O:9:"magpierss":20:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:15:{i:0;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:154:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2008/03/12/css_and_javascript_files_not_showing_up_when_running_apache_under_ubuntu_on_a_flash_drive_read_on.html";s:5:"title";s:98:"CSS and Javascript files not showing up when running Apache under Ubuntu on a flash drive? Read on";s:4:"link";s:154:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2008/03/12/css_and_javascript_files_not_showing_up_when_running_apache_under_ubuntu_on_a_flash_drive_read_on.html";s:11:"description";s:2262:" I hate to reveal the extent of my geekiness, but would like to spare others the hours I spent debugging a problem I ran into last night running Apache 2 under Ubuntu from a flash drive. I run a number of web applications on a home server I have set up that uses a flash or pen drive for its filesystem, an unusual configuration, but one that gives me a silent fan-less server that can run 24/7 in my home office, which also doubles as our guest bedroom. This week I decided to upgrade the server from an ancient version of Knoppix running Apache 1.3 and PHP4 to Ubuntu 7.10 running Apache 2.2 with PHP5. I followed the excellent directions at PenDrive Linux, and had the new system up and running in about an hour. However, when I started upgrading my applications and installing them on the new system, I started running into problems where CSS stylesheets and Javascript files were not applied to pages. When I tried to load the CSS stylesheets directly into the browser, Firefox would display a blank page. IE would offer to download them, but then download nothing. I checked the error and access logs, but didn't see anything unusual. I tried a google search, but didn't find anything that seemed on topic. I thought of permission problems, which I always run afoul of in Linux, but after messing around with that for an hour or so, I concluded that wasn't it. Then I thought it might be different line endings, but that turned out not to be the case. Then I thought it might be Apache 2 configuration, which is significantly different with Apache 2 on Ubuntu than it was with the Apache 1.3 that I am used to, so I messed with that a while, without any luck. I did learn new information about permissions, line endings, and Apache 2 configuration, so it wasn't totally wasted time, but it was pretty frustrating. I finally spent an hour googling around, running into my fellow Berkeley web geek Scot Hacker reporting a simular problem (but no solution) in 2004 with Apache 2.0 with Mandrake Linux. I finally ran across this post on a forum: OK success! I upped the loglevel to "debug" in httpd.conf. When trying to access images the following messages appeared in error_log: (38)Function not implemented: core_output_filter: writing data to the network...";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:10:"Technology";s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2008-03-12T23:09:19-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2262:" I hate to reveal the extent of my geekiness, but would like to spare others the hours I spent debugging a problem I ran into last night running Apache 2 under Ubuntu from a flash drive. I run a number of web applications on a home server I have set up that uses a flash or pen drive for its filesystem, an unusual configuration, but one that gives me a silent fan-less server that can run 24/7 in my home office, which also doubles as our guest bedroom. This week I decided to upgrade the server from an ancient version of Knoppix running Apache 1.3 and PHP4 to Ubuntu 7.10 running Apache 2.2 with PHP5. I followed the excellent directions at PenDrive Linux, and had the new system up and running in about an hour. However, when I started upgrading my applications and installing them on the new system, I started running into problems where CSS stylesheets and Javascript files were not applied to pages. When I tried to load the CSS stylesheets directly into the browser, Firefox would display a blank page. IE would offer to download them, but then download nothing. I checked the error and access logs, but didn't see anything unusual. I tried a google search, but didn't find anything that seemed on topic. I thought of permission problems, which I always run afoul of in Linux, but after messing around with that for an hour or so, I concluded that wasn't it. Then I thought it might be different line endings, but that turned out not to be the case. Then I thought it might be Apache 2 configuration, which is significantly different with Apache 2 on Ubuntu than it was with the Apache 1.3 that I am used to, so I messed with that a while, without any luck. I did learn new information about permissions, line endings, and Apache 2 configuration, so it wasn't totally wasted time, but it was pretty frustrating. I finally spent an hour googling around, running into my fellow Berkeley web geek Scot Hacker reporting a simular problem (but no solution) in 2004 with Apache 2.0 with Mandrake Linux. I finally ran across this post on a forum: OK success! I upped the loglevel to "debug" in httpd.conf. When trying to access images the following messages appeared in error_log: (38)Function not implemented: core_output_filter: writing data to the network...";}i:1;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:85:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2008/02/20/berkeley_hosts_its_own_etech.html";s:5:"title";s:28:"Berkeley hosts its own ETech";s:4:"link";s:85:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2008/02/20/berkeley_hosts_its_own_etech.html";s:11:"description";s:1285:"I'm an long time devotee of ETech, the OReilly conference devoted to Emerging Technologies, but unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to San Diego this year. However, I was delighted to find that Berkeley is holding the academic equivalent of ETech here in Berkeley. Called the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, or BEARS for short, it is a day when the Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department shows off its stuff. The event is not well publicized, and appears to be targeted largely at the companies who sponsor research at Berkeley, but it is open to the public, and free. I've gone to the event in the past, and if the past is anything to judge by, it should be fascinating. The full program is available online, but highlights from the morning include Boing Boing editor David Pescovitz quizzing the faculty members on how new technologies will disrupt traditional industries and Wired Magazine