Who knew FedEx and UPS planes crashed so often? (Blame the intronetz for making this too easy to discover.)

UPS plane catches on fire, lands in Philadelphia (2006). Apparently the source of the fire remains a mystery, as with a few other UPS fires.
FedEx planes have crashed and burned in Tallahassee (2002) and Memphis (2006). In [...]

Posted April 3, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Politics & Controversy. Tags: air safety, Airline, crash, FedEx, fire, safety, UPS. Be the first one.

NPR : Back to School: Reading, Writing and Internet Safety
As students return to school in Virginia, there’s something new in their curriculum. Virginia is the first state to require public schools to teach Internet safety.

Posted November 6, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy, Technology. Tags: children, education, facebook, internet, myspace, public schools, safety, social software. Be the first one.

I’ve been sitting on this story since October, hoping I’d be able to get to the show, but It’s increasingly clear that I’m not getting to NYC for a while. So, anyway…
MoMA is showing SAFE: Design Takes On Risk
Wired Magazine described it:
Just in time for the wave of catastrophes plaguing our fragile planet, some top [...]

Posted December 2, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Style, Fashion and Food, Technology. Tags: exhibit, exhibition, moma, museum, museum of modern art, new york, nyc, SAFE, safety, show. Be the first one.