Archive for January, 2007

Iran Has the Economy of Alabama

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this, but it it is pretty fascinating. I’ve always heard that if taken by itself California would be like the 5th or 6th biggest economy in the world. This map makes comparisons with all US states. The map and the pie chart below it just […]

Legos That Build Themselves! The End is Nigh!

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3AcPEPbH0&NR

Tales From the NYRA Office, Episode 1

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Yesterday I went into our office for the first time. We rent a room inside the office of Common Cause on the 9th floor of 1133 19th St, NW in downtown Washington, DC. Right by the Farragut North metro stop. We are just over a block from the famous K Street where […]

A Place of Our Own

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

For those who don’t know, NYRA, for the first real time in its history has an official office. Last year we spent a few months sharing some space with Fairvote but we were on borrowed time and the office was never truly ours. But now with our new grant NYRA has at long […]