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2013-03-31 21:27:46 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

A profile of me for Digital Journal.

2012-10-15 17:27:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I've also created a FB page for my upcoming book. Hope you like it, as it were.

2012-10-15 17:27:01 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Proud to announce the name of my upcoming book:

Distant Witness: Social Media, the Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution

Here's the cover art. Will let you know when it'll be available for pre-order.

2012-02-27 10:03:09 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 6 +1s)

I got to spend a lot of time hanging out in the local hip-hop scene in Benghazi, Libya last week. Here's a recording I made of rapper Malik L showing a rhyme he's been working on. It'll be his first that's both in English and Arabic.

2012-02-26 10:46:05 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

Video I recorded in Misurata, Libya a few days ago.

2012-02-26 09:26:38 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Life goes on in Misurata: a bridal store operates in a building that was almost destroyed in the Libyan revolution.

2012-02-11 01:53:24 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

+Josh Shahryar insists that I work with a team of ninja pirate monkeys to tweet so much. Now we have proof.

2012-01-10 01:23:03 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 39 +1s)

I just purchased one share of the Green Bay Packers, the only nonprofit NFL team. So yes, that makes me an NFL owner.

2012-01-08 01:30:22 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

State Dept statement on recent violence in #Bahrain, including attack on @nabeelrajab:

The United States is deeply concerned by continuing incidents of violence in Bahrain between police and demonstrators. Officials from the United States Embassy in Manama met today with human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who was injured during a demonstration on Friday; they also spoke with senior Bahraini government officials regarding the incident. While the facts surrounding the violence that transpired remain in dispute, we strongly urge the Government of Bahrain to undertake a full investigation to determine if excessive force was employed by police. In general we urge all demonstrators to refrain from acts of violence and for police and security forces also to avoid excessive use of force.

2011-12-31 16:37:44 (37 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

If you could summarize 2011 in one word, what would it be?

2011-12-31 16:19:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Stuff I've tweeted on New Year's Eve over the last four years:

2007

Vlog flashback - way back: my grandparents' wedding, 1938, in color.
http://www.andycarvin.com/?p=1618

UK's Channel 4: Citizen journalist's video of Bhutto assassination contradicts official govt version of her death: http://tinyurl.com/3ao2ou

Taking Kayleigh to the park I used in Indialantic when I was a kid.

Lunch, then off to see Sweeney Todd - mom and dad will watch over Kayleigh so we can go to the movies.

On the way to the theatre we passed Broadband Road. I'm not kidding. Thank you, Space Coast.

2008

Watching Bruce Dickenson of Iron Maiden giggle like a schoolgirl as he drives a Soviet T-34 tank. Interesting hobbies that man has.

Eye doc put drops in my eyes that's turning my computer screen a purplish... more »

2011-12-13 17:19:34 (7 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

And here's a list of the top 20 people I've mentioned on Twitter related to the Arab Spring, including how many times I mentioned them and their area of focus.

@sultanalqassemi 654 the whole region
@blakehounshell 491 the whole region
@angryarabiya 459 Bahrain
@changeinlibya 433 Libya
@shabablibya 424 Libya
@leshaque 402 Syria
@egyptocracy 386 Egypt
@monaeltahawy 327 Egypt
@iyadelbaghdadi 320 Libya
@tripolitanian 319 Libya
@gsquare86 307 Egypt
@monasosh 306 Egypt
@weddady 290 the whole region
@mosaaberizing 290 Egypt
@3arabawy 281 Egypt
@ahmed 280 the whole region
@evanchill 261 the whole region
@baghdadbrian 261 Libya
@alguneid 255 Yemen
@ruwaydamustafah 250 the whole region

2011-12-13 16:55:12 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Wondering which hashtags I've used on Twitter the most since the start of the Arab Spring? Here are the top 10, and the number of times they appeared in my tweets.

