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Via Journal of Election Madness: Yushchenko’s Inauguration

As far as the number of people there, it beat New Years hands down. There were people everywhere. They went up the hill, down the street, up behind everything, out into European Square, and more. For safety reasons no one was allowed on the bridge we saw Tymoshenko from in late November, so some people had clambered out on the support beams under the bridge. It did Lesya and my hearts’ good to see the excitement level so high for what is essentially a formality, and one that is rarely even presented to the public, let alone presented to an uncountable mass of the public.

It also did us good to see a bunch of younger Ukrainians with us clambering and slipping on their way up icy slopes and through back alleys to try to get to a speech that all of us must have known we’d already missed.

Read the post for more on Yushchenko’s speech. This is an exciting time for the people of Ukraine!

I’m on the horn on Skype (a voice-over-ip softphone) with Robert Kloosterhuis from the Netherlands. Robert is one of the participants in Kevin Devin’s Tech Chat podcast, which I listen to religiously, so it’s cool to get to know him a bit better.

Discover what’s important, make it happen, share your progress. Find your 43 things.

Oh brother, something new to waste my time.

43 Things is a site that lets you post things you want to do, and tell others things you’ve done, and if they were worth doing. Sounds silly, but it’s oddly addictive.

Pete at Rasterweb posted several things he does NOT want to do (43 Crazy Things), and wondered if anyone would do them. Sadly, I’ve already done 2 of them, including getting shot in the leg and totaling my car. Geez.

UPDATE: I’ve added a pic to the “total my car” entry. Thanks Mom!

A couple of us are going to Edward Tufte’s one-day course at the end of this month - I am seriously excited about this. Part of the swag is three of Tufte’s books. W00t!

I have 40 Gmail invites to give out. Send me an email at steveivy@gmail.com with a couple of lines saying why you want a Gmail account. Now with POP tastiness!

Update: All gone! Thanks for playing!