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I would just like to point out that before he went to Toledo yesterday, McCain was campaigning in Westerville, Ohio, where he reportedly said he was campaigning “on behalf of Joe the Plumber and Rose the Teacher and Phil the Bricklayer and Wendy the Waitress.” Here’s the thing, dudes. Westerville? My grampa used to live [...]

I am spending much of today writing postcards to people, which is awesome. My day of going out-and-about and doing things is rapidly turning into a stay-at-home and drink coffee sort of day, though, which is just fine. My friends never understand why I enjoy spending so much time at home. But hey, my home [...]

Why, it must be the night for Davis is Burning, the (19th!) annual drag show, put on by the oh-so-sexy (and impressively well-dressed tonight) members of Delta Lambda Phi. The tagline this year: tuck it, tape it, stuff it honey! Sometimes I really love this little town (and the university in it). This would be [...]

People from libraries, Wikimedia, Creative Commons, and Students for Free Culture team up to give a shoutout to open access in honor of Open Access Day on a recent brilliantly sunny Saturday in Berkeley, CA: OA Day shoutouts from the Students for Free Culture conference from Open Access Videos on Vimeo. The first clip is [...]

Best. Mail. Day. Ever! Not only did I finally receive my long-lost author copies (which are shrink-wrapped!) from the kind neighbor who picked them up a while back, I also got *another* box of books from the publisher, so I have tons of copies now. I *also* got a big box of Wikipedia shwag for [...]

I am preparing for the Students for Free Culture Conference in Berkeley this weekend. I’ll be running the Wikimedia booth & helping with tabling for the UC Libraries. I am super excited about it, not just because many of my favorite people are coming into town, but the talks look great, and this is a [...]

I am trying to post more here: http://identi.ca/phoebe without going all crazy. I did get it to feed through twitter & facebook, though.