A river that needs crossing political and tech blogs – On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance, on the geek side there is naivety and over- complexity My videos are on these two youtube channels visionontv 3,832,876 views and undercurrents 22,689,976 views
Portable renewable power technology
Published Date 9/13/12 3:34 PM “The BioLite CampStove, designed for outdoor adventure and emergency preparedness, makes cooking on wood as clean, safe and easy as petroleum fuels while powering electronics off-grid.” I love tec like this, clever idea made real BUT it takes around 5 minutes to boil 1 liter of water and and will take…
NUJ Delegate Meeting 2012 Newcastle
(DRAFT) The union’s Delegate Meeting (DM 2012) will take place from Friday 5 until Sunday 7 October 2012 in Newcastle. This is a reaction to the final agenda PDF Thinking about the NUJ delegate meeting. We all agree we need a union, but it isn’t obvious what is its role, used to be about negotiating with the…
A political history of the internet
Published Date 8/31/12 2:52 PM (This is a DRAFT) This worth reading to go with this view time and libertarean/liberals view of who created the internet In the 1970s the military looked at a problem – how to keep communication working in an anarchic environment (a nuclear war). Their solution was to work with this…
Fixing problems with Kobo Touch e reader
Published Date 8/24/12 6:33 PM Lots of people have problems with this e-reader, here is the best advice I found: “To initiate a factory reset using the Home button and the power slider both of the following conditions must be met: 1) release the power slider while holding down the Home button, and, 2) push…
Finding the Rainbow Gathering
Published Date 7/10/12 12:31 PM Is there an alternative? Can we build a contemporary community out of a traditional society? Where and what is the path to it? Drawing the right people in is core to building intentional communities. The rainbow way of doing this is to use myths and traditions to help create norms,…