Entries from February 2006

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

February 24th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

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

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 [...]


podcast on postal workers

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

podcast on postal workers

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 [...]


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

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

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

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, it [...]


backing up my mail with isync

February 14th, 2006 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

backing up my mail with isync

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 | No Comments

Hello world!

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.