Reading WWDC live
Thanks to MacRumors.com I’m reading a live recap of the Apple World Wide Developers Conference. Looking forward to big announcements about OS X Leopard. I’ll blog more about this…
How hb1587 has changed
MuniWireless has a post called Stop the North Carolina anti-muni broadband bill that describes the changes just made to hb1587.
In short, HB 1587 is bad for the communities of North Carolina and bad for United States as a whole. It is particularly offensive because it is touted as being necessary to achieve a “level playing [...]
Second story from WRAL about HB1587
New peice from WRAL about hb1587 called Committee OKs Bill to Limit Municipal Telecom Plans. Check out the text here and the video here. This one was pretty factual with a good balance between the views. But I just don’t agree this is about any kind of fairness. No matter what big telecom says we [...]
Greensboro worries about HB1587
Story from the News&Record called Internet bill worries Greensboro about The City of Greensboro’s take on this bad bill hb1587. Nice to see some reporting on this from the Triad.
Bill opponents are most concerned about the ability to offer Internet access, which is increasingly seen as a necessity for businesses and education. They say [...]
HB1587 passes Utilities Committee
I went to the NC House Utilities Committee meeting this morning. It was held in the North Carolina Legislature building. I’d never been inside before and it was an eye opening experience. I was there to oppose The Local Government Fair Competition Act. Man this bill is anything but fair for local governments and its [...]
Happy Birthday Sgt. Pepper!
My first Beatles album was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I found it along with The Beatles White Album hidden away with my moms records somewhere. I preceded to play Sgt. Pepper so much I remember my Mom telling me to turn it off. Thanks for the records Mom!
Vampire running for Gov in Minnesota
Just in case we’re getting too serious about politics here comes this funny bit o’ fresh air. Laugh. Its funny… or scary. One way or another its scary. This video is a trailer for a documentary about a real candidate. The film crews FAQ says that the Vampire candidate has no control over the shooting [...]
City of Fayetteville Opposes HB1587
Yet another North Carolina City opposes HB1587! Fayetteville, NC passed a resolution against the Local Government Fair Competition Act. Here are some good bits.
WHEREAS, HB1587 is not designed to make competition fair, but to greatly hinder local governments from providing needed services where existing high quality internet services are non-existent and where private companies have [...]
Free Press State Policy Tracker for NC
FreePress.net is keeping track of legislation throughout the United States. Including North Carolina’s bad bill HB1587. From their page Legislation in North Carolina I learned about a good article at MuniWireless.com called Here we go again!.
Here is an interesting bit:
A story this week in ComputerWorld highlights Charlotte where city officials have not proceeded with a deployment [...]
What should I Vlog about?
I’ve had the itch to make some vlog video for awhile. Bits of short video content delivered via a RSS feed and often times viewable in a browser with the flash plug-in. (ala Youtube, etc.)
But I have a bit of a creators block. So I ask you dear readers, What should I vlog about?
Honestly I [...]
