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Aug 05, 2008

Kickball Lawsuit Finally Strikes Out

Credit City Desk for the best news of the morning — the lawsuit between the District’s two main kickball leagues has finally come to an end. Quick recap: In 2006, the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) sued upstart DC Kickball, claiming that founder and former WAKA officer Carter Rabasa had stolen the association’s proprietary rules and then defamed WAKA by calling it “the Microsoft of kickball.” Offended and pouting, WAKA demanded $356,000 in damages. Had…

Jul 18, 2008

Overheard in D.C.: Technology

People love the newest gadgets. It was the Walkman back in the day, then the iPod, the Wii, and lately, the various iterations of the iPhone, with locals swamping Apple stores from Clarendon to … wherever other Apple stores are. You see them all over the Metro, at bars, and hopefully not while driving. The newest generation of smartphones have all the bells and whistles, a Swiss army knife of communications. There’s just one problem….

 
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