1 #libya 3,189
2 #jan25 2,462
3 #egypt 1,735
4 #syria 1,716
5 #bahrain 1,283
6 #tahrir 1,229
7 #yemen 992
8 #feb17 718
9 #tripoli 595
10 #gaddafi 544

2011-12-12 19:11:58 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

I'm working on a transcript of Mo Nabbous' final livestream, during which he was killed. I've managed to transcribe most of the English sections; if you speak Arabic I'd appreciate some help on the other sections. Please include the timecode for whichever sections you translate. Thanks!

http://livestre.am/FpG8

(Arabic)

Hello everybody, check check check, if you can hearme. Right now we are attacked in Benghazi from everywhere. A plane has crashed right now, near the area of the university in Gharyounis, near the area of Gharyounis,and right now I’m behind on, on, on, on a pickup, I’m talking to a guy about what I know. He has 12 and a half (garbled) and on the back of his car. We are trying to go here from Benghazi to go do something. (machine gun fire) (Arabic; I can only make out imshee andyalla ya shabab.)

We have bombs right here infro... more »

2011-11-18 20:03:58 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 10 +1s)

2011-11-14 20:54:41 (2 comments, 15 reshares, 29 +1s)

If you use Safari or Chrome, please check out our experimental "Infinite Player." It's a continuous stream of NPR audio that selects new stories for you based on what you like or don't like.

2011-11-14 19:41:02 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

This.

2011-11-13 20:18:50 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Took this pic of Greenland while flying back to the US last week. Look closely and you can see icebergs in the water.

2011-11-07 21:26:15 (15 comments, 7 reshares, 15 +1s)

Setting up NPR's G+ page. Yes, it probably needs a cooler tag line.

2011-11-07 20:28:25 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Wah wah.

2011-11-03 14:56:10 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

My wife emailed to say that my three-year-old son is running around the house wearing a pirate hat, yelling "I'm the Tickle Pirate! I'm going to tickle you!" Hope she gets some video; I hate missing moments like this because of business travel.

2011-10-31 08:21:13 (19 comments, 2 reshares, 33 +1s)

Things we had for dinner last night:

hummos
tabouleh
babaganoush
fattoush
Labne
olives
zaatar
shanklish
pickles
kofte
chicken kabob
shish kabob
kibbeh (cooked)
raw kibbeh
borek
pita
Ksara red wine
chicken wings with olive oil and garlic
bananas
apples
grapes
tahini chocolate sauce
apple shisha

2011-10-31 08:16:56 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

The campus of AUB, the American University in Beirut.

2011-10-31 08:15:35 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

Beirut, city of contrasts.

2011-10-29 08:03:09 (1 comments, 19 reshares, 35 +1s)

"Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world. Our hearing extends to a small distance. Our sight is impeded by intervening bodies and shadows. To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions. We must transmit our intelligence, travel, transport the materials and transfer the energies necessary for our existence.

"Following this thought we now realize, forcibly enough to dispense with argument, that of all other conquests of man, without exception, that which is most desirable, which would be most helpful in the establishment of universal peaceful relations is — the complete ANNIHILATION OF DISTANCE."

-Nikola Tesla, 1905

2011-10-29 06:50:48 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Things I saw while walking to the campus of American University in Beirut this morning (four blocks):

Four cats
An adoption sign for a dog, written in English
Cedar saplings
Cigarette butts
A Hezbullah flag - the only one I've seen in the neighborhood
Graffiti: "I'll call you a cab if you're drunk"
Graffiti: "Free Syria"
Graffiti: "Chaos," with an A for anarchy
Ripped posters advertising wireless Internet access
Posters of Dracula and Frankenstein advertising Halloween happy hours
Several dozen jars of Nutella at crepe stands
College students wearing ironic t-shirts
Fewer taxis than usual
Three banks
A Sbarro restaurant
A beautiful view of the Mediterranean; choppy seas.

2011-10-27 17:45:42 (8 comments, 13 reshares, 38 +1s)

Things I've noticed during my first 48 hours in Beirut:

Western coffee chains are everywhere – Starbucks, Costa, Caribou.

None of them seem to offer milk. Drink your coffee black and deal with it. Sugar is a whole other matter.

Any building older than 15 years has bullet holes in it.

It's very laid back, almost in an LA sort of way.

Speaking of which, American University of Beirut looks like the USC campus, if it were on a slope facing the ocean.

Unlike the former location of the Berlin Wall, there doesn't seem to be any memorial along the Green Line, which divided opposing sides during the civil war.

For every woman wearing a headscarf, I probably see at least 10 others who don't.

