Author: DXO

  • Free Terrorism Web-Based Courses

    Free Terrorism Web-Based Courses, originally uploaded by juggernautco. An unfortunate grouping of words from our Department of Homeland Security.

  • CTA Evacuations in an Open Source Emergency Response World

    So a couple of Chicago alderman are up in arms about re-hiring CTA train conductors so they can help out in the event of future evacuations on the CTA. My brother Kevin writes about it over at CTA Tattler. Apparently there is some Homeland Security cash available and the alderman know exactly how the CTA…

  • Policy Analysis Market

    I created a placeholder page for my new project, www.policyanalysismarket.net. Here’s the skinny: In the summer of 2003, the DARPA-run Terrorism Information Awareness Office of the U.S. Government, directed by former Iran-Contra scandal figure John Poindexter, planned a "Policy Analysis Market", an online tool at www.policyanalysismarket.org that would allow registered users to trade contracts on…

  • My New Favorite Thing: Radio Shack Emergency Crank Radio

    My New Favorite Thing: Radio Shack Emergency Crank Radio, originally uploaded by juggernautco. This has everything you would want in a post-apocalyptic broadcast receiver device. The perfect device for anyone interested in being useful in an Open Source Emergency Response kind of way. Here’s what Radio Shack has to say: Stay informed during emergencies. Listen…

  • In Poetry News Today

    I’ve joined the following: Hi. Am Nikhil Parekh, a poet from India. I’ve always believed that there’s a poet in each one of us and each beat of our passionate hearts, irrespective of howsoever commercial be our exteriors. I am on a mission here at this community in Orkut to make it the “World’s Largest…