editor Adam Rogers quizzing them on what technological innovations will create new industries. The afternoon is devoted to open houses at the various research labs -- you can go to labs you never knew existed in downtown Berkeley and see the wonderful and wacky things that very bright grad students are working on. Check it out. Highly recommended....";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:8:"Bay Area";s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2008-02-20T14:48:20-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:1285:"I'm an long time devotee of ETech, the OReilly conference devoted to Emerging Technologies, but unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to San Diego this year. However, I was delighted to find that Berkeley is holding the academic equivalent of ETech here in Berkeley. Called the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, or BEARS for short, it is a day when the Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department shows off its stuff. The event is not well publicized, and appears to be targeted largely at the companies who sponsor research at Berkeley, but it is open to the public, and free. I've gone to the event in the past, and if the past is anything to judge by, it should be fascinating. The full program is available online, but highlights from the morning include Boing Boing editor David Pescovitz quizzing the faculty members on how new technologies will disrupt traditional industries and Wired Magazine editor Adam Rogers quizzing them on what technological innovations will create new industries. The afternoon is devoted to open houses at the various research labs -- you can go to labs you never knew existed in downtown Berkeley and see the wonderful and wacky things that very bright grad students are working on. Check it out. Highly recommended....";}i:2;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:77:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/06/04/but_wait_theres_more.html";s:5:"title";s:23:"But wait, there's more!";s:4:"link";s:77:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/06/04/but_wait_theres_more.html";s:11:"description";s:355:"The master of SpeedGeeking, Allen "Gunner" Gunn, speed geeks the Social Source Commons and shows how it is done. I knew he was a great showman, but who knew what a great a salesperson he was? Via Ruby Code Warrior Kellan and my old buddies at CivicActions. P.S. I was an alpha tester for the Social Source Commons and it has a lot of promise....";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-06-04T22:16:15-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:355:"The master of SpeedGeeking, Allen "Gunner" Gunn, speed geeks the Social Source Commons and shows how it is done. I knew he was a great showman, but who knew what a great a salesperson he was? Via Ruby Code Warrior Kellan and my old buddies at CivicActions. P.S. I was an alpha tester for the Social Source Commons and it has a lot of promise....";}i:3;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:95:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/06/02/my_netnet_on_the_netsquared_conference.html";s:5:"title";s:39:"My Net-Net on the NetSquared Conference";s:4:"link";s:95:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/06/02/my_netnet_on_the_netsquared_conference.html";s:11:"description";s:2352:"I've been back for a day from the NetSquared Conference, and have had a little time to reflect on it. Several people have asked me what my take on it was. The short version is superb logistics and people, but so-so sessions, except for the excellent skill share. However, I am sure that the organizers will learn from this year and I will happily go again next year, if I get the chance (and can afford it if it isn't local).  Basics first. Compumentor and their helpers did a superb job with the logistics. There was power at every table, and the wireless was better than at any of the many O'Reilly conferences that I have been to (it probably helped that the conference was held at the headquarters of one of the world's largest manufacturers of routers and wireless devices). The food wasn't gourmet, but it was reasonable, on site and on time. The conference hotel was nearby and was modestly priced (for Silicon Valley). Most people probably won't mention these things, but I have seen what happens when these things aren't true -- a lot of people spent half of this year's Emerging Technology Conference (ETECH 2006) in San Diego complaining for good reason about the wireless (bad), the space (very bad), and the prices (outrageous). The only logistical flaws for this conference were the pre-conference confusion and lack of transparency about registration, and the badges. Everybody's badge was labeled with their role, i.e. volunteer, sponsor, speaker, including one called "scholar", which looked to me like the "poor scholarship kid" label at a fancy private school. While some of this is common at business conferences, I wonder what purpose it served at a conference like this to visibly segregate people that way. Aside from those two issues, the Compumentor crew managed to pull everything together in time, and have my thanks and admiration for doing so. As always, one of the best parts of the conference was talking with the fellow attendees. I got to meet a number of people whom I had previously only known from their online writings, I got to catch up with a lot of people that I admire but only see once every six months or so at events like this, and I got to meet all kinds of interesting new people that I never would have had a chance to meet otherwise. I...";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-06-02T02:24:04-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2352:"I've been back for a day from the NetSquared Conference, and have had a little time to reflect on it. Several people have asked me what my take on it was. The short version is superb logistics and people, but so-so sessions, except for the excellent skill share. However, I am sure that the organizers will learn from this year and I will happily go again next year, if I get the chance (and can afford it if it isn't local).  