There seems to be a higher per-capita incidence of breast augmentation surgery than other cities I've visited.
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2011-10-25 13:06:21 (27 comments, 9 reshares, 60 +1s)

So I'm getting my visa at Beirut's airport this afternoon and the immigration officer says, "I need to ask you a question."

"Okay," I said.

"Please spell obvious."

"Excuse me?" I replied.

"Perhaps I did not ask correctly; spell obvious, please."

"You mean O B V I O U S?"

"Yes," he continued. "Now please pronounce it."

"Obvious."

"So it is OB-vi-ous and not ob-VI-ous in English?"

"Yes."

"Okay, you may go now. Welcome to Lebanon."

2011-10-16 01:41:26 (28 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Just made an epicly bad batch of fudge - 10 lbs worth. Retracing my steps to figure out what the hell went wrong.

2011-10-15 00:16:18 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 6 +1s)

2011-10-14 14:31:50 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 4 +1s)

Tweet from a Syrian after he was shot. Wounds aren't life threatening, but he can't get treatment, as police arrest protesters who go to hospitals.

2011-10-14 11:27:44 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 32 +1s)

"I'm a ninja AND a samurai!"

- Sean, my three-year-old, running up to me while I finish breakfast.

2011-10-14 11:24:01 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 36 +1s)

happy (birth)
day:e.e. cummings

2011-10-13 17:58:05 (10 comments, 22 reshares, 16 +1s)

2011-10-13 14:01:47 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

My latest CNN.com post. Mobile digital omnivore? Guilty as charged....

2011-10-13 12:51:10 (22 comments, 11 reshares, 25 +1s)

File this under Awesome: The Girl Scouts Of America now officially love geeks and makers. They're offering new badges for digital movie making and product design, among others.

2011-10-12 17:47:32 (10 comments, 52 reshares, 28 +1s)

This is just hysterical.

2011-10-12 14:10:46 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

This NPR story about the children of immigrants helping their parents navigate the complexities of the Internet struck me as really interesting, because it brings us full circle to where the discussion of digital natives and digital immigrants began.

At an education technology conference in 1995, I remember seeing a talk by Han Hua Chang, who at the time was a researcher at the Center for Children and Technology. He noted that we were just beginning to see online a replay of the "inverse power relationship" long observed in immigrant families when it comes to language fluency. The parents of a household, who may not speak English well, had to rely on their children for navigating day-to-day matters that require language proficiency. As the Internet was still new in '95, Han Hua observed that a similar pattern was beginning to happen online, where children were adapting quickly to... more »

2011-10-09 00:29:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

2011-10-09 01:28:52 (14 comments, 3 reshares, 45 +1s)

2011-10-09 00:22:32 (13 comments, 3 reshares, 39 +1s)

A boy and his dog.

2011-10-07 11:50:55 (1 comments, 12 reshares, 17 +1s)

Our August profile of journalist and democracy activist Tawakkol Karman, who's sharing the Nobel Peace Prize announced today.

2011-10-07 02:39:26 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 4 +1s)

I take a crack at handicapping the Nobel Peace Prize, working under the assumption they might decide to honor the Arab Spring. Anyone you'd add or remove from the list?

2011-10-06 13:11:36 (6 comments, 47 reshares, 50 +1s)

When Steve Jobs arrives in heaven....

2011-10-06 13:00:49 (3 comments, 23 reshares, 40 +1s)

2011-10-06 12:40:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

Tomas Transtromer: More than meets the eye.
The Swedish poet won the Nobel Prize for literature today.

2011-10-05 23:52:21 (1 comments, 14 reshares, 12 +1s)

2011-10-02 21:43:44 (9 comments, 5 reshares, 7 +1s)

2011-10-01 02:52:13 (5 comments, 11 reshares, 20 +1s)

WARNING: If you don't like geeky things, you might want to ignore me all day tomorrow, since I'm going to be shooting video and photos at the long-running Brickcon - a convention for Adult Fans of LEGO. I'll see things like this: a seven-foot tall replica of Saruman's Tower at Isengard during the Last March of the Ents. And if you have no idea what any of this is, then I question why you're following me at all?!

http://brickcon.org/

Click through to see the full gallery. It's a breathtaking creation:

2011-10-01 02:02:13 (13 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Our new newfie, Brady.