voice of bainbridge

Diesel pollution in Puget Sound

How much Diesel pollution (including from the ferries) is there in our air?
A recent report from EcoTalk makes me wonder.

And now the vlogs and vlogging

This in San Antonio. Soon/already here?

Two more local blogs

One by Jennifer Louden and one for the BIAHC (both indicated by Julie).

Podcast at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is in New York but what about podcasts for the Bainbridge Historical Museum? One year ago my proposal to digitally record interviews was refused. What about today?

What did Chief Seattle say?

The Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau is sending a message that includes a brief info about Chief Seattle but no link to his famous speech. A text worth reading and re-reading.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I hate to disappoint Harry's fans but I don't think the just released movie is the wonderful item so many critics say it is. It is not. It is even pretty weak: I have found the script incoherent, starting one story then dropping it and doing it repeatedly. Plenty of dead ends, scenes that don't make sense. Of course there are still plenty of special effects, dragons and else but so what? They don't serve a strong story. Everything seems diluted, a light version of what would be the real stuff, a clumsy concoction with the apparent ingredients but not the right dosage or combination. At the end it looks like magic but it does not feel magical. I very much preferred the previous films and frankly I am not recommending this one.

The redesigned city website

The city website has been "redesigned". Is it better now?
I don't think so. The changes appear (to me) mostly cosmetic: there is no real improvement about the way the city and our elected officials communicate with the rest of us.
The blog revolution is still totally ignored and there is no attempt -yet- to use digital audio or for that matter video.
The buzz is not noted among the "local newspapers", meaning the most modern interned based source of information is ignored. There is no reference to any local blog.
My conclusion: the same old wine in a somehow new presentation. I don't dare asking if there has been a price tag for this "redesign" or if it is was home made by the city permanent IT team of 6?

Back from France

Veteran's Day. It is pouring. I just discovered the Van Voorhis Family Blog with a few nice spring pictures from Paris and Versailles :)
Memories of people in my family who fought during the first world war. Henri who died in 1915. His sons Marcel and René (they survived). Marcel who headed the air force of the 4th French army. Another world.