Basics first. Compumentor and their helpers did a superb job with the logistics. There was power at every table, and the wireless was better than at any of the many O'Reilly conferences that I have been to (it probably helped that the conference was held at the headquarters of one of the world's largest manufacturers of routers and wireless devices). The food wasn't gourmet, but it was reasonable, on site and on time. The conference hotel was nearby and was modestly priced (for Silicon Valley). Most people probably won't mention these things, but I have seen what happens when these things aren't true -- a lot of people spent half of this year's Emerging Technology Conference (ETECH 2006) in San Diego complaining for good reason about the wireless (bad), the space (very bad), and the prices (outrageous). The only logistical flaws for this conference were the pre-conference confusion and lack of transparency about registration, and the badges. Everybody's badge was labeled with their role, i.e. volunteer, sponsor, speaker, including one called "scholar", which looked to me like the "poor scholarship kid" label at a fancy private school. While some of this is common at business conferences, I wonder what purpose it served at a conference like this to visibly segregate people that way. Aside from those two issues, the Compumentor crew managed to pull everything together in time, and have my thanks and admiration for doing so. As always, one of the best parts of the conference was talking with the fellow attendees. I got to meet a number of people whom I had previously only known from their online writings, I got to catch up with a lot of people that I admire but only see once every six months or so at events like this, and I got to meet all kinds of interesting new people that I never would have had a chance to meet otherwise. I...";}i:4;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:81:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/05/29/headed_out_to_netsquared.html";s:5:"title";s:24:"Headed out to NetSquared";s:4:"link";s:81:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/05/29/headed_out_to_netsquared.html";s:11:"description";s:773:"I'm going to spend the next two days at NetSquared, a gathering "to discuss the future of tech enabled social change work ... a conversation about collaboration, empowerment, inclusion and sustainability here at Net Squared - remixing the web for social change." To be honest, I'm not sure what to expect, but lots of people I respect but know only from the web are going to be there, so it seemed like a good opportunity to meet folks and to learn. As I wrote on my NetSquared blog, I volunteered to blog at NetSquared because I am still trying to figure out the most effective ways to harness this powerful communications medium to empower citizens to act together for social good and I hope to learn more about doing so at NetSquared. I hope to see some of you there....";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-05-29T23:49:28-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:773:"I'm going to spend the next two days at NetSquared, a gathering "to discuss the future of tech enabled social change work ... a conversation about collaboration, empowerment, inclusion and sustainability here at Net Squared - remixing the web for social change." To be honest, I'm not sure what to expect, but lots of people I respect but know only from the web are going to be there, so it seemed like a good opportunity to meet folks and to learn. As I wrote on my NetSquared blog, I volunteered to blog at NetSquared because I am still trying to figure out the most effective ways to harness this powerful communications medium to empower citizens to act together for social good and I hope to learn more about doing so at NetSquared. I hope to see some of you there....";}i:5;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:86:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/13/goodbye_grandpa_and_thank_you.html";s:5:"title";s:31:"Goodbye, Grandpa, and Thank You";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/13/goodbye_grandpa_and_thank_you.html";s:11:"description";s:2332:" This weekend, the Bishop clan's patriarch passed away, and an era ended for me. There was an official obituary in the local newspaper, and a notice in the newspaper he read and argued with every day, the New York Times. What follows is an edited version of the official obituary, combining the notice in the NYT with his hometown newspaper obituary with a few edits of my own: James Keough Bishop, a long time resident of New Rochelle died peacefully on April 7, 2006 at home in Rye. He was born in Summerville, MA on June 4, 1913 to Patrick Joseph Bishop and Anne Bishop (nee: Keough), both emigrants from Newfoundland. After graduating from the Bentley School of Accounting, James married his wife Dorothy O'Keefe Bishop in 1937. The couple moved to New Rochelle, NY where they raised three sons [and lost 4 babies]. During WW II, James served as a volunteer firefighter. The Bishops were parishioners of Holy Family Church, where James served on the parish council, as President of the Holy Name Society, and as a lector. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Papal Order of the Knights of Malta. James was the vice president and general sales manager of Plunkett Webster, a wholesale lumber company. In addition to his professional career he had many other business and social achievements. Among these were, College of New Rochelle Trustee, member of the board of directors of the Siwanoy Council, Boy Scouts of America, President of the New Rochelle Lions Club and of New Rochelle Day Nursery, Chairman of the board of Westchester Federal Savings, and of the New Rochelle Community Chest. As chairman of the New Rochelle Board of Education, he led the effort to integrate the school system in the 1960's. He was also a recipient of the BSA prestigious Silver Beaver award. Loving father of James K. Bishop Jr. (Kathleen) of Washington, DC, John F. Bishop, (Patricia) of Verona, NJ and Thomas A. Bishop (Kathrine) of North Stonington, CT. Dear brother of Harold Joseph Bishop, Doris Lebre and Marion Fahey [and gone before him are his brothers Walter and Arnold]. Devoted grandfather of ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Dorothy in 1994. Grandpa was many things I am not -- a strict Roman Catholic and a life-long Republican, but he was also some things...";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:8:"Personal";s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-04-13T01:04:08-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2332:" This weekend, the Bishop clan's patriarch passed away, and an era ended for me. There was an official obituary in the local newspaper, and a notice in the newspaper he read and argued with every day, the New York Times. What follows is an edited version of the official obituary, combining the notice in the NYT with his hometown newspaper obituary with a few edits of my own: James Keough Bishop, a long time resident of New Rochelle died peacefully on April 7, 2006 at home in Rye. He was born in Summerville, MA on June 4, 1913 to Patrick Joseph Bishop and Anne Bishop (nee: Keough), both emigrants from Newfoundland. After graduating from the Bentley School of Accounting, James married his wife Dorothy O'Keefe Bishop in 1937. The couple moved to New Rochelle, NY where they raised three sons [and lost 4 babies]. During WW II, James served as a volunteer firefighter. The Bishops were parishioners of Holy Family Church, where James served on the parish council, as President of the Holy Name Society, and as a lector. