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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 &Â [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]