Keynote address given at Plone Conference 2006 by Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center

Keynote address given at Plone Conference 2006 by Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center less

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one... more

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) offers a holistic approach to the production of sustainable food grown in urban areas. In this story, we learn of one urban farmer who successfully uses the CSA model to produce long-term sustainable crops that are fresh, cost efficient to produce, environmentally friendly, and that offers local members a stake in the harvest crops. Recipes from the episode: Oven Roasted Tomatoes & Herbs; Spanish Eggplant Salad; and Caponata Pasta less

http://live.pirillo.com - If you got an email from someone alledging to be on the "Google Docs Team"... would you believe it? I didn't, because they were asking if I would like to post to the Google Docs blog to help other users. True enough... Google Docs is knocking on my Virtual door.

http://live.pirillo.com - If you got an email from someone alledging to be on the "Google Docs Team"... would you believe it? I didn't, because they were asking if I would like to post to the Google Docs blog to help other users. True enough... Google Docs is knocking on my Virtual door. less

The silly song "Gated Community"

The silly song "Gated Community" less

www.ummaclinic.org

www.ummaclinic.org less

Google Tech Talks April, 11 2008 ABSTRACT Shrine and TukTuk, two Los Angeles artists in town for the upcoming Yuri's Night celebration at NASA, will be... more

Google Tech Talks April, 11 2008 ABSTRACT Shrine and TukTuk, two Los Angeles artists in town for the upcoming Yuri's Night celebration at NASA, will be speaking at Google about their work in organizing this year's Temple. The Temple is a tradition at Burning Man, the most meaningful installation to many participants in the yearly arts festival. Shrine and TukTuk will talk about the project, with plenty of burnerly hyjinx to make you laugh and pARTicipate. Speaker: TukTuk Writer, craftsman, builder, networker, and project manager Tucker Teutsch 3.0 tends always to think on a grand scale. After teaming up with his old pal Shrine for last year's Tasseograph: Trash Tea Temple, he swore he'd never do it again. And yet he has a certain reputation for getting things done and has honed his skill as a natural team leader—both as logistics consultant for outdoor festivals and as lead organizer for various theme camps and art installations over the years. People often lose their ability to tell him no, which makes him good at this job. He has a production company in Portland, Ore., and lives there happily with a dog named Raven. Speaker: Shrine Shrine has been a guerrilla folk artist for over twenty years. His paintings and found object/trash sculptures, displaying an accessible and familiar aesthetic, have been featured at numerous galleries and events, and his guerrilla murals dot the Los Angeles cityscape, with other pieces in Edinburgh, London, Chicago, and Portugal, to name just a few spots. He has collaborated, both as a visual artist and performer, with Lucent Dossier and the Do Lab, Vau de Vire Society, and the national and world tours of Panic at the Disco! and Warp Tour. He lives at his home in Pasadena, which is in itself a testament to his love for making beautiful art from trash—although it probably does nothing for his neighbors' property value. less

Google Tech Talks November, 13 2007 Suppose you have a passion for items of a certain type, and you wish to start a recommender system around those items. You... more

Google Tech Talks November, 13 2007 Suppose you have a passion for items of a certain type, and you wish to start a recommender system around those items. You want a system like Amazon or Epinions, but for cookie recipes, local theater, or microbrew beer. How can you set up your recommender system without assembling complicated algorithms, large software infrastructure, a large community of contributors, or even a full catalog of items? WikiLens is open source software that enables anyone, anywhere to start a community-maintained recommender around any type of item. We introduce five principles for community-maintained recommenders that address the two key issues: (1) community contribution of items and associated information; and (2) finding items of interest. Since all recommender communities start small, we look at feasibility and utility in the small world, one with few users, few items, few ratings. We describe the features of WikiLens, which are based on our principles, and give lessons learned from two years of experience running wikilens.org. Slides at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/wikilens12.ppt Speaker: Dan Frankowski Dan Frankowski is both computer science researcher and practitioner in software and algorithms development. He got his master's degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota in 1993, then spent a year in Budapest on a Fulbright grant studying mathematics. From 1997 to 2003 he was an algorithms guy at Net Perceptions. From 2003 to 2006 he was a research fellow with the GroupLens research group at the Unviersity of Minnesota, which is most well-known for recommenders, but now studies online community more broadly. He now works as a software engineer for Google Groups. less

This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA. To see more stories, get recipes, and links to additional resources, go to: http://cookingupastory.com/

This is a story about a community egg cooperative formed by a group of volunteers, bringing chickens to a working urban farm, and managing the production of eggs for themselves and a local CSA. To see more stories, get recipes, and links to additional resources, go to: http://cookingupastory.com/ less

POST A VIDEO RESPONSE IF YOU WERE NOT IN THE COLLAB AND JOIN THE ARCHIVE! ------------------ Unfortunately YouTube's description box cannot cope with such an... more