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Papal Order of the Knights of Malta. James was the vice president and general sales manager of Plunkett Webster, a wholesale lumber company. In addition to his professional career he had many other business and social achievements. Among these were, College of New Rochelle Trustee, member of the board of directors of the Siwanoy Council, Boy Scouts of America, President of the New Rochelle Lions Club and of New Rochelle Day Nursery, Chairman of the board of Westchester Federal Savings, and of the New Rochelle Community Chest. As chairman of the New Rochelle Board of Education, he led the effort to integrate the school system in the 1960's. He was also a recipient of the BSA prestigious Silver Beaver award. Loving father of James K. Bishop Jr. (Kathleen) of Washington, DC, John F. Bishop, (Patricia) of Verona, NJ and Thomas A. Bishop (Kathrine) of North Stonington, CT. Dear brother of Harold Joseph Bishop, Doris Lebre and Marion Fahey [and gone before him are his brothers Walter and Arnold]. Devoted grandfather of ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Dorothy in 1994. Grandpa was many things I am not -- a strict Roman Catholic and a life-long Republican, but he was also some things...";}i:6;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:73:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/07/watch_that_space.html";s:5:"title";s:17:"Watch that space!";s:4:"link";s:73:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/07/watch_that_space.html";s:11:"description";s:656:"Mark Pilgrim is back blogging, and this time it's babyblogging. I'm curious to see what develops -- I chatted with Mark at ETech and he told me he that he didn't blog because it fed parts of his personality that didn't need feeding. But what he wrote this time is pretty cute. Beautiful, actually. In general, whatever Mark writes is worth reading, for entertainment and education. I came across his writing on addiction shortly after I quit smoking -- it is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have ever read. So watch that space (and marvel at Google choosing to put toothpaste ads next to his essay on bathing his child). Welcome back, Mark....";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-04-07T23:15:28-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:656:"Mark Pilgrim is back blogging, and this time it's babyblogging. I'm curious to see what develops -- I chatted with Mark at ETech and he told me he that he didn't blog because it fed parts of his personality that didn't need feeding. But what he wrote this time is pretty cute. Beautiful, actually. In general, whatever Mark writes is worth reading, for entertainment and education. I came across his writing on addiction shortly after I quit smoking -- it is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have ever read. So watch that space (and marvel at Google choosing to put toothpaste ads next to his essay on bathing his child). Welcome back, Mark....";}i:7;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:115:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/29/my_special_hosting_plan_with_webhostplus_formerly_netbunch.html";s:5:"title";s:60:"My special hosting plan with webhostplus (formerly netbunch)";s:4:"link";s:115:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/29/my_special_hosting_plan_with_webhostplus_formerly_netbunch.html";s:11:"description";s:2082:"My server at webhostplus went down tonight, as has become a weekly occurrence, so I decided to try the chat tech support. The folllowing is a verbatim transcript: "echo5 down?" geodog : my site, twjb.com on echo5 seems to be down geodog : both email and http geodog : hello? ** You are now speaking with Darryl, NetBunch. ** Darryl : Thank you for contacting Technical Support. My name is Darryl. How may I help you? geodog : my site, twjb.com geodog : on echo5 seems to be down geodog : both email and http Darryl : Looking geodog : thanks Darryl : Yes, it does not appear to be responding; one moment Darryl : okay I have just been given the following information: Darryl : Sites on Echo5 are only up 18 hours a day Darryl : 1.00 a month, special hosting plan geodog : what the h? geodog : I've been on echo5 for 3 years geodog : first time I have every heard anything like that geodog : and i pay a lot more than 45 a month geodog : than 1 a month Darryl : sorry Darryl : the guy I was talking to was joking with me Darryl : I'm new here Darryl : looking into the issue... geodog : well, that is what the service has felt like since netbunch geodog : was aquired by webhostplus I couldn't make stuff like this up if I tried. Needless to say, an hour later my site was still down. If you want to read more stuff like this, check out the customer forums. My favorite quote from there is Given they have had more than 20,000 trouble tickets (at least that is the difference in ticket numbers between then and now) in the past 1.5 months, they should be a little backed up. I don't understand how people like this stay in business. I have gotten all my mail off their servers, but am still looking for a good host (and time) to move all my little friends and family sites off. Update: For all you visitors flooding in from Techdirt, here is the background to this story: If your web hosting company is acquired by Web Host Plus, run for the hills. And the site did come back up (more than an hour later) last night, but downtime has become a weekly occurrence since webhostingplus...";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-29T22:36:46-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2082:"My server at webhostplus went down tonight, as has become a weekly occurrence, so I decided to try the chat tech support. The folllowing is a verbatim transcript: "echo5 down?" geodog : my site, twjb.com on echo5 seems to be down geodog : both email and http geodog : hello? ** You are now speaking with Darryl, NetBunch. ** Darryl : Thank you for contacting Technical Support. My name is Darryl. How may