Month: April 2007
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The passing of a great american writer, Kurt Vonnegut
A last check of the RSS reader brought sad news tonight, Kurt Vonnegut died today at 84. I spent 2 weeks in the summer before my 14th birthday laid up in bed with an unexplained sickness that led to, or followed a spinal tap, depending on how you look at it. Standing was unbearable. I…
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New Organizing Institute Summer Bootcamp Seeking Applicants
The New Organizing Institute has just announced its Summer 2007 Bootcamp early admission application process. NOI trains political organizers to use the new tools of the trade: the internet, blogs, social networking sites, and the like…. The Summer Bootcamp is an all expenses paid opportunity to get up to speed with these tools and get…
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RIP Alt.Coffee: The end of an era
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<p>Last week I was back in NY and walking down Avenue A. I ran into Judy Bodor, wife of Nick, the owner of Alt.Coffee. She mentioned to me that Alt would be closing this week after nearly 12 years! The <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/08coffee.html?ei=5070&en=cfe2898752a5b638&ex=1176696000&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1176074070-4bOsQxAv2lGnZIdrCw3sPw" target="new">NY Times marks the passing in an article today</a>.</p> <p>I walked into Alt.Coffee…
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The Passing of an Internet Cafe
My brother sent me this article from the NYT about an internet cafe in NY called Alt.Coffee. Alt(dot) as it was often called was one of the first internet cafes in NYC opening in 1995 with a full T1. I started hanging out there when it first opened and I was a student at NYU.
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Kleenex Ad Shoot Hijacked by Greenpeace Kleercut Campaigners in Times Square
I just got an email from Greenpeace’s Beka Economopoulos (who I know from NYC activism circles, and of
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DefectiveByDesign.org Scores a Big Victory with Apple EMI Announcement
CivicActions has been working with the Free Software Foundation on the DefectiveByDesign campaign since last May. In that time we have seen a significant shift in the way DRM is talked about in the news media and an increasing awareness of DRM among music fans and the general public.