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Open Park Project Gives Free Wi-Fi to
Capitol Hill

Open Park Project Gives Free Wi-Fi to
Capitol Hill 04/28/2004 06:46 PM

A Rent-Free Place, if You Can Find a
Spot to Park

A Rent-Free Place, if You Can Find a
Spot to Park 05/08/2004 12:40 AM
Jimmy Hines has been living curbside in his camper for six months, and he swears he will never have a landlord again.

Does a NY Supreme Court judge say that
the Central Park lawn is more important
than free speech?

Does a NY Supreme Court judge say that
the Central Park lawn is more important
than free speech? 08/28/2004 08:29 PM
Here is the coverage in The New York Times and the New York Law Journal about the denial of United for Peace and Justice's Sunday rally in Central Park (United for Peace and Justice v. Bloomberg, 111893/04), and here is what NY Supreme Court1 Justice Silbermann said: [...] the evidence established that the department's determination was based on entirely content-neutral factors, to wit: that the Great Lawn2 was not an appropriate venue for a demonstration of this magnitude. [...] The Parks Department appropriately applied content-neutral regulations while leaving plaintiff with a reasonable alternate site.

Ranger Mulls Suit Against CA Executives

Ranger Mulls Suit Against CA Executives 06/09/2004 09:58 PM
Boston Globe Jun 10 2004 2:35AM GMT

Signal Ranger DSP Linux Support Tools

Signal Ranger DSP Linux Support Tools 11/16/2003 12:43 PM
Signal Ranger-STD Linux documentation

Eldred Revisited

Eldred Revisited 08/23/2004 10:05 AM
Larry Lessig from time to time flagellates himself about losing the Eldred case in the Supreme Court. He shouldn't; it was unwinnable for a host of reason (the lopsided vote--7-2--is a clue). Yes, Congress can confer copyrights only "for limited Times," but what's "limited" is a matter of perspective. If...

Keynote Theme Park releases da Vinci
theme, plus free one.

Keynote Theme Park releases da Vinci
theme, plus free one. 06/09/2004 08:53 AM
Let everyone know what a genius you are with the look of Leonardo's famous notebooks. Da Vinci comes with three fonts, including one "from-the-hand-of" the master himself and includes 61 of da Vinci's notebook illustrations made transparent so they float on the background. A Photoshop® Action has also been included to turn any image into a sepia illustration, along with sketch textures for the charts. Da Vinci (1024 x 768) is available for purchase and download from KeynoteThemePark.com for $19.95
The Park has also released a new free theme, Titanium Jr. with a resolution of 800 x 600, five photo cutouts and a bit brighter look to it than their standard Titanium 2. Keynote Theme Park have also posted a tutorial on making great-looking, movable fake photo cutouts for any background using Keynote shapes.

Forbes on Lessig and Eldred

Forbes on Lessig and Eldred 03/15/2003 02:40 PM

Eldred v. Ashcroft: First Round

Eldred v. Ashcroft: First Round 10/10/2002 09:55 AM
The United States Supreme Court has heard arguments in the case of Eldred v. Ashcroft today. The case challenges retroactive copyright extension. Links to online coverage (note that regular members of the public are not allowed to take notes for some reason, so most of the summaries in blogs etc. are from memory): Lawmeme: good arguments by Lessig, but it will be hard to sway a majority Another summary at Lawmeme by "Brian" Text summary by Kwin Kramer Weblog summary of the hearing by Jay Tamboli Photos by Declan McCullagh UPI court coverage ("a majority of the justices appeared to be leaning towards the government's view") Slashdot story with the usual amount of noise, possibly useful for link hunting Eldred news from Google Commentators agree that the economic (extending copyright another time helps only a small elite) argument was much better received than the First Amendment argument (retroactive extension harms speech as once free works can no longer be distributed). That might mean that the justices will acknowledge that Congress has erred, but will not rule in Eldred's favor for lack of a constitutional argument that convinces them. The court's ruling is expected in a few months, transcripts should be available in 2-6 weeks. We'll keep you posted. (Note to editors: feel free to add any other links you find.) Update [2002-10-10 0:26:35 by look]: Here is some more coverage that I think you'll enjoy: Larry Lessig posted an inspiring entry on his weblog last night before the arguments: Keeping Focus. We need to remember that win or lose in the Supreme Court, the battle is far from over. We must fight on three fronts: government (laws), technology (p2p), and creating a viable alternative (Creative Commons, open source/free software, and the gift economy). Donna Wentworth at Copyfight is also keeping track of news stories and personal accounts of the hearing, including some sent to her directly and not logged elsewhere. See The Showdown Part II and The Showdown Part III. On a tangent, but related, Salon covers the Internet Bookmobile as it dispensed public domain books on its way to the Supreme Court hearing. We will be updating this list of coverage as it comes in. If you know of something worthwhile, please post it below.