I help you? geodog : my site, twjb.com geodog : on echo5 seems to be down geodog : both email and http Darryl : Looking geodog : thanks Darryl : Yes, it does not appear to be responding; one moment Darryl : okay I have just been given the following information: Darryl : Sites on Echo5 are only up 18 hours a day Darryl : 1.00 a month, special hosting plan geodog : what the h? geodog : I've been on echo5 for 3 years geodog : first time I have every heard anything like that geodog : and i pay a lot more than 45 a month geodog : than 1 a month Darryl : sorry Darryl : the guy I was talking to was joking with me Darryl : I'm new here Darryl : looking into the issue... geodog : well, that is what the service has felt like since netbunch geodog : was aquired by webhostplus I couldn't make stuff like this up if I tried. Needless to say, an hour later my site was still down. If you want to read more stuff like this, check out the customer forums. My favorite quote from there is Given they have had more than 20,000 trouble tickets (at least that is the difference in ticket numbers between then and now) in the past 1.5 months, they should be a little backed up. I don't understand how people like this stay in business. I have gotten all my mail off their servers, but am still looking for a good host (and time) to move all my little friends and family sites off. Update: For all you visitors flooding in from Techdirt, here is the background to this story: If your web hosting company is acquired by Web Host Plus, run for the hills. And the site did come back up (more than an hour later) last night, but downtime has become a weekly occurrence since webhostingplus...";}i:8;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:86:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/25/more_berkeley_bumper_stickers.html";s:5:"title";s:29:"More Berkeley Bumper Stickers";s:4:"link";s:86:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/25/more_berkeley_bumper_stickers.html";s:11:"description";s:580:" Like my fellow Berkeley resident Tracey Taylor, I have a facination with the bumper stickers of Berkeley. It is hard to imagine another town with as varied and pointed a display as I see around me in Berkeley. I can almost always count on a chuckle at seeing a new one as I walk to work. I ran across two this month which seemed worth sharing. The first was seen on the front windshield of a van in Andronico's Park and Rob parking lot, "Buck Fush." The second, "Time to Impeach: For a Blown Job" was spotted on on a car (not a Volvo) parked in a driveway near my work. Enjoy....";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:8:"Bay Area";s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-25T23:01:52-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:580:" Like my fellow Berkeley resident Tracey Taylor, I have a facination with the bumper stickers of Berkeley. It is hard to imagine another town with as varied and pointed a display as I see around me in Berkeley. I can almost always count on a chuckle at seeing a new one as I walk to work. I ran across two this month which seemed worth sharing. The first was seen on the front windshield of a van in Andronico's Park and Rob parking lot, "Buck Fush." The second, "Time to Impeach: For a Blown Job" was spotted on on a car (not a Volvo) parked in a driveway near my work. Enjoy....";}i:9;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:104:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/24/fun_at_the_san_francisco_web_innovators_network.html";s:5:"title";s:47:"Fun at the San Francisco Web Innovators Network";s:4:"link";s:104:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/24/fun_at_the_san_francisco_web_innovators_network.html";s:11:"description";s:2215:" Tonight I hoofed it over the city to check out the San Francisco Web Innovators Network, organized by Chris Law of Aggregate Knowledge and friends, and hosted by the not as evil as the past Microsoft (they are learning from Scoble). I'd only met Chris Law a couple of times before, usually in the company of his smooth talking business partner Paul Martino, and I took Chris for your typical technically brilliant guy with limited social skills. Boy was I wrong. Chris Law may look like your typical geek, but he wheels and deals and schmoozes with the best of them. His social skills vastly surpass my own. I predict that he will be a VC with one of the marquee firms within a decade, doing what David Hornik described at ETech as the recursive VC dance of email, introductions, schmoozing, meetings and email. The first hour was a mob scene of people walking around, glancing at name tags, and introducing themselves. Since I didn't know many people, and am not in the habit of introducing myself to total strangers, I mostly watched the social dance of geeks, entrepreneurs, VC's, and various lawyers and service providers to the technology industry. I did meet a nice accountant who was shopping his wares as a part-time CFO, and managed to apologize to Ted Rheingold for a Dogster joke I blogged a couple of years ago. I listened to almost everyone who came up to him make some kind of Dogster joke, all of which he put up with very politely. I chatted with him a bit about business -- he says it's great, so maybe the joke is on us jokesters. I've decided that next time, if I want people to come up and talk to me, I will put on a name tag that says "Tim Bishop, Yahoo! Acquisitions", which would be sure to attract lots of people, although extricating myself from the false pretenses might be a little tricky. I also noshed on some surprisingly great hors d'oeuvres -- I don't know who the caterer was, but she did a great job. After the first hour of the awkward social stuff, the real fun began -- demos. First up was a quite useful looking and reasonably priced remote usability testing tool/service, Ethnio, from a local usability firm, Bolt Peters. This might be something that my team could use at...";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-24T03:20:21-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2215:" Tonight I hoofed it over the city to check out the San Francisco Web Innovators Network, organized by Chris Law of Aggregate Knowledge and friends, and hosted by the not as evil as the past Microsoft (they are learning from Scoble). I'd only met Chris Law a couple of times before, usually in the company of his smooth talking business partner Paul Martino, and I took Chris for your typical technically brilliant guy with limited social skills. Boy was I wrong. Chris Law may look like your typical geek, but he wheels and deals and schmoozes with the best