Tag Archive "washington-dc"

Saturday this and that

Here’s a short list of four great and interesting things from the inbox. PAPERGIRL PROJECT GIVES AWAY ART IN NEW YORK CITY This one is close to my heart since it’s an art giveaway. PaperGirl out of Berlin organizes giveaways of real art to complete strangers on the streets of a busy city. PaperGirl is now in New York state — they did a project in Albany and they’re organizing for a fall event in New York city.  If you want to participate, PaperGirl NYC is looking for submissions of your real art (due Aug 1) — art can be any ... More » »

Mall rat report–trip to Washington D.C.

Sunny and in the 70s, it felt like summer in Washington, D.C. when Steve and I were there Oct 10-12 strolling the Mall, checking out the museums, seeing a play, eating at the eateries and packing into the Metro to get around. I’ve got many many photos at flickr and will here just mention a few high points of the trip. Steve’s slide, Everyone is descended from a loser,….showing feasible individuals with infeasible ancestors. Steve was giving a talk at Informs‘ annual meeting and amid the slides with their talk of genetic algorithms (GA’s) and infeasible and feasible offspring of ... More » »