Something kind of cool: the backstory

August 26th, 2011 by David Gracer · News

Last summer, my excellent friend and webmaster Keri Marion told me about something going on in downtown Providence: people were making short films of “aha moments,” and maybe I should really try to get myself down there.  I did, and the good people there — sponsored by Mutual of Omaha, which I have fond memories of via their ‘Wild Kingdom’ TV series with Marlin Perkins — shot the following, which I saw for the first time today. Dave\’s aha moment

Enjoy.

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The Latest Big Article

August 21st, 2011 by David Gracer · News

Greetings,

Wanted to share this with you.

The current issue of The New Yorker features a great article by Dana Goodyear, entitled “Grub.”  Ms. Goodyear attended our symposium at the annual ESA Conference in San Diego last December, and then joined some of us for a high-profile insect-chef cook-off last May at the 25th Annual Bug Fair sponsored by and held at The Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.  Here’s her article: grub

It’s already generated a good deal of attention; I did a radio interview on Friday, which I’ll post in the next few days.  I was actually articulate.   In the bigger picture, there has been a huge increase in the amount of press coverage for this subject.  At some point I’ll include a run-down of all that.

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On Tyra Banks…

November 26th, 2009 by keri · News

Tyra Banks Show: Recorded Jan 21, 2009, WWOR: Teaser at 1:10; Interview at 4:50.

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