of them. His social skills vastly surpass my own. I predict that he will be a VC with one of the marquee firms within a decade, doing what David Hornik described at ETech as the recursive VC dance of email, introductions, schmoozing, meetings and email. The first hour was a mob scene of people walking around, glancing at name tags, and introducing themselves. Since I didn't know many people, and am not in the habit of introducing myself to total strangers, I mostly watched the social dance of geeks, entrepreneurs, VC's, and various lawyers and service providers to the technology industry. I did meet a nice accountant who was shopping his wares as a part-time CFO, and managed to apologize to Ted Rheingold for a Dogster joke I blogged a couple of years ago. I listened to almost everyone who came up to him make some kind of Dogster joke, all of which he put up with very politely. I chatted with him a bit about business -- he says it's great, so maybe the joke is on us jokesters. I've decided that next time, if I want people to come up and talk to me, I will put on a name tag that says "Tim Bishop, Yahoo! Acquisitions", which would be sure to attract lots of people, although extricating myself from the false pretenses might be a little tricky. I also noshed on some surprisingly great hors d'oeuvres -- I don't know who the caterer was, but she did a great job. After the first hour of the awkward social stuff, the real fun began -- demos. First up was a quite useful looking and reasonably priced remote usability testing tool/service, Ethnio, from a local usability firm, Bolt Peters. This might be something that my team could use at...";}i:10;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:104:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/19/berkeley_cybersalon_journalism_vs_blogging_yawn.html";s:5:"title";s:51:"Berkeley Cybersalon: Journalism vs. blogging = Yawn";s:4:"link";s:104:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/19/berkeley_cybersalon_journalism_vs_blogging_yawn.html";s:11:"description";s:2396:" Sylvia Paull has a gift for getting smart people together, and tonight's Berkeley Cybersalon was evidence of that. The panel she put together on journalism and blogging included John Markoff from the NYT, bloggers Jory des Jardins and Lisa Stone from Blogher, journoblogger Steve Gillmor, and analyst Joshua Greenbaum. She made a very curious choice for moderator, neoconservative Andrew Keen, who recently made a stir in the blogosphere with his defense of elitism, and who, judging from his blog, seems to be attempting a Camille Paglia-like rise in the neoconservative movement by finding them a new whipping boy, in this case Web 2.0 utopians. It is not often someone that partisan can be a good moderator -- but in his case we didn't get the chance to find out if he could or not. As interesting and talented as the panel were the bloggers and journalists in the crowd -- during the course of the evening journobloggers Dan Farber of ZDNET and Scott Rosenberg of Salon, Tom Foremsky of SiliconValleyWatcher, newly minted blogger Alan Saracevic of the SF Chronicle, blogger Mary Hodder, soon to be former blogger Dave Winer and not yet blogging local editor Becky O'Malley of my beloved Berkeley Daily Planet, were heard from. Unfortunately, the result of all this brainpower assembled under one roof for a couple of hours was, in the end, a yawn. Sylvia's gift for getting people together isn't matched with skills at moderating group discussions, and she hijacked the moderator's position midway through the discussion, and the conversation scattered into a series of random non-sequiturs. Tonight's Berkeley Cybersalon ended up being reminiscent of a badly led graduate seminar with a bunch of really bright people mostly talking to themselves, trying to score points off each other, or trying to impress the professor, instead of having the focused discussion I had hoped for. The evening started of with Sylvia Paull pointing out all the important people in the audience, a practice which I find elitist, implying as it does that the other people in the audience aren't worth introducing, and ironic, given the topic of tonight's conversation. To be fair to her, it may just be her way of trying to introduce people to each other, but I find it distasteful. The first (prepared) question went to the panel, about the role of elitism in the media, and it generated some thoughtful and...";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:8:"Bay Area";s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-19T21:22:20-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2396:" Sylvia Paull has a gift for getting smart people together, and tonight's Berkeley Cybersalon was evidence of that. The panel she put together on journalism and blogging included John Markoff from the NYT, bloggers Jory des Jardins and Lisa Stone from Blogher, journoblogger Steve Gillmor, and analyst Joshua Greenbaum. She made a very curious choice for moderator, neoconservative Andrew Keen, who recently made a stir in the blogosphere with his defense of elitism, and who, judging from his blog, seems to be attempting a Camille Paglia-like rise in the neoconservative movement by finding them a new whipping boy, in this case Web 2.0 utopians. It is not often someone that partisan can be a good moderator -- but in his case we didn't get the chance to find out if he could or not. As interesting and talented as the panel were the bloggers and journalists in the crowd -- during the course of the evening journobloggers Dan Farber of ZDNET and Scott Rosenberg of Salon, Tom Foremsky of SiliconValleyWatcher, newly minted blogger Alan Saracevic of the SF Chronicle, blogger Mary Hodder, soon to be former blogger Dave Winer and not yet blogging local editor Becky O'Malley of my beloved Berkeley Daily Planet, were heard from. Unfortunately, the result of all this brainpower assembled under one roof for a couple of hours was, in the end, a yawn. Sylvia's gift for getting people together isn't matched with skills at moderating group discussions, and she hijacked the moderator's position midway through the discussion, and the conversation scattered into a series of random non-sequiturs. Tonight's Berkeley Cybersalon ended up being reminiscent of a badly led graduate seminar with a bunch of really bright people mostly talking to themselves, trying to score points off each other, or trying to impress the professor, instead of having the focused discussion I had hoped for. The evening started of with Sylvia Paull pointing out all the important people in the audience, a practice which I find elitist, implying