It seems like newspapers everywhere are revamping their web sites in hopes of staying ahead of the wave of people going online to get their news. The Eureka Reporter unveiled its site in December, and a couple months the Times-Standard released the lastest version of its site. The previous version of the Times-Standard was chaotic and hard to look at. While this version is an improvement, there is still way too much going on,...
Cancer is a scary disease. It can lie hidden for years and suddenly a test reveals your bones/lungs/liver/brain/colon is riddled with it. But I have been fighting the good fight. I have been fending off cancer by drinking red wine. Not only that, but the same cancer fighting ingredient, resveratrol, is also helpful in staving off some of the effects of diabetes. And there is some indication that red wine could be good for...
Well, after strutting around all winter with nary sniffle I came down with one of this year’s versions of the crud. Really, just a cold. But a mean one with a debilitating dry cough that caused my entire torso to ache and found me spending two nights in the living room chair trying to sleep in a semi-upright position. I tried to work, off and on, at home. I tried to read when I...
Karen Armstrong is a tremendous writer on religion. She was honored recently at the Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference. Her acceptance talk is revelatory and I thought appropriate for this Easter weekend. She includes a proposal that offers a chance of transcendence for all of us. The 20 minute video is well worth watching and contemplating. And if you aren’t aware of TED, check out the other talks available. Technorati Tags: Karen Armstrong,...
We’re slowly letting go of the video production side of our business. Lots of reasons for this but one of them is the stiff competition. I mean with people like these folks, it’s hard to imaging being able to match the quality and effervescence they bring to their work. Enjoy!
Rich Ryan offered some exciting options in his presentation for the RTC last night. His company, Hunter Communications has a great deal of experience building fiber networks in rural areas. They seem to know the issues that confront a region like ours. They understand the physical and regulatory landscape. They also seem to be able to make economic sense out of building fiber in areas that are generally under served by the telcos. Rich...
The Redwood Technology Consortium has invited Rich Ryan, CEO of Hunter Communications from Southern Oregon to speak at the monthly meeting tomorrow, March 13 at 5:30 PM. Ryan has built fiber networks in Oregon and is very interested in finding solutions for the North Coast. Topics discussed will include: * Hunter Communications background and current composition * Development of fiber networks and the implementation of the Rural and Metropolitan Area Network in Southern Oregon...
The newly formed Humboldt Film and Digital Media Commission is holding a public meeting tonight to discuss state and the future of these arts in our region. The event starts at 5:30 PM at the Wharfinger Building. You can find details of the event on the Redwood Technology Consortium Calendar. Update: There was a somewhat small but very enthusiastic turnout for this meeting. Of particular interest was a presentation by the folks putting on...
A new web cam pointed at the Arcata Plaza has arrived. It’s momentarily interesting. But unless something actually happens on the Plaza, like a drug bust or the Oyster Festival, I’m not sure of the appeal. Also, I’m not sure what caching scheme is being used, but once I’ve visited the site in Firefox, returning back to the site later brings me back in time to original point when I first visited. I’ve tried...
We recently completed an upgrade to the Redwood Technology Consortium web site. A few years ago we converted the site from a proprietary Cold Fusion system to the open source Drupal platform. We felt it was time to upgrade since the site was running on a 4.x version of Drupal. 5.x had been out for a while and all the modules we needed had also been upgraded to the current version. While we were...
After some dire budget issues traumatized the City Council the proposed feasibility study that would give Eureka a basis for making intelligent decisions on telecommunications issues was put off once again. The motion that passed indicated that the project would be re-visited in six months. As if the budget will magically get better by then. Not with this economy, and not with state budget troubles that will roll downhill to cities. However, they did...
Last Monday Erik V. Kirk, famed SoHum blogger, spoke at my Rotary Club (I can’t believe I’m in a Rotary Club, but there I am). His talk was a fun mixture of tech naiveté and insights in to how blogging information can spread and come back to the blogger in unexpected ways. What he thought was an obscure journal of life and ideas in an obscure part of the world, seems to have been...
The Redwood Technology Consortium is again offering a scholarship of $1500 to be given to a North Coast graduating senior who will be attending an institution of higher education in the 2008-2009 academic year. The scholarship winner is determined by essays submitted by the deadline of 5:00 PM April 7, 2008. The theme this year: In this election year, how is changing technology affecting the political process? To answer this question, applicants might consider...