Eric Eldred in the Boston Globe

Eric Eldred in the Boston Globe 07/20/2004 05:50 PM

In honor of the 150th anniversary for Thoreau's Walden, Creative Commons co-founder Eric Eldred decided to share and print free public domain copies of Walden (here's the Word doc version at Eldred's own site) at Walden Pond, but was asked to leave.

The Boston Globe published an article about this yesterday, complete with a great photo of Eric sporting a Creative Commons t-shirt.

Handing out a big thanks

Handing out a big thanks 08/06/2004 03:17 PM
If you've been following along at home, you probably remember that I've been having ever so much fun with my well-travelled iBook and Apple Repair. At OSCON last week a few people pulled be aside (separately) and told me I should've said something--it would've been taken care of. Which, had I know it was going to be six weeks, I would've. Well... it's happening again. This time the case screws are carrying a charge when the thing's plugged in, which means I've got something shorting across the case ground. I assume someone tightened some screws down too tightly or crimped...

Handing It to Sony

Handing It to Sony 03/28/2005 10:35 AM
The new PSP aims to put Sony in the heart of the handheld gaming market.

Handing Out Condoms for Carnival Safe
Sex (Reuters)

Handing Out Condoms for Carnival Safe
Sex (Reuters) 02/10/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters - Brazil Monday began handing out a record 10 million contraceptives to stop the spread of AIDS during Carnival when casual sex rises.

Comcast Sued For Handing Over Subscriber
Info To The RIAA

Comcast Sued For Handing Over Subscriber
Info To The RIAA 04/14/2005 06:23 PM
After quite a long battle, the courts finally decided that ISPs didn't have to just hand over subscriber info whenever the RIAA came calling. The RIAA needed to first file a lawsuit and a subpoena -- going through the official legal process to get someone's info. However, what happens when an ISP does just hand over a name? That question is now being raised, as a woman has sued Comcast for disclosing her private information to the recording industry, claiming they violated her privacy. No lawsuit was filed by the RIAA. Comcast just gave her info over to them -- and the RIAA then passed it on to some sort of collections agency. What's strange here is that, while Verizon was clearly willing to fight to protect the privacy of its subscribers, it appears Comcast had no problem rolling right over when the RIAA came calling.

Comcast sued for handing over customer
data to RIAA

Comcast sued for handing over customer
data to RIAA 04/15/2005 03:35 PM
Xeni Jardin: America's largest cable provider is being sued by a woman who claims the company voluntarily forked over her personal account data to the RIAA.

In a lawsuit filed in King County, Wash., Dawnell Leadbetter said that she was contacted by a debt collection agency in January and told to pay a $4,500 for downloading copyright-protected music or face a lawsuit for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Leadbetter, a mother of two teenage children, was a customer of Comcast's high-speed Internet access service.

The company, Settlement Support Center, based in Washington state, was using information that the Recording Industry of Association of America had obtained in a Philadelphia lawsuit over the illegal sharing of digital music files, said Lory Lybeck, the lawyer representing Leadbetter. Making sense of Wi-Fi's alphabet soup

But no court authorized Comcast to release names and addresses of its customers, or notified his client that her information had been given to an outside party, Lybeck said. "Comcast should respect the rights of privacy who pay them monthly bills," Lybeck said.

