Freelance journalist http://www.johnstrubel.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:38:47 -0500 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:37:57 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com David Beachnau, Jenny Carnes, Frank Viverito and Susan Williams are modern-day Victor Frankensteins ... http://johnstrubel.com/publish_madness.html 15AAB9CD-2813-4D24-8E19-6BA313B10EEA Monday, 26 January 2009 10:37:57 -0500 Jason Brewer’s phone is buzzing, as if it were on a timer. He glances at the number on his caller ID. "I’m popular today because ‘my thing’ came out," he says. 'His thing' -- as he humbly refers to it -- is the release of the first single (Do You Love Me?) from his band The Explorers Club debut CD Freedom Wind. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_brewer.html 15AAB9CD-2813-4D24-8E19-6BA313B10EEA Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:37:57 -0500 Nate Kiser of the South Carolina Stingrays is sweating. Not because it's 96 degrees in the shade. Or because he wonders whether he'll make next year's cut. Or because the air conditioner is busted at his new home in Hanahan. Nope. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_ice.html CBEF8B7B-41C5-45CC-80A6-5023E8490890 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:37:16 -0500 Jessica Richey had planned, what she thought, would be a perfect birthday celebration for her then fiancé Bob Richey: Dinner reservations at one of Charleston’s best restaurants with a great view overlooking historic downtown. No surprises, no fanfare, just a quiet, relaxing evening. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_married.html 4B55B5C6-F172-4941-9971-5916FEA00099 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:41 -0500 Los Angeles Dodger infielder Nomar Garciaparra looks like any other baseball player up until the moment he reaches the batter's box. That's when he transforms from a ballplayer to a circus freak, thanks to a succession of taps, tics, twists, touches, and a variable assortment of gestures and adjustments in preparation for his turn at bat. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_thong.html 4EABE564-20C7-4B71-88D4-E894D4AC2F6E Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:36:04 -0500 Crack. Click. Stop. Rewind. Play. R.J. Swindle sat in a recliner in front of his parents television set, remote in hand, watching a videotape replay of his major league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies. The last time he’d seen it was in real time, on July 7, 2008. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_redwhitecsu.html B4687ED8-7207-4178-9E0D-D2168D5534F9 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:35:15 -0500 Robert Quinn can’t tell his story. He’d like too, but he can’t. The fact of the matter is he doesn’t remember it, or parts of it anyway. For the better part of three months his actions are mere snapshots in the mind’s eye. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_quinn.html E8E18D58-7435-474D-B7D7-3A0901393035 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:24:43 -0500 The cancer was winning. It was no longer a matter of if, but when. The tumors that had assailed Jim Valvano’s body were multiplying and beginning to rob him of the very things that defined him as a human being: energy, passion, hope. http://johnstrubel.com/publish_smith.html 05B94BA0-48DE-4A07-9D5D-53FCD69AB575 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:24:44 -0500