Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Elastic Living: Sliding Shelves Hide Modular Rooms
[ By Steph in Design& Furniture & Decor. ] Does maintaining a sizable amount of your living space for a single purpose that’s only required for a short period each day really make sense? What...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
6-11-2013Irish Loop. 48 minutes. 7 miles.Warm, nice. Relaxed and steady pace. Hamstring tight the last 2 miles. Otherwise felt good.
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: New politics of a new generation?
The editors of The Economist are delighted that young Brits seem to have political attitudes and values that agree with those of the editors. And Boris Johnson. Generation BorisA GROUP of 17- and...
View ArticleAlison Sommer '05: Why aren't there more women at the table?
It's pretty well known that women aren't as empowered in the workplace as men. It's not just that women are paid less for equal work, or the fact that we even have discussions still about how female...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: GoGo & Multiplo: Modular Building Blocks for Kids & Adults
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Furniture & Decor. ] Two very similar designs with somewhat different audiences, Multiplo emphasizes their kit-of-parts approach as a means toward making...
View ArticlePeter Gelman '86: Helping Me
My writing routine changed recently when my chief office assistant fell sick. Although screened for Feline Leukemia, it turned out Phineas had it from birth. As the vile retrovirus switched from latent...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Like Chinua Achebe Said: Things Fall Apart (In Denver)
Mat Lysonski is a disgruntled Denver Nuggets fan living in Southern California. This is his first contribution to The Diss.There are things you care about that are out of your control. I can see how a...
View ArticleMicah Koller '12: PC180490 by micahhhhhhh
PC180490, a photo by micahhhhhhh on Flickr.It gets wider!Click to see more
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Far out
Another space station Shenzhou-10: China launches next manned space missionThree astronauts blasted away from the Jiuquan base in Inner Mongolia on a Long March 2F rocket at 17:38 Beijing time (09:38...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: David Speaks.
This is an interview for our “Let the People Speak” series. We will be conducting short interviews with an array of people—writers, fans, arena employees, our friends, a random guy on the street, your...
View ArticleMicah Koller '12: P2060791 by micahhhhhhh
P2060791, a photo by micahhhhhhh on Flickr.Mashramani is an annual festival that celebrates Guyana becoming a Republic in 1970. Held on February 23 – Guyanese Republic Day – it includes a parade,...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Hans Rosling needs teachers
If you've seen Gapminder, you know how great it is for creating teaching tools. We need teachers!We are inviting teachers from all around the world to help develop our new project "Gapminder School"....
View ArticleMicah Koller '12: P4011048 by micahhhhhhh
P4011048, a photo by micahhhhhhh on Flickr.On the road to LethemClick on any picture to see more photos and videos
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: The Red Menace: 15 Vintage Anti-Communist Ads & Propaganda
[ By Steph in Design& Graphics & Branding. ] Look out – communists are infiltrating the country with nefarious plans to sterilize our men, steal our women and convert children! Dramatic and...
View ArticleMicah Koller '12: micahhhhhhh
PC170408 a video by micahhhhhhh on Flickr.Taking the bus from Bartica out toward Three Miles School.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Floating Egg-Shaped Office is a Self-Sustaining Work Space
[ By Steph in Architecture& Offices & Commercial. ] A highly unusual houseboat bobs on the surface of the River Beaulieu in Hampshire, UK. ‘Exbury Egg‘ is a floating, mobile live-in laboratory...
View ArticleAmy Elson '10: Congrats Grads!
"When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works." -Hannibal Buress"When I was 5 years old my mother...
View ArticleMicah Koller '12: P3210864 by micahhhhhhh
P3210864, a photo by micahhhhhhh on Flickr.Outside my apartment window.Click on picture to see more
View ArticleBenjamin Lenzner: happy birthday momma!
happy birthday mom, wherever you might be on this beautiful june 13th.it's been a long time since i wrote or said out loud mom or momma or the sometimes heard round the brooklyn thanksgiving table......
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: The Possibilities Aren’t Endless
I feel compelled to comment on the latest massacre of NBA coaches, simply because this particular culling seemed vicious and, in some cases, senseless. All told, 13 coaches lost their jobs in 13...
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