as it does that the other people in the audience aren't worth introducing, and ironic, given the topic of tonight's conversation. To be fair to her, it may just be her way of trying to introduce people to each other, but I find it distasteful. The first (prepared) question went to the panel, about the role of elitism in the media, and it generated some thoughtful and...";}i:11;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:126:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/18/winning_the_socalled_war_on_terrorism_one_tortured_prisoner_at_a_time.html";s:5:"title";s:71:"Winning the so-called war on terrorism, one tortured prisoner at a time";s:4:"link";s:126:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/18/winning_the_socalled_war_on_terrorism_one_tortured_prisoner_at_a_time.html";s:11:"description";s:2449:"This is how Rumsfeld and the Bush administration thinks we are going to convince 1 billion Muslims that Osama bin Laden is wrong about America? From today's NYT: The heart of the camp was the Battlefield Interrogation Facility, alternately known as the Temporary Detention Facility and the Temporary Holding Facility. The interrogation and detention areas occupied a corner of the larger compound, separated by a fence topped with razor wire. Unmarked helicopters flew detainees into the camp almost daily, former task force members said. Dressed in blue jumpsuits with taped goggles covering their eyes, the shackled prisoners were led into a screening room where they were registered and examined by medics. Just beyond the screening rooms, where Saddam Hussein was given a medical exam after his capture, detainees were kept in as many as 85 cells spread over two buildings. Some detainees were kept in what was known as Motel 6, a group of crudely built plywood shacks that reeked of urine and excrement. The shacks were cramped, forcing many prisoners to squat or crouch. Other detainees were housed inside a separate building in 6-by-8-foot cubicles in a cellblock called Hotel California. The interrogation rooms were stark. High-value detainees were questioned in the Black Room, nearly bare but for several 18-inch hooks that jutted from the ceiling, a grisly reminder of the terrors inflicted by Mr. Hussein's inquisitors. Jailers often blared rap music or rock 'n' roll at deafening decibels over a loudspeaker to unnerve their subjects.... Task Force 6-26 was a creation of the Pentagon's post-Sept. 11 campaign against terrorism, and it quickly became the model for how the military would gain intelligence and battle insurgents in the future..... In January 2004, the task force captured the son of one of Mr. Hussein's bodyguards in Tikrit. The man told Army investigators that he was forced to strip and that he was punched in the spine until he fainted, put in front of an air-conditioner while cold water was poured on him and kicked in the stomach until he vomited. Army investigators were forced to close their inquiry in June 2005 after they said task force members used battlefield pseudonyms that made it impossible to identify and locate the soldiers involved. The unit also asserted that 70 percent of its computer files had been lost. Despite the task force's access to a wide range of intelligence, its raids were often...";s:2:"dc";a:3:{s:7:"subject";s:8:"Politics";s:7:"creator";s:9:"tbishop61";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-18T14:25:14-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2449:"This is how Rumsfeld and the Bush administration thinks we are going to convince 1 billion Muslims that Osama bin Laden is wrong about America? From today's NYT: The heart of the camp was the Battlefield Interrogation Facility, alternately known as the Temporary Detention Facility and the Temporary Holding Facility. The interrogation and detention areas occupied a corner of the larger compound, separated by a fence topped with razor wire. Unmarked helicopters flew detainees into the camp almost daily, former task force members said. Dressed in blue jumpsuits with taped goggles covering their eyes, the shackled prisoners were led into a screening room where they were registered and examined by medics. Just beyond the screening rooms, where Saddam Hussein was given a medical exam after his capture, detainees were kept in as many as 85 cells spread over two buildings. Some detainees were kept in what was known as Motel 6, a group of crudely built plywood shacks that reeked of urine and excrement. The shacks were cramped, forcing many prisoners to squat or crouch. Other detainees were housed inside a separate building in 6-by-8-foot cubicles in a cellblock called Hotel California. The interrogation rooms were stark. High-value detainees were questioned in the Black Room, nearly bare but for several 18-inch hooks that jutted from the ceiling, a grisly reminder of the terrors inflicted by Mr. Hussein's inquisitors. Jailers often blared rap music or rock 'n' roll at deafening decibels over a loudspeaker to unnerve their subjects.... Task Force 6-26 was a creation of the Pentagon's post-Sept. 11 campaign against terrorism, and it quickly became the model for how the military would gain intelligence and battle insurgents in the future..... In January 2004, the task force captured the son of one of Mr. Hussein's bodyguards in Tikrit. The man told Army investigators that he was forced to strip and that he was punched in the spine until he fainted, put in front of an air-conditioner while cold water was poured on him and kicked in the stomach until he vomited. Army investigators were forced to close their inquiry in June 2005 after they said task force members used battlefield pseudonyms that made it impossible to identify and locate the soldiers involved. The unit also asserted that 70 percent of its computer files had been lost. Despite the task force's access to a wide range of intelligence, its raids were often...";}i:12;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:106:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/12/sarah_mclachlan_puts_her_money_where_her_mouth_is.html";s:5:"title";s:49:"Sarah McLachlan puts her money where her mouth is";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/12/sarah_mclachlan_puts_her_money_where_her_mouth_is.html";s:11:"description";s:178:"It is inspiring to see an artist make such a clear statement of values. If you haven't seen Sarah McLachlan's latest video, I highly recommend it. I found it extremely moving....";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-12T02:33:20-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:178:"It is inspiring to see an artist make such a clear statement of values. If you haven't seen Sarah McLachlan's latest video, I highly recommend it. 