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WiFi: Like water under the bridge?

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 7:54pm

Should cities and towns be providing wireless Internet connectivity? BigMegaTelcos say no (of course), but Charles says Boston's 19th century experience with water supplies suggests another answer:

... Public wells in Boston were limited by some of the same problems affecting private (and public, for that matter) Wi-Fi hotspots. Wells dry up and hotspots disappear as companies decide the fee based structure no longer works. Well water quality declined in Boston as the population grew, likewise, the more people using hotspots, the more the quality of service can degrade. In addition, using a private WiFi spot leaves one at the mercy of the provider, which can track what you’re up to when you’re online. Conversely, providers are subject to unwelcome uses. Both wells and WiFi hotspots are examples of uneven distribution. Wells existed only where water was undergound and paid WiFi only exists where economically feasible. Vast segments of the population have the potential to be underserved. ...


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WWWD?

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 7:08pm

Be reports:

... Walking home tonight, on Park Street in Somerville, I saw a little hybrid car with a bumper sticker that said:

"What Would Wellstone Do? (WWWD)"

May whoever strike me down for this, but being brain-fried into literal mode by the events of the day, all I could think of was, "be rolling in his grave?" ...


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We are living in a cesspool of violence

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 3:47pm

I am cowering in my basement as I cut and paste this headline from Michelle "50% less anorexic than Ann Coulter" Malkin's site:

ANARCHY IN BOSTON

On top of its al Qaeda problem and its MS-13 problem, Boston has another headache: anarchists.

When, oh, when will the president send in the troops to save us? The Liberal Avenger sends out this last dispatch before the anarchists descend:

... It's like Mad Max in the snow here.

Remember me like I was before the beginning of the end.

Remember me fondly.


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Snow-covered myopia

By eeka on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 2:37pm

The alarmist snow closures are getting even more ridiculous. Today all of the transportation for a network of programs that provide services for people with disabilities was cancelled. The transportation company hires almost entirely salaried workers who get a paid "snow day" today.

This isn't the case for most of the people who are forced to stay home because of the transportation company's decision to shut down despite the roads being completely passable.

The employees with disabilities mostly do piecework. You know when you buy a package of 6 of something? If you bought it from a small, local company, the 6 items were probably counted out, placed in a bag, sealed, and packed for shipping by people with disabilities.

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Annoying companies
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The organic city

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 1:54pm

North EndKarl compares Boston's chaotic street layout to Chicago's orderly grid and concludes:

... I like narrow curving roads that provide surprises at every corner. I like "streets" that are so narrow they can't accomodate automobiles. It all just feels so much more organic to me...more intimate.


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Ainge gonna happen

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 12:21pm

Peter notes a squib in a Minnesota paper about Danny Ainge possibly moving there after the current season to coach the Timberwolves:

... Two games after the Walker trade, people are starting to actually follow the Celtics for the first time in three seasons. Why would he walk out now?

File this one under pipe dreams. Or maybe crack pipe dreams.


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A CD you can ignore

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 12:15pm

Chris vows not to buy the new CD by the Irish Tenor Dr. Ronan Tynan, you know, the guy with the ears who sings "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch at Yankee Stadium:

.. Where does he get off having such a long title anyway? Is "The Irish Tenor" not good enough for him? He feels he needs a "Dr." too? Why doesn't he go ahead and add "Esquire" to the end of his name. Better yet. how about "The Irish Tenor Dr. Ronan 'Two Tons of Fun' Tynan, Esquire." ...


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Get a loada this

By adamg on Tue, 03/01/2005 - 8:37am

Again?

Roslindale street scene this morning.

Halley: My cross-country skiis have gotten quite a workout this year.

Trevor: It's bound to stop snowing soon or later, right? He posts mid-storm photos.

Nat posts mid-storm photos as well. Ana too. Mats posts photos of a Kenmore Square car accident. The Urban Pantheist takes shots along the Muddy River.

Andy's flight from Paris to India is delayed because the plane got stuck in our storm.

Angela: Mother Nature, I'm begging you - please make this the last one.

For the love of God! I can't take this snow anymore! Mercy!

Heather refuses to mention how tired she is of the snow.

All snow, all the time - Latest snow comments from you Hubby bloggers.


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The three amigos

By adamg on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 10:08pm

Woof!

Outside JP Licks, Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, on Sunday.


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A progressive thinking about Reilly

By adamg on Mon, 02/28/2005 - 8:48pm

Chris doesn't understand all the lefties getting excited about former Coca-Cola exec Deval Patrick's impending run for governor in the 2006 elections:

... On one side, you have a candidate who's charismatic, experienced and almost tailor made to take on Romney on the reform platform. On the other you have an unknown, out-of-state candidate whose only raison d'etre is that progressives find Reilly too moderate in both style and substance. Look, I find Reilly too moderate, too, and am especially leary of a governor that opposed gay marriage vociferously. I even find his opposition to the wind farm craven NIMBYism. However, there is a time it's useful for progressives to be demanding more from their candidates, and the election after four Republican governors in a row is not that time. ...


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