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Why "Earth Art for the 21st Century"? Like a lot of people, the artists who formed Transnational Temps in 2001 (info about the collective follows this article) sensed that coverage of global warming and other environmental issues was woefully inadequate. Commercially sponsored "informative" programming continues to suffer from attention deficit disorders, to say nothing of conflicts of interest. The Internet has presented a means to address the situation.

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One of the greatest lifestyle advertisements that exist in the technology world today is the “Mac vs. PC” ad. It’s priceless, really. The marketers at Mac should win an award for that one. Young vs. old, hip vs. lame, traditional vs. unconventional, it’s all there.

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Wireless Mesh May Be The Right Choice

The pentagon has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for Afghanistan and Iraq. San Francisco, California, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for local broadband infrastructure. Ypsilanti, Michigan, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for a nontechnical approach to local broadband infrastructure, monitored and operated by two fellows with laptops. Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for their "Canopy" approach to local broadband infrastructure for their city.

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Will You Be Ready on February 19, 2009?
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You Know They're Lying When They Say . . .

The next time your mayor (like Jim Erbs), or your governor (like Chester Culver), or anyone in your community (like Charles City, Iowa), says they're not technically savvy, and have to rely on their computer experts to brief them on whether they will be doing the right thing about bringing community broadband infrastructure to their citizens, try to be a little respectful (like I am) and not guffaw in their faces. These officials are under the impression that they're clued in, and the Public (that's you and me) are just plain stupid. Now, I guess it's all right if you go ahead and guffaw in their faces.
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In preparing for Monday's public FCC hearing, I decided to do a bit of research into how much money an organization can save by using bittorrent. It turns out that the savings are pretty amazing!

As you will see, Democracy Now! has a fixed cost of roughly $200 per month (the service is donated) for distributing their news program at full resolution. Compare that to a bill for serving direct HTTP downloads using Amazon's S3 service, which would currently sit at roughly $1200 per month and would increase with viewership. Read more »

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For the past week or so big companies with big ideas have been bidding for control of a huge swath of the public's airwaves. In 2009 when TV goes digital for good all the wavelengths that currently carry broadcast TV are going to be vacated. This wireless spectrum is prime realestate because it can send data over long distances and penetrate mountains. It's like the superman of the wireless world. This spectrum could bring the internet to communities across the US who have been left behind by Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast. Imagine a freely flowing, open internet broadcast across America as a public service.

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Why is the 2008 Presidential race suddenly about gender and ethnicity? It’s no surprise that people base their impressions of others on familiarity and subconscious comfort levels. But when does the media focus change start affecting the news instead of reporting it? What will it take to get the media & the public to intellectually assess candidates instead of falling back on emotional responses? More importantly, will the media focus on Clinton’s gender and Obama’s race continue to obliterate the last of the “other” Democratic Primary candidates, John Edwards?
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Two important New York City Community Media stories were in the news this week.

NYC to Hold Cable Franchise Renewal Hearings

New York City will be negotiating nine new cable franchise contracts this year, which will affect every subscriber in the city. The contracts run for 10 years, so it’s important to get a lot of input and write a good agreement.
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In every election, the media has a profound impact on the race. But seldom has corporate media reared its ugly head during the election season like it has this past week in New Hampshire.

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