Link (Thanks, Nat)

Pakistan Weighs Handing U.S. Key Al
Qaeda Suspects (Reuters)

Pakistan Weighs Handing U.S. Key Al
Qaeda Suspects (Reuters) 08/06/2004 09:37 AM
Reuters - The Pakistan government is considering handing over to the United States two al Qaeda suspects key to ongoing investigations in the United States and Britain, intelligence sources told Reuters Friday.

"Handing over keys, not
control...Campaign turns
nasty...Political billions"

"Handing over keys, not
control...Campaign turns
nasty...Political billions" 08/22/2004 08:59 PM

Micah Wright Comes Clean, Ranger Story A
Hoax (This Is Apparently A Big Story In
The Blogosphere, But To Be Honest, I
Haven't Even Heard Of This Clown)

Micah Wright Comes Clean, Ranger Story A
Hoax (This Is Apparently A Big Story In
The Blogosphere, But To Be Honest, I
Haven't Even Heard Of This Clown) 05/03/2004 03:57 AM
Comic Book Resources has the full scoop

comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3613
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Eldred Told Not To Hand Out Walden At
Walden Pond

Eldred Told Not To Hand Out Walden At
Walden Pond 07/19/2004 04:54 PM
Eric Eldred (of Supreme Court fame) recently went to Walden Pond to hand out free copies of David Thoreau's "Walden," which is very much in the public domain these days. He was quickly told to stop because he did not have a permit to hand out free books. The park supervisor claims they told him to leave because handing out free books might interfere with the business prospects of the "Shop at Walden Pond" which sells copies of the book. The executive director of the Thoreau Society, which runs the shop, didn't seem to mind, and the whole thing is somewhat farcical given the nature of "Walden" anyway.

"Animal rights advocates will single out
small children at performances of "The
Nutcracker'' in the next few weeks by
handing out fliers saying "Your Mommy
Kills Animals'' to youngsters whose
mothers are wearing fur. The fliers
include a color drawing of..."

"Animal rights advocates will single out
small children at performances of "The
Nutcracker'' in the next few weeks by
handing out fliers saying "Your Mommy
Kills Animals'' to youngsters whose
mothers are wearing fur. The fliers
include a color drawing of..." 12/18/2003 08:39 PM

Pliestocene Park?

Pliestocene Park? 09/09/2004 03:34 AM
Why no Pliestocene Park? "Everyone seems to assume that the primeval condition of the Great Plains was bison and prairie dog, with the occasional pronghorn herd, but no other large mammals. Yet for 1.65 million years, North America teemed with large animals: the 'pleistocene megafauna.' Then as the last ice age was ending and the first humans were coming over from Siberia, most of them died out." Sad -- doesn't everybody want a pony?

postcards from the park

postcards from the park 01/27/2004 07:06 AM
brad's outstanding look back at the 1904 louisiana purchase exposition

"Wicker Park"

"Wicker Park" 09/03/2004 08:27 AM
Josh Hartnett stars in this romantic thriller that fails to raise a single goose bump, but does raise the question: What if the lead character's cellphone worked?

"Have You Seen The Well To Do, Up And
Down Park Avenue?"

"Have You Seen The Well To Do, Up And
Down Park Avenue?" 02/13/2004 02:37 PM

"National Park"

"National Park" 11/14/2003 10:56 PM

Domain Park

Domain Park 01/16/2004 11:04 AM
Google encourages parked domain owners to fill em up with AdSense ads.

Tech put in park

Tech put in park 05/25/2004 02:15 AM
USA Today May 25 2004 6:17AM GMT

Shopping for Don Park

Shopping for Don Park 02/01/2005 08:35 PM

I searched myself on Web's Biggest (via Ross Mayfield) and got this ad-sponsored search result:

Shop For Don Park Large Selection
MonsterMarketplace features over 2000 merchants. Compare prices on Don Park and save

Hmm.  Apparently I am on sale.  So I followed the link and got:

Dog Park at Amazon.com
Amazon.com/dvd
Save up to 35% on top sellers. Qualified orders over $25 ship free

Ergo, I am a dog park available for 35% off at Amazon.  I wonder if being a dog park is better than being a fire hydrant.

Can Google Hit It Out Of The Park Again?

