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Diversity Writing

Of kitchen things

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I love reading about everyday things. Allan talks about a new Sushi restaurant opening in town that uses trolleys to deliver the food. I’m still trying to figure out how this system of food delivery is going to work. I’m visualizing this little trolley racing by, and having to grab food […]

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People Places Political

More on Anti-Semitism in Northern California

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to an email I received from the editor, later this afternoon, the Jewish Bulletin of Northern California will have another article related to the Peace Rally at SFSU. You can look for it at the publication’s web site. In the meantime, the publication did just post an article about an English class being […]

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Copyright

Creative Commons

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to Dan Gillmor, the concepts and technology behind Napster are continuing despite the recent resignations and layoffs at the company. In particular, Gillmor references new organizations and technologies being introduced at the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference this week, including Creative Commons — a non-profit organization dedicated to “…the notion that some people would prefer […]

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Political Weblogging

SFSU

There’s been considerable discussion throughout the weblogging community about a Pro-Israeli peace rally held at SFSU earlier this month. According to a letter by Professor Laurie Zoloth, Jewish Studies Program Director, a group of pro-Palestinian counter-protestors caused a riot or near-riot at the Rally, physically threatening the Rally members, as well as saying things such as “Hitler didn’t finish the job” […]

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Weblogging

Lock the door. Close the browser.

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Due to problems at provider, my DSL connection was choked down to sub-modem speeds. Painful. And basically unworkable with Movable Type — all those buttons… Thankfully, back to working speed today. Yesterday, I was sitting in my favorite chair, listening to music and typing into my laptop when the door […]