Author Archives: len

This is an amazing video of Fred Rogers testifying before Congress in support of the Public Broadcasting budget on May 1, 1969. He softens a very tough Rhode Island Senator whom I remember from my days in the Ocean State, … Continue reading →

Darlene has been busy on the other side of the condo since we returned to Denver from Cambridge. Today she finished two quilts with her trademark bright colors and zest. I love the mess of fabric and quilting paraphernalia in … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon two talented young podcasters this evening. Nicholas Montgomery is 12, and Daniel Brusilovsky is 14. Via Twitter, Nicholas invited me to appear on his live audio podcast tonight, but I arrived too late to have a speaking … Continue reading →

My mother is running out of Cylert, a drug manufactured by Abbott Laboratories until it was removed from the market by the FDA in October, 2005. Cylert, whose generic version is pemoline, was mainly prescribed for kids with attention deficit … Continue reading →

Last night Twitter warned us it would be “on the operating table” for 2.5 hours starting at midnight. So it should have been in the recovery room five hours ago. Instead, I’m getting the above message. I hope nothing went … Continue reading →

I met Mark Forman in a UStream chat room when I was experimenting with live video in April of this year, and since then we keep running into each other on the Internet, mainly via Twitter and Facebook. He included … Continue reading →

Yesterday I noticed in Deek Deekster‘s video blog from London that he greeted a guy working in the park with, “Hey, mate!” The friendly, British sound of it was in my mind when a few hours later I found myself … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } First Class, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. I’m approaching the END OF THE second leg of my three-train trip from … Continue reading →

The figure on the roof of a Hilton Hotel in Chicago is Hercules Randall, my avatar in Second Life, the virtual world that I’ve been avoiding serious involvement in. Until now. Under the pretext of preparing for a talk I’ll … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } @newmediajim & @LenEdgerly, originally uploaded by LenEdgerly. On the putting green at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine, I … Continue reading →