Saturday, September 17, 2005

Richard Lane is on his way to Louisiana to help relief workers cope with a serious post-Katrina problem: the mosquitos that are making Gulf Coast relief work more difficult and even potentially dangerous. Mosquitos like standing water and warm weather, but they don't like Buzz Off. Lane is the president of Greensboro-based Buzz Off Insect Shield LLC, which makes mosquito-repellant clothing. He and Buzz Off CEO Haynes Griffin decided to donate 10,000 items of treated clothing after hearing that relief workers were getting chewed up by the pests. Manufacturers donated shirts, hats, netting, and other items, Buzz Off treated them to make them bug-unfriendly, and Lane took off this morning for Hammond, LA with a planeload of gear. Nice work by a local company to make relief work safer and more comfortable. 11:15:13 AM   permalink   comment []

Cunning Realist: "Despite the constant media hype about Chinese demand, last week Morgan Stanley analyst Andy Xie noted that oil's demand-supply relationship has not changed this year---but oil prices are up about 70%."  A long, interesting post about oil and the economy. 10:27:12 AM   permalink   comment []

Ana Mendieta Untitled (photograph of silueta with gunpowder) 1978 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro 10:03:15 AM   permalink   comment []

Take that, Angela Davis. 8:47:26 AM   permalink   comment []

Ruby Sinreich posts about her online advocacy session at the Converge blogcon. 8:43:58 AM   permalink   comment []

Dan Gillmor picks up on Friedman's trains-run-on-time view of Singapore. Gillmor: "The regime has always been a harsh censor of the media, which in general has served more as lapdog than watchdog." 8:41:50 AM   permalink   comment []

At-large City Council candidates forum sponsored by bloggers at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Sept 27 -- get your questions for the candidates in by tomorrow night. Details here. 7:59:48 AM   permalink   comment []