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Themes that Rael says we will cover: the data web, the attention economy, wisdom of crowds as applied to software. Some nice quotes about the problems we are creating with our data streams: We are downloading files we will never have a chance to look at. We are accumulating stuff with Tivo that we will never see. I feel thin, like butter spread over too much bread -- Bilbo Baggins. The first and third are certainly true of me, and do seem like a problem worth working on. We have solutions for aggregation, now we need Attenuation, he says -- less stuff, not more. He sees great businesses coming down the road. The promise of Ajax is atomic level access to your data (more important than flashy design). Groups are not normalized -- we still can't make ourselves visible to some people and not visible to others on IM. Rael also plugged his wife's site, Parent hacks, which he described as lifehacking for those who no longer have lives. Next Tim O'Reilly got up and gave his O'Reilly Radar speech, which I have heard a number of times. so I won't try to summarize it here (but Christine Herron has a nice summary). What was new? First of all, I hadn't seen the bearded mustached Tim O'Reilly. I'm not sure I would have recognized him. Looks good. Second, he had a new slide from Craig Newmark, showing how Craigslist is the number 7 site on the internet, but has only 18 employees (as compared to the other megacorps). The difference? Craigslist's users really do almost all the work of creating the value (and policing the system). Third, he talked a great deal about computing becoming cybernetic, a blending of people and computers "Intelligence augmentation, not artificial intelligence. We are making computers intelligent because we are part of them." He talked up a site called boxxet. Lastly,...";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-07T02:26:31-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:2298:"Rael Dornfest gave his welcome to ETech speech. Lots of little bon mots and name dropping, but not really a talk. ETech is a radar conference, for amplifying weak signals. To put together small pieces yet to be loosely joined. Rael said that the conference was bigger than before, and sold out. He promised some big announcements. Funny how ETech has become a place to launch products / companies, after the success of Flickr and Delicious at being acquired after being launched at Etech. Themes that Rael says we will cover: the data web, the attention economy, wisdom of crowds as applied to software. Some nice quotes about the problems we are creating with our data streams: We are downloading files we will never have a chance to look at. We are accumulating stuff with Tivo that we will never see. I feel thin, like butter spread over too much bread -- Bilbo Baggins. The first and third are certainly true of me, and do seem like a problem worth working on. We have solutions for aggregation, now we need Attenuation, he says -- less stuff, not more. He sees great businesses coming down the road. The promise of Ajax is atomic level access to your data (more important than flashy design). Groups are not normalized -- we still can't make ourselves visible to some people and not visible to others on IM. Rael also plugged his wife's site, Parent hacks, which he described as lifehacking for those who no longer have lives. Next Tim O'Reilly got up and gave his O'Reilly Radar speech, which I have heard a number of times. so I won't try to summarize it here (but Christine Herron has a nice summary). What was new? First of all, I hadn't seen the bearded mustached Tim O'Reilly. I'm not sure I would have recognized him. Looks good. Second, he had a new slide from Craig Newmark, showing how Craigslist is the number 7 site on the internet, but has only 18 employees (as compared to the other megacorps). The difference? Craigslist's users really do almost all the work of creating the value (and policing the system). Third, he talked a great deal about computing becoming cybernetic, a blending of people and computers "Intelligence augmentation, not artificial intelligence. We are making computers intelligent because we are part of them." He talked up a site called boxxet. Lastly,...";}i:14;a:6:{s:5:"about";s:99:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/06/first_impressions_of_day_one_of_etech_2006.html";s:5:"title";s:42:"First impressions of Day One of Etech 2006";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/03/06/first_impressions_of_day_one_of_etech_2006.html";s:11:"description";s:1636:" ETech is big, much bigger than 2003 or 2004. Someone said that there were a thousand people in the room for the opening keynotes, and I believe it. I guess the industry is back (or another bubble is forming). There were lots of familiar faces, people like Doc Searls, Phil Windley and Robert Kaye, who I think of as the grey hairs of the conference set, as well as the people like danah boyd, Joel Spolsky, Scot Rosenberg, Kevin Burton and Rohit Khare, whom I have seen at lots of previous conferences. There are a lot of new faces as well, and more than half the room raised their hands when Tim O'Reilly asked if this was their first one Etech. It is a much more international crowd too. The rowdy Brits from BBC that I have seen at previous years are sitting behind me, but to my left is a huge contingent that I am guessing is from Japan. As usual at geek conferences, there are far more men than women, although there do seem to some women. And as usual the visible representation from people who themselves or whose ancestors came from Africa or Latin America appears to be nil. There are too many people to fit comfortably in the big room they are using for the keynotes, and the people are spread apart too widely -- I suspect there is going to be a lot of competition for the center seats and I fear the keynotes are going to be a bit of an ordeal. The hotel is different too, a Hyatt trying to be a downgraded Bellagio, with that same fake grandiosity and pomposity that makes me wince. The wireless seems good for once, and I found a power strip easily enough, so as long as the content is good I can't complain too much....";s:2:"dc";a:2:{s:7:"creator";s:6:"Geodog";s:4:"date";s:25:"2006-03-06T23:19:18-08:00";}s:7:"summary";s:1636:" ETech is big, much bigger than 2003 or 2004. Someone said that there were a thousand people in the room for the opening keynotes, and I believe it. 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