Entries from February 2006

The Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project hosts Pack-A-Thon

February 24th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

On Thursday, March 2nd the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project is holding a Pack-A-Thon at its space next to Boxcar Books and Community Center at 310 S Washington Street, near the corner of Third and Washington Streets, across from Third Street Park. The event will start at 5pm on Thursday and go all night until [...]


podcast on postal workers

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

I’ve recently finally gotten into podcasts. I’ve thought they were a cool idea for a long time, but never really use them. I bought a dvd-rw drive so I could make a dvd slideshow for the last disaster show. I now use the slick (and multiplatform) juice to manage my subscriptions and then use the [...]


thoughts on the band on the label, the band in the basement, and the new Defiance, Ohio record

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

This is something that I posted in the comments section of the Defiance, Ohio website: To comment on a few things that others have posted:The new record, like all our releases will be available as a free download from our website. I don’t know how No Idea feels about this. As far as I know, [...]


backing up my mail with isync

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

In the event that I switch mail providers, its good to have a backup. I found the isync program that seems like it will do a good job with this. Here is the command line I used to do the backup: isync -1 -M mail_backup/ -L -s imap.myisp.com -u imap_username -a


Hello world!

February 9th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | View Comments

I’ve moved my blog over to a WordPress MU-based blogging system to begin testing out the system for use in a Bloomington community blog similar to Urban Honking or G-RAD. You can view an archive of my old blog by clicking on the “ancient history” link above.


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.

C.R.E.A.M.

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