POST A VIDEO RESPONSE IF YOU WERE NOT IN THE COLLAB AND JOIN THE ARCHIVE! ------------------ Unfortunately YouTube's description box cannot cope with such an EPIC effort from the community, so I had to put the list of CHANNELS in ORDER OF APPEARANCE @ http://blade376.livejournal.com/8497.html ------------------ After 36+ hours of downloading over 400 videos sent, converting file formats, putting them together, editing, and coping with a broken laptop, I am now happy to present to you (exhausted) YOUTUBE'S BIGGEST COLLABORATION VIDEO EVER! Unfortunately not every video made the cut, due to technical difficulties, profanity etc, so sorry if you are disappointed in not seeing yours in here - however please do post them as video responses! This archive is not limited to this video...but beyond to everyone! Thanks for watching, I really do home I haven't let the online community down with this video...but I guess we'll see =] less

NEW FUND RAISER COMING UP http://teaparty07.com wont you help us make history!! Have you noticed? Ron Paul is picking up a LOT of support within the financial... more

NEW FUND RAISER COMING UP http://teaparty07.com wont you help us make history!! Have you noticed? Ron Paul is picking up a LOT of support within the financial community. So far, these are the names of very prominent investment advisers who have announced their support for Ron Paul: Axel Merk (Merk Hard Currency Fund), Harry Schultz (Harry Schultz Letter), Jim Rogers, (Jim Rogers.com), Richard Russell (Dow Theory Letters), and Peter Schiff (Euro Pacific Capital). Not to mention the Chicago pit traders who were cheering for Ron Paul when he went head to head with Bernanke! Also, I was down at a local silver / gold shop in Boston the other day and I handed the guy behind the counter a bill stamped with Ron Paul 2008 on it. Of course he knew about Ron Paul because of his honest money stance, and was a big supporter. Below are some brief excerpts and links to their full statements, where available. If you know of any others that I've missed - please post them in the comments section. I'd like to put together a very comprehensive list. Axel Merk - 4/27/2007 Merk Hard Currency Fund It is not our role to endorse a presidential candidate, especially not this early in the process. We don't agree with all of his views, but highly respect his no-nonsense approach to fiscal and monetary policy issues. We encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with the fiscal views of Congressman Ron Paul. He is living proof that it is possible to be a fiscally conservative politician with integrity. See here for full statement - - - - Harry Schultz: HSL 662, 30 September 2007, page 6: Ron Paul (for US presideing) is obviously the only election chance for upgrading the US govt. All others are just reruns of wrong principles & policies. If U want to help the cause of freedom with $'s go to: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate. (No public version available) - - - - Jim Rogers: October 29, 2007 "[Ron Paul] is the only one I've seen in American politics that seems to have a clue with what's going on in the world..." Read more here. Watch the interview at Financial Times here - - - - Richard Russell: Russell's Remarks, November 6, 2007 The current issue of Time magazine surprised me. The issue had a two page report on libertarian, Dr. Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman, who is running for President. Ron believes in the US Constitution. Ron would like to shut down the Federal Reserve and go back to the gold standard. I gather Ron would end the war in Iraq -- further, he would close down all our 120 military bases that are spread across the face of the globe. Ron would legalize narcotics and thereby end our expensive and idiotic "war on drugs." I guess, to make it short, Ron would pretty much get the government out of our hair, and return it to its original Constitutional form. I'm all for that. Furthermore, I'd mandate that every US Congressman and Senator be fully conversant with the US Constitution. I'd mandate that each and every one of them take an intensive course in Constitutional law. What they'd learn would probably shock them, but they'd get over it. I'll vote for Ron Paul in the coming election. He's not going to win, but I just can't see myself voting for one of the other candidates. "Why are they running?" I ask. "Do they stand for anything different? Do they question where this nation is heading? Do they ask how this nation is going to continue living on borrowed money? Do they ask why the Federal Reserve was never subject to a Constitutional Amendment?" Read the entire excerpt here - - - - Peter Schiff endorses Ron Paul: November 7, 2007 I recently had the pleasure of personally handing the Honorable Ron Paul (the only member of Congress truly worthy of that title) a $2,300 check (the legal maximum) as my contribution toward his presidential campaign. I have never given one dime to a politician (though Congressman Paul is more of a statesman than a politician) in my life, and you know what; it felt great. It was the best $2,300 I ever spent. The purpose of this email is to urge every single one of my clients, every subscriber to my newsletter, and every one in my database, to make a similar contribution. Doug Casey On November 9th, 2007 Slatterypod says: Doug Casey has voiced his support for Ron Paul, not only for his economic sense, but for his approach to foreign and domestic policy as well. http://slatterypod.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/27/doug-casey/ James Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer! http://www.grantspub.com/ http://dailypaul.com/node/6092 Listen to part of an interview here on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UuivYdiS5w less