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{ Monday, February 27, 2006 }

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LINK | 3:33 PM | TB

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I worked with Amy at MIT for a couple of years. She is truly a force of nature. The project that we worked on was a solar powered water purification system. I also helped her teach a course on low-tech design for dev countries. Amazing what can be done with just a few hundred dollars.

Kakul | February 28, 2006 9:26 AM

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Public yellow bikes are no longer available in Portland. I heard that they were too frequently run off with and that the muni budget couldn't cover the bleed. Shame.

Marcus | February 28, 2006 2:00 PM

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If I remember correctly, it was billed more as an ongoing art project or social experiment, than as an official (and funded) program.

More pertinently, they only bought a hundred yellow bikes, with no maintenance or replacement budget. I don't remember there even being any accountability for reinflating the tires; the city just released their new-fledged bicycles into the wild, and no-one seemed particularly amazed that they all got eaten.

George | February 28, 2006 2:41 PM

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Wow. You're on!

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2006-02-27-flickr_x.htm

Sanat Gersappa | February 28, 2006 10:09 PM

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Thanks for linking to my site! From the traffic, I found your site... and now I know who you are! Wow... co-founder of Flickr!

Burbed | March 1, 2006 3:08 PM

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I must say, I prefer my coffee "bitter," or more precisely without sugar. I agree that the majority of coffee out there is unpalatable, especially the dunkin doughnuts and gas station variety. I hate to admit it, but I actually frequent Starbucks.

Buttercup | March 2, 2006 2:03 PM

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The yellow bikes in Portland didn't last long. None of the free bicycle projects anywhere have ever lasted very long. There's an important truth in there about private property and human nature.

CJ | March 4, 2006 11:22 PM

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@CJ: Not true. Copenhagen, Denmark has had free-to-use bikes for a decade and they keep coming back every summer. They are advertising sponsored. It's a special make (heavy frame, solid rubber tires, no gears) that's clunky enough that they're not worth stealing but good enough that they'll get around inner city Copenhagen with ease.

Claus | March 5, 2006 7:14 AM

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The Turkish saying is "Coffee should be as black as hell, as strong as death, and as sweet as love."

Martin | March 8, 2006 9:04 AM

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I have tried 2 orders of Coffee Fool in the past 3 months and I am now ruined. When I drink my Starbucks I sit there wishing it was a cup a fool.

Tony | March 9, 2006 9:38 AM

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Victoria had a blue bike program for a while in the late 90's. they slowly disappeared, we know not where.
(maybe to the same place as your christian bok interview? *coughs* sorry ;)

nick | March 18, 2006 10:52 PM

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