Can Google Hit It Out Of The Park Again? 04/11/2004 06:25 PM
Business Week Apr 11 2004 10:12PM GMT

Menlo Park

Menlo Park 04/09/2005 06:24 PM

That's where I'm going today. I'll be working at blogs.sun.com HQ from Monday through Wednesday.

Intel wants to help park your car

Intel wants to help park your car 05/27/2004 07:59 PM
ZDNet May 27 2004 10:49PM GMT

Joyce Park

Joyce Park 09/01/2004 03:50 AM
TroutGirl .. Joyce .. blog

troutgirl.com/blog
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Don Park on the Google IPO

Don Park on the Google IPO 08/21/2004 03:48 AM

Don asks what's the big deal. His point of view is interesting.

It's very true that Google has failed to keep up with the "search engine optimization" tricks that cause links to porn sites to show up on our Referers pages and blog post comments. As we've said here several times, and thought many more, Google is the place where this practice should be stopped. It's because of Google that our sites are littered with links to these offensive sites that have nothing to do with ours. If they're smart enough to come up with tricks like Google News and Local Google, why can't their search engine recognize comment and referer spam and not use it in determining page rank? Of course they can. Why don't they? I'd love to hear an explanation. Better yet, I'd love to see them fix it. It's a bug in Google's software.

Maybe secretly Google really doesn't like blogs. Maybe it's not so secret. They still haven't deigned to support the standard format for syndication, as every other tech company and major publisher has. Why Google has a stake in breaking the standard is another puzzle. How does this relate to Don't Be Evil. We've asked this question a few times, only to be met with the usual Google stone wall.

This is not a public company but they have public stock now. And while they think they're real special, like Don Park, I'm not so sure they are. I made $800 on my Google stock yesterday, that paid for my hotel and gas and then some. But I'm paying for their deafness in other, imho more important ways. This is a company that desperately needs competition, and I hope they rise to it, instead of folding, as the previous Silicon Valley wunderkind (with the same backers) did.

Austin Park Gets Wireless

Austin Park Gets Wireless 05/20/2004 11:29 AM
Austin Wireless City worked with the City of Austin to build a hotspot in Republic Square Park: The two have also partnered for hotspots at One Texas Center and city hall. Republic Square is the first of four Austin parks to get wireless. The City of Austin is apparently really supportive of Austin Wireless City projects, which will only encourage more Wi-Fi in Austin....

Hyde Park, Cincinnati OH

Hyde Park, Cincinnati OH 11/14/2003 08:05 AM
Awakenings Coffee House, on Hyde Park Square, has free wifi. For Macs with airport cards, the password is $9999999999 (that's ten 9's after the $)

Open Park launches

Open Park launches 04/29/2004 09:11 AM

The Open Park Project is a non-profit working to establish free public WiFi connectivity on the National mall in Washington, DC. I'm one of the co-founders, along with Washington telecom lawyer Greg Staple and two others. On Wednesday, Open Park launched its Website and its first location, on Capitol Hill.

Hard to believe, but this is the first public outdoor WiFi hotspot in Washington, DC. The area around Supreme Court, the Capitol Visitor Center, and the Library of Congress is now "lit." Next stop: a wireless mesh from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial. Not just for free connectivity, but ultimately serving as a testbed for new wireless technologies and applications. We've received a generous hardware donation from Tropos Networks and plan to announce support from other companies and foundations soon.

I'm excited about this project both for the important symbolism and for the real practical benefits of a WiFi zone in the heart of the Nation's Capitol.

Anatomy of a Water Park

Anatomy of a Water Park 09/07/2004 10:35 AM
Amusement parks are discovering the winning ways of water attractions.

There's a Mountain Lion in My Park

There's a Mountain Lion in My Park 05/26/2004 06:18 PM
Following on the heels of a Mountain Lion in My Neighborhood in downtown Palo Alto, I have a little news to break. My sister and her boyfriend were hiking in Foothills Park they rounded a corner to encounter a Mountain...

Park and pay by mobile comes to London

Park and pay by mobile comes to London 01/10/2004 12:28 AM
Putney Chutney
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