a panelist. I always go to these things planning to keep quiet and... Good Stuff mastr 2006-09-06T19:36:33-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000523.html Pop City just published a story I wrote on local brewers. Scott Smith and Tom Pastorius are very admirable fellows who pursued and attained the dream of owning a brewery. Here's to dreamers!... Off the Desktop mastr 2006-09-06T06:58:15-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000521.html The viral plague of joy, that is. This past Friday I heard an interview with Peter Mulvey on NPR. He talked about those wonderful epiphanic moments when you know your alive. That they happen every day. For instance, that day... Good Stuff mastr 2006-08-27T08:52:07-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000520.html If you are an undergraduate, or know an undergraduate, Sarah Rich points out an interesting EPA competition in World Changing. Details can be found at People, Prosperity, and the Planet.... Good Stuff mastr 2006-08-26T10:58:09-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000519.html At least when it's the company's internet you're using, according to some subjects in an NPR story. NPR does a great job of explaining the governor of Kentucky's new policy on internet use for employees, and illuminates some of the... mastr 2006-08-24T14:32:56-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000518.html The only goods for him are "good states of mind" . . . -- Van Wyck Brooks on Lewis Mumford, from The Writer in America... Good Stuff mastr 2006-08-18T10:21:56-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000517.html We visited the town of Essex yesterday, stopping at an antique store, a book store, and by the Essex marsh. These are some notes I took at the antique store. I'm fascinated by stereoscopes, and the one that I... mastr 2006-08-17T11:09:15-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000516.html Just some things I've seen in the NY Times in the last week: An op-ed on BP. The writer is elated that a corporation is willing to talk the talk, but is disappointed that they are not willing to walk... Good Stuff mastr 2006-08-15T11:40:28-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000515.html I'm reading Stewart Brand's The Media Lab, a great antidote to lots of current futurology numbers. I didn't make it through Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near mostly because it seemed so breathless and made me feel as if I... Communities and Technology mastr 2006-07-28T13:21:40-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000514.html Esteemed Post-Gazette columnist, writing coach, and all-around genial guy Peter Leo gets a bee in his bonnet about bottled water. I really haven't read a scathing Peter Leo column, but this one is close as they come. Water is heavy.... mastr 2006-07-25T08:46:53-05:00 http://markstroup.com/smallstreams/archives/000513.html I think the general public has become inured to, perhaps bored of, genetic engineering. Maybe we're thinking that we've been doing genetic engineering for years, still don't see the apocalypse on the horizon, so it must not be affecting us.... Communities and Technology mastr 2006-07-21T08:36:43-05:00