Justin Auciello

I am very excited to announce that Jersey Shore Hurricane News (JSHN) is a partner in the Community Information Needs Project. The objective of the project is to understand, from the ground up, what kind of information people in various kinds of communities need and seek; how and where they find it; and what their concept of an ideal community information source would be.

Since Hurricane Irene, during which JSHN exploded up to 27,000 “likes” on Facebook in the days after I founded it on August 23, 2011, the outlet has evolved into covering news, traffic, and weather throughout NJ — in real-time — but has always embraced its two-way role. Our community of citizen contributors is our greatest asset. 

We’re disrupting and changing the way the media operates in New Jersey. I encourage you to come visit the Facebook page and scroll through the last few days of coverage to see how we cover news and actively engage our community. 

Come check us out on Facebook and Twitter, and if you are a JSHN contributor, I encourage you to participate in this exciting project!

Thank you. 

johnzanussi:

(via iandbanana)

I like the ski slope style codes. 

mikehudack:

thedailywhat:

xkcd.

(via thedailywhat)

This is my style. Preferably there’s a nice surf break a few blocks away from here. 

(Source: atmosphre)

jorrellds:

Tito Puente
Acrylic 18x24 

theatlantic:

Recycling Around the World

November 15 is America Recycles Day, an annual event launched in 1997 by the National Recycling Coalition. The need to reuse and recycle raw materials has never been as urgent as it is today. The human race has reached a worldwide population of 7 billion, and America is responsible for consuming a disproportionate share of the planet’s resources. In many parts of the world, recycling is done by necessity. In others, artists, governments, and businesses have found creative and useful ways to reuse materials — a plastic bottle may find itself reborn as artwork, a warm blanket, or fuel oil. Collected here are photographs of various recycling efforts around the world, ranging from small and whimsical to industrial in scale.

Above: A laborer rests on piles of plastic bottles at a recycling center in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China, on November 6, 2011. (Reuters/Stringer)

See more vivid photos at In Focus

(Source: whereisthecoool)