Archive for October, 2008

Our Widget Made TechCrunch!

October 31st, 2008

[We stole the cheezy headline from Zvi Band - Ok the Headline "Look Mom...I'm on TechCrunch" was an embarrassing move for Zvi so I'll change it! - "@skeevis that headline was one of my more embarrassing moves ever"
Our amazing yet simple McCain/Palin '08 widget made TechCrunch yesterday.  Thanks to Justin [Clearspring Employee] for pointing that [...]


Veterans History Project [John McCain]

October 30th, 2008

A quick search this morning for John McCain at the Library of Congress website bought up a page on one of my favorite projects at the Library, the Veterans History Project.  The Veterans History Project consists of interviews  from veterans including biography’s and photos that are posted online so that their story and history can [...]


Meet the Real John McCain

October 30th, 2008

This is the real McCain!
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1916 World Series [Red Sox Vs. Brooklyn Robins]

October 28th, 2008

Umpires Ernie Quigley, Tom Connelly, Hank O’Day, Bill Dinneen at 1916 World Series
With the World Series only one game away from a potential winner I decided to go search through the Prints and Photographs collection from the Library of Congress for some old World Series photos.  This one shows umpires in the 1916 [...]


2nd Annual BarCampDC [Review]

October 27th, 2008

Wow it has been one week since the second annual BarCampDC.  The camp was a total success and couldn’t have been done without our friends at CDIA who generously let us use their space!  We also can’t forget all the great talks and discussions that were held and everyone you attended.  We estimated that we [...]