Entries from November 2004

TxtMob

November 30th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

TxtMob: “TxTMob lets you quickly and easily share txt messages with friends, comrades, and total strangers. The format is similar to an email b-board system. You can sign up to send and receive messages from various groups, which are organized around a range of different topics.” Idea: Use this to notify people of details for [...]


inauguration schedule

November 30th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

10:30 AM Pre-Inaugural Music Begins 11:30 AM Official Swearing-In Ceremony Begins 11:50 AM Vice President is sworn in 12:00 PM President is sworn in, and delivers his Inaugural Address 2:00 PM Inaugural Parade begins


A Call for Anti-War Actions in Washington, DC, January 20, 2005

November 27th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

RISE Against Bush SHINE For A Peaceful Tomorrow A Call for Anti-War Actions in Washington, DC, January 20, 2005 Every morning, the sun rises up, penetrating and overcoming the darkness of night. What once was dark becomes bright, changed by the force of the sun’s rays. Our world is in darkness tonight, plagued with war, [...]


Bookmark: J20 web site

November 23rd, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

www.counter-inaugural.org


It was very American, I said, to think that to be willing to use violence was to show seriousness and to be effective …

November 23rd, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

Kep quotes Daniel Ellsberg on the stop-the-inauguration list: From Daniel Ellsberg’s “Secrets: A memoir of the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers” pg. 336 “… The big event on that campus, just before our talks, had been the burning of the ROTC building. In the question period a student referred to this, with much applause [...]


America as a banana Republic

November 23rd, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

Geraldine Sealy quotes Paul Krugman in a Salon article: Paul Krugman, who actually is an economist, has an even scarier warning: We’re turning into Argentina. In an interview, Krugman told Reuters he’s most concerned Bush will ignore the advice of economists and push through more tax cuts while also trying to privatized Social Security. ‘If [...]


saving real audio streams in linux

November 18th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

Try the paudio module. Also check this thread out: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1999/10/msg01221.html.


Radical Reference Service

November 17th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

I got info about this from some listserv or another: Hi All, I wanted to let you know about a research/support service offered by library workers to activists and independent journalists. Radical Reference http://www.radicalreference.info/ was established for the protests against the RNC, but we’re keeping on and will also work on the Counter Inaugural. In [...]


HOWTO: Templates in Mutt

November 15th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

From http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?action=history&id=MuttFaq/Misc: One simple way is: # start a new eMail, # fill in the template data & body, # postpone the eMail, # Copy the template eMail to your templates-folder (repeat for any other templates). Then, to use a template, apply the resend-message function on the desired template and continue to fill out the [...]


War, Fucked Up Politics, and Radical/Liberal media consumption

November 14th, 2004 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

Writing this here is really interesting and also somewhat inappropriate, because this really good radio piece critiques media, the Internet, and blogs, which is exactly where I’m mentioning it. These pieces are collected from the Your Radio Nightlight radio show and come from a series of pieces that the shows producer made to reflect his [...]


TODO

I've made a calendar of Chicago events I think are interesting. You can view the calendar here or load the ical in your calendar application.

DIY Chicago and the Chicago Radicalendar have a more comprehensive list of things going on.

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