Sorry. I’m not all that good at gallows humor.
Anyhow, the local news is all about local news in the form of the AJC cutting staff and WXIA’s news director stepping down.
Me? I get all my information from the internets and the watercooler (an actual watercooler who bears a resemblance to Wall-E).
I rarely watch the TV version (save for the weather, how Atlantan of me) and I occassionally link/blog the paper version, though I prefer CL’s reportage and their blogs.
To write some big diatribe against the NY Sun’s Bloomberg’s piece on Atlanta transplants from New York would miss the point.
Are there things about Atlanta that pale in comparison to NYC? Absolutely.
Are they fundamentally different than some of the things my Midwestern parents complained about in 1988, the first full year we lived in Marietta. Not really.
Are you really surprised that there’s “culture shock” at work here? Certainly not.
My take: so long as we can agree on moving Atlanta forward toward some uniqe vision (ie NOT NYC-South) then I’m OK with any “progress” the displaced are willing to help affect.
Other than that, I really don’t care how they did it in New York. (Sorry for paraphrasing a bumper sticker).
I’m all for more water near downtown, but I think we’re too late (and too far south) for TVA assistance and the drought might but a cramp in our style.
This one’s being debated everywhere, but I got the meme from Lori, per usual.
Seen on a bumpersticker on the way to work this morning: “Put that anta back in Atlanta”.
Opposition to airport codes, a dig at ATL Open/Brand Atlanta or subtle race-baiting in the local music scene?
Maybe everyone is just down on The ATL?
Just doing my part to make sure folks know about some of the new & interesting blogs in the Atlanta local.
Happy Surfing!
From the makers of the bitingly funny Stuff White People Like comes the new blog Stuff Educated Black People Like which apparently includes Moving To Atlanta.
YMMV.
Full Disclosure: I am decidedly not an Educated Black Person but I am a White Person and the first blog is too-close-to-home accurate so I’m inferring the latter is as well.
Feel free to compare me to Geraldine Ferraro in the comments. ;-)
[h/t james]
You know since Jane & Ted divorced (and Ted’s been less involved with the Braves, CNN, TBS & AOL/Time Warner) we’ve really missed an Atlantan spouting off and saying something kooky on national television.
But then Jane Fonda was on the Today Show yesterday and gave the world of viral video this gift:
As one commenter suggested, “pimping” is apparently more offensive than “cunt”. I’ll leave that differentiation to you, gentle reader.
Seems there’s a site for folks who need their traffic delivered via tweets: Commuterfeed.
Here’s the Atlanta feed, which may or not be accurate and dependable.
I guess it’s incumbent on the local Twits who use Twitter to help the cause. YMMV.
Basically all you need to do to contribute is tweet this:
@commuter(SPACE) citycode(SPACE) incident, where citycode is our airport designation, ATL.
I figure this is reasonably interesting (I use Twitter) since james loves to blog Marta and a fair amount of folks chimed in on the Techwood drive closing.
We’d love to hear from you though. Do you use Twitter? Would you contribute or trust this information?
[Via Lifehacker]
Channel 46 News recently did a piece on how neighbors in my neighborhood, East Atlanta, are using technology to fight crime in the area. The report focused particularly on an online forum, www.eavbuzz.net, which the neighborhood uses to disseminate information on recent crimes in the area.
Of course, it didn’t mention that we also use “The Buzz” to keep up with where everyone will be for happy hour on Friday, or what bands are playing in our neighborhood that night, or just to have massive discussions on books, movies, tv, religion, and politics. It didn’t mention the huge way that the Buzz has made an impact by helping animal lovers find homes for the strays in our area, or helped new parents find other new parents, or the growing information contained on the site about services in the area, recommended plumbers and handymen, zoning and code violations, area schools, and community associations.
The Buzz is a pretty cool tool, and I have to admit I spend way too much time on the site, but I have also met some really cool neighbors through it, and I think I can speak for most of the people in the EAV when I say that it has brought a lot of people together into a more close-knit community, where people help one another, and work together to improve the community we live in.
Members of the Buzz who actually live in nearby neighborhoods, but not in East Atlanta Village proper, have requested that the Buzz creators expand the Buzz to include other intown Atlanta neighborhoods, so now those living in Grant Park and Reynoldstown, have their own sites, too. Ormewood Park and Unincorporated Dekalb residents are still under the umbrella of the East Atlanta site, but they have their own sub-boards for information specific only to their area.
If you live in any of the Southeast Atlanta neighborhoods, or just frequent their establishments, be sure to check out the sites; they are a great local network of information.
As we’re all pondering what become of last night’s snow flurries and how the Hell we can waste some more of the bosses time by looking at, er, researching on the internets, I give you The Library of Congress’ Flickr Photos! [LOC Blog] [Flickr Blog]
Lest I be accused of not being Atlanta-centric, check out these two photos from the over 3,000 non-copyrighted images the Library is hoping you help tag:
U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Ga. Jul. 1, 1911 (LOC)
Peace Monument, Atlanta (LOC)
If I were a more enterprising blogger, I’d have some links here to modern photos of these locales, but in keeping with the spirit of the LOC’s photos, I’ll ask that commenters provide the links. ;-)
Or, you could freak out about the lack of snow making you have to work. But I wouldn’t advise it.
Enjoy the photos!
