Comments for Re/Creating Tampa

Comment on Know Your Meme: Auto-Tune by Matt Stevens

Matt Stevens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:21:26 +0000

Great – love comedy auto tune plus weird al

Comment on Holiday Cooking Classes by Fine Food

Fine Food — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:02:56 +0000

thanks for that

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Ryan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:24:12 +0000

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Comment on How to Increase Voting by dave

dave — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:33:15 +0000

Maribel, you’re exactly right. And given the wonderful Cuban and Spanish culture and history we have here in Tampa, and in Florida, it should be automatic that civic education is provided in Spanish as well as English.

Comment on How to Increase Voting by Maribel Tapia

Maribel Tapia — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:23 +0000

I also recommend that if the town if heavely SPANISH SPEAKING, they should have somebody to translate and educate the community about voting and the people who are you voting for.

Comment on Maker Culture by dave

dave — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:49:09 +0000

Thanks, Charles. The 100,000 Garages project points to several fabbers in the Florida area (though none in the Tampa area). Someday I might have to take a road trip and see how something like that actually works.

I bumped into one of the folks who put on the TEDxTampaBay event and told her about this post. I think I put it into her brain that west central Florida might be ready for a Makers Faire.

If you come across any maker-related stuff, or have some suggestions about maker culture items I should post, please, send them along!

Comment on Maker Culture by Charles

Charles — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:27 +0000

Dave,
I really enjoyed this. It’s funny because as I was reading it, I thought about the 100,000 garages program and then you blogged about it a few days later. I love the idea of using rapid prototyping technology for custom furniture and solving problems. Maybe I could pay for it with all those little trips to Home Depot for a certain sized screw or bolt. One of my favorite furniture pieces is the “bird bone” coffee table. It is a beautiful piece using 3D models and calculations from nature.
Thanks for the great post.
-Charles

Comment on The Intimacy of the Refrigerator by Charles

Charles — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:42:16 +0000

Thanks Dave, I enjoyed that! I’ve always found New Yorkers to be surprisingly helpful.

Comment on The Intimacy of the Refrigerator by dave

dave — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:59:07 +0000

Thanks Charles, I’ll check that out. Have you seen this video about getting strangers to carry this fellow across NYC?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi4ClspNrNs

“Comedian Mark Malkoff sets out to disprove the myth that New York is unfriendly by attempting to transport himself from the southern most end of Manhattan as far north possible only by having people on the street physically carry him along the way.”

Comment on The Intimacy of the Refrigerator by Charles

Charles — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:34:37 +0000

All this fridge talk reminded me of a somewhat intriguing study a comedian did in Ireland chronicled in a book called Round Ireland with a Fridge. It’s pretty funny, but also insightful as he attempted to see if people would give him a ride even if he was rolling a small “minibar” sized fridge as his companion. It was a testament to the curiosity and kindness of the Irish people but also pretty hilarious. Anyway, thanks for the story and getting me thinking about what’s in my fridge – no flags, but lots of white wine I can’t seem to toss from guests that don’t know we don’t drink white wine…