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May 19, 2008
MESH Wifi for West Philly?
West Philly ought to have the necessary density of progressive residents and organizations needed to sustain a community-based wifi service for the neighborhood.
I've initiated a map of potential participants and equipment to be used. I am swayed by the simple setup and pricing model for both hardware and management software provided by the San Francisco-based continue reading
March 19, 2008
Obama on Race
Barak Obama could have rolled with a punch on the race issue but he stood in an countered with a wallup. This shows his decision-making leadership as a campaigning executive and also, again, that he understands what's going on in America and has the leadership skills to communicate his understanding:
Official site: "His own words"
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October 25, 2007
Forces and Possibility
Time-space is the condition for existence and is the domain created by something like a Mandlebrot set, which in turn is defined by a series of factors -- the various forces operating within the domain. The primary characteristic of the set is that existence and unity are (impossible); no two things can be in the same place at the same time.
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October 10, 2007
Shiites in Iran-Iraq
The probable impossibility of containing Shiite self-interest from expressing itself across Iran-Iraq was predictable, and has manifested itself as the US tries to achieve it with limited recourse to the brutal methods of Saddam Hussein.
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Financial and Personal Interest from Capital
Prohibiting or restricting monetary interest forces interest-seekers into the personal/social sphere, incentivizing the intensification of family and social networking.
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July 24, 2007
Backpacking List
Some essentials and ideas for a backpacking trip
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June 23, 2007
Man-Machine Convergence List
The ability of an old film like Metropolis to shock us into knee-jerk fear has given way to nuanced probing into the existential meaning of an erotic melding of humans and machines.
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