Got a comment for Bill Davis of the Grovewood Tavern. One of the best spots in Greater Cleveland is… WiFi. Like the beer, wine, food, and jukebox weren’t enough. I never have tried their coffee…

When Eric Meyer isn’t advocating for web design standards, he’s advocating for a different kind of standards - the musical kind from the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s. I finally got to check it out today. You should too.

Got this in an email from the librarian at Lake Erie College:

As part of Speak Up Day 2003, 210,000 K-12 students submitted surveys on technology and education, sharing their ideas about using technology and the Internet for learning and for fun. NetDay�s analysis of the data reveals interesting findings and themes. Today�s students are very technology savvy, feel strongly about the positive value of technology and rely upon technology as an essential and preferred component of every aspect of their lives.

Nothing like droppin’ an f-bomb on your partners. Reminds me of one of Bruce Sterling’s books, where computers are grown organically. I can’t wait for the day when I can run Linux on a nearly free piece of hardware. Now, if we could only do something about the cost of bandwidth…

Dan Hanson was kind of bummed after last week’s panel of old white men put on by NEOSA and REI@Weatherhead:

“Except for Rickert who saw great promise, especially locally, for nanotech, the others were more sobering. It seemed that many of the things that have to be done to make our community, country and world improve the way they could and should are beyond our control. Self-serving and shortsighted politicians have too much power and are reluctant, if not adamantly opposed, to considering the broader vision and hence, the broader good.”

The discussion on regionalism is going strong on the North East Ohio Ryze Network. Tim Ferris posted an opinion on the attitude Clevelanders have compared to other cities. What do you think? Click through the title and post your opinion [if you’re a member. If not, please join!]

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.” - C. S. Lewis

Interesting watching the Free Culture reading project unfold. People are posting their MP3s on their own sites, and going back to AKMA’s original post to leave the link as a comment.

There’s also a few people who are recording the same chapter. It reminded me of Pattern Recognition, where footage enthusaists take the bits of the film, and order them the way they see fit. I can see people picking and choosing amoung the readers to create their own favorite compilation of Free Culture voices.