• I won’t be going vegan until bacon starts growing on trees but this infoviz on slaughter rates is wild: http://bit.ly/HhNJF (via bittman)


  • Looking for a sysadmin in Monmouth County to handle networking/servers for a 40 person shop. Salary or hourly. Email sjwillis@willisbros.net


  • NPR’s Speaking of Faith this week was fantastic! John Kabat-Zinn on Mindfulness. First 30mins are def. worth a listen: http://bit.ly/NINxC


  • Is anyone from Red Bank planning on going to the NJ Connect meetup tonight? http://bit.ly/Is716 It’d be cooler if it wasn’t at Red.


  • Hastening the demise of community newspapers?

    Hastening the demise of community newspapers?


  • PBS Brings Bugs, Presidents and Soufflés to the Web – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com

    PBS Brings Bugs, Presidents and Soufflés to the Web – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com


  • David Prown and I are speaking at RBMS on Friday. Need some advice on explaining social capital and civic engagement to 4th graders. Help!!


  • Congrats to my neighbors Carrie and Ann who both held on to their seats in yesterday’s School Board Election, I’m proud to be your neighbor.


  • Thx everyone for voting info! Kel and I voted a few minutes ago. We were #38 & 39 at our polling place.


  • Does anyone know where I can find out where my polling place is for today’s Red Bank School Board Election? @redbankgreenman ? any links?


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