http://kapitolist.com Washington, DC business, technology, science & culture Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:21:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two social art events will be the highlights of the week. Civilian Art Projects and Planaria Records are jointly throwing a closing party this Friday: So, we at Velodrome like music. Surprisingly, we also like art. In an effort to combine these two subjects of our affinity, we're teaming up with Civilian ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/21/arts-events-this-week/ Monday July 21, 2008 Will the Global Economy Turn Down? (AEI) Can We Keep Space from Becoming a Shooting Gallery? (CSIS) Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Perspectives on the Global Economic Landscape (Brookings) Negotiating with Militant Groups in Pakistan | A Teleconference from the North-West Frontier Province (CSIS) CSIS Book Launch: Winner Take All ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/21/think-tank-talks-this-week/ Starbuck's latest "full list" of store closures doesn't contain many stores from our immediate area at all.  Most central is the 21st & L street location.  To pad out the list, I've included all closing the stores in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.  Some of you do commute ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/18/starbucks-dc-store-closings/ Kapitolist missed Monday's Drupal meeting at Stetson's.  (Stetson's is on the same block as Local 16, host of tonight's Twin Tech meeting.)  However, thanks to streaming video, the quick fire sessions are now available for viewing: videos on qik videos on ustream.tv Free video streaming by Ustream http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/17/july-dc-drupal-meetup-videos-posted/ Kapitolist got an invitation to David Lat's going away brunch in DC through Facebook.  (Everything now is done on Facebook isn't it?)  David founded and manages the successful blog Above the Law.  Somewhere along the line the ATL got rolled into the Breaking Media family of blogs that includes dealbreaker ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/17/david-lat-moving-to-new-york/ Kapitolist thought it would be fun to rank the Washington, DC region's publicly traded companies on their market capitalizations.  We've taken a 41.5 mile radius from 20002, Union Station, DC to be the definition of "DC Area" for our purposes here.  That covers out to Middleburg, VA and Towson, MD.  ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/17/market-capitalizations-of-dc-area-public-companies/ The RSVPs for tomorrow's Twin Tech Party at Local 16 has blown the capacity limits at 610. The organizers are shunting 70 people from the waiting list to nearby Chi Chi Lounge. The sample list of attendees below shows good representation from the tech, media, and politics sectors. ... http://kapitolist.com/2008/07/16/twin-tech-party-tomorrow-oversubscribed/