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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

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:

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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.

The Mandlebrot-like set of … continue reading

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. … continue reading

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. … continue reading

Backpacking List

Some essentials and ideas for a backpacking trip … continue reading

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. … continue reading

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