Our good friend and fellow blogger CPR is down south getting ready to disgorge some bone marrow to help out someone in need. From the description of the procedure they’ve made huge strides in making bone marrow donation less like torture. Still he’s going through some stuff to make his body spit out the right cells. You’re a hero, mon! Let’s all give our best thoughts to the Ranger!
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Local Broadband A Hot Topic Again
My latest Tech Beat regarding broadband issues and controversies is in the Times-Standard this morning. If you are planning on attending the luncheon on Feb. 2, please make your reservations now as we need to get as accurate an account as possible in later today. I wonder why the Tech Beat articles don’t appear in the T-S RSS feeds… Technorati Tags: fiber, Redwood Coast Connect, Redwood Technology Consortium
Broadband Back in Focus
Those of us who already have high speed access have a tendency to get complacent about broadband issues until the next fiber break happens. But some have been working diligently to find ways to improve our telecommunications infrastructure, not waiting for the next disaster and knowing many areas of the region remain un-served or under served. In one fell swoop, one project may solve many of these issues. The California Public Utilities Commission appears...
Upcoming RTC Events
The Redwood Technology Consortium is trying some new things this year as the result of polling our community and talking to people about what is most useful. Instead of monthly meetings we will be offering a seires of luncheons with panels on variousl topics. The first luncheon will be held February 2, 12-2 PM at the Plaza Grill in Arcata. People from Redwood Coast Connect will be discussing the final report which will be...
Could Boxee Kill Cable?
After reading this NYTimes article I had to give Boxee a try. Boxee is an open source service that creates a really nice interface for accessing all kinds of media on your computer (Mac or Linux only for now – that’s a funny twist on the usual route) or AppleTV. You can then plug it in to your TV and, for the most part, kiss your cable company goodbye! That’s the dream, anyway. So...
Public Information at Courthouse Terminals?
One small step for the county. One very small step: According to this Times-Standard article Humboldt County is providing one (soon to be three) terminals that allow access to public documents. But it’s a strange service. This is laudable in that is does provide a search function so you don’t have to plow through piles of paper copy. But I don’t get it. Three terminals in the courthouse? And, according to the article: “There...
Hosting Woes
The other day we had a couple servers made inaccessible for over 9 hours. It was a disaster. The servers themselves were fine, but the data center where they live had a power outage. From what little information I have gathered, the power outage caused networking and router failures, so that even when power was restored either through back up or primary source repair, the server bank where we had a couple servers remained...
Testing iBlogger on iPhone
This iPhone thing has me jazzed. Now if I could only learn to use the touchscreen keyboard. This post has taken me 10 minutes.
Long Dark Days
I get up very early each day, and unless it’s raining hard go for a jog after a cup of coffee and a quick check of server logs to make sure the machines are running smoothly. By daybreak I am nearly ready to head to the office. But on days like this the wet sky is folded onto the earth and drips, the wet seeping into my pores. By the time I return home...
RTC Looking for Speakers
The Redwood Technology Consortium is planning a Technology Conference for March, 2009. Plans are still under way, but we’re looking for speakers now. To learn more details about the event and to become a presenter at the conference, visit the RTC site. I see this as a more focused version of the old Tech Expo the RTC used to put on. It will be a one day event and will emphasize innovation and practical...
Belated Resolutions
OK, since my birthday is one week after New Year’s I tend to conflate the two in terms of resolutions and starting anew. As each year passes I also get older, nearer the end (that is unless you subscribe to Ray Kurzweil’s theories). This makes resolutions more meaningful and pointless at the same time. So, here they are. Check back to see how I do: 1. Quit procrastinating (oops, missed that one) 2. Make...
