Starting today the Eureka Reporter has stopped printing papers on Monday and Tuesday, and I feel relieved. While I have enjoyed scanning through the paper each day for news nuggets and the odd odd opinion, I hate having all those blue and clear (from the Times-Standard) plastic bags to deal with. We’re big recyclers (which has cut our garbage total by about half). But I confess I have not been recycling those plastic bags....
Since I don’t have my Tivo to play with I figured I’d fiddle around with this blog, clean up a few things, change the theme, etc. Besides changing the theme, I finally found and uploaded a bunch of archives from my old radio show “Talking Tech” that I used to do on KHSU. Maybe I’ll revive Talking Tech here at some point.
I’ve long been wanting a Tivo and finally got one for Christmas. For 3 days we all had fun learning the system, setting up recordings, fast-forwarding through commercials, playing stored programs. Then today it all came crashing down. We turned on the TV and nothing worked. No signal from Tivo, no signal from cable. I called Tivo support and after checking all the obvious possibilities, they determined that my cable company was blocking access...
Local entrepreneur and web developer Aaron Antrim has created a system for publishing and maintaining bus schedules and routes. The system makes it easy for riders to find a route and schedule from point A to point B. Among his first clients is the Humboldt Transit Authority which manages three lines: Eureka Transit Service, Arcata & Mad River Transit Authority, and Redwood Transit System which runs throughout the county. Aaron’s system allows riders to ...
Apparently due to the holidays, the deadline for getting $500,000 pledged to Delta Airlines tickets was extended from Friday to this Wednesday. According to this article in the Eureka Reporter, RREDC is very close with $479,000 pledged. That’s pretty astounding in such a short time. We don’t do much flying, at least not on purpose. So, I couldn’t see pledging even the minimum $2,000 for our company. But apparently there are plenty of businesses...
The California Public Utilities Commission CPUC) has created an $100 million fund and an agency to manage the fund “…to bring broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of California, many of which are rural, remote, or socio-economically disadvantaged communities.” That’s good for the north coast, much of which meets that description. The money will be dispensed over a two year period beginning January 1, 2008 so it’s clear there is some urgency to...
Once agai, Congress has shown how clueless it is when it comes to the Internet. Here a quote from a News.com article: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including “obscene” cartoons and drawings–or face fines of up to $300,000. That broad definition would cover individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, and even some government agencies...
This Wednesday the Redwood Technology Consortium will celebrate 10 years of helping advance the cause of technology on the north coast. The Times-Standard has a great retrospective. Part One was published last Tuesday. Look for Part Two this Tuesday. The party will be held at the Plaza Grill Plaza Room, Wednesday, Dec. 5, starting at 5:30 PM. There will be some great food, a no-host bar, some chances to win prizes, a PowerPoint history...
