Category: Places and Spaces
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Easy Living, Listening, Eating and Drinking at P&G Speakeasy
Amy and I went to dinner last night at the P and G Speakeasy Cafe, a great good place in Duvall, where everything is "handmade, homemade and never boring." We enjoyed a simple, tasty and inexpensive meal of spaghetti and meatballs, with caesar salad and garlic bread, accompanied by their last bottle of Montevina 2001…
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Oprah on The Joy of Connecting (and Disconnecting)
The December issue of O: The Oprah Magazine has a special section on the benefits of connecting with and relating to one another … and (of course) a number of suggestions for ways that people can connect — or disconnect — with others. I felt more than slightly self-conscious going through the checkout line of…
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Location-aware Computing: Walking the Talk, Mapping the Walk
Chris Heathcote has shared many interesting observations and insights regarding location-aware computing; he is now experiencing — and allowing us to experience — location-aware computing first-hand by posting his location on his web site (and linking to a map of that location). Chris is using a Pretec BluetoothGPS Wireless GPS and Mobile Data-logger, an Aspicore…
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WiFi and Community
A recent Boston Globe article quoted Boston City Councilor John M. Tobin Jr. as saying “[WiFi] promotes community … It gets people out of their dorm rooms, out of hotel rooms, and out in the parks and out in restaurants.” While WiFi may encourage people to bring their laptops out of their homes, dorm rooms…
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CSN @ CSM
I went to see Crosby, Stills & Nash at Chateau Ste. Michelle last night with Amy, Bruce & Mary; it was the last concert of the season for both the band and the winery. Bruce arrived when they opened the gates and braved the rain to secure fabulous, front-row, center, lawn seats for us. By…
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Vicariously Experiencing Burning Man
I’ve never been to Burning Man, but know several people who have participated in the annual event, including Pat Baudisch, on whose office door I recently saw this wonderful list of “How to enjoy the Burning Man experience from the comfort of your own home.” I’m not sure how well this approximates the real experience…
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Kokopelli Redux?
I’ve joined the ranks of Native American flute players, with my purchase of a High Spirits “Golden Eagle” flute in F# (cedar, with turquoise inlay), after a rather synchronistic series of events. On my way home from a particularly moving Reiki session with Eileen Wurst, I decided to stop by East West Bookshop to look…
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Marc, Lisa & Jason @ Mobile Coffee Unit (@ Street Talk)
Marc Horovitz and Lisa have brought their Mobile Coffee Unit to Street Talk. They are so busy serving up free coffee & conversation, they aren’t able to physically attend the event up here at the Intel Research Berkeley lab. There’s no wireless access outside on the street, so posting this picture is the best solution…
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Streetside Words, Wit, Wisdom and Song
DeBraer is a man who makes his home under an overhang of the building formerly occupied by City Greens at the corner of NE 45th Street and 12th Ave NE. One time a month or so ago, he asked if I could help him with lunch as I walked by; I offered to pick up…
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Clonepointer: Finding (or Avoiding) Proximal Kindred Spirits
Catching up on Anne Galloway’s wonderful blog, I discovered Fusedspace, an international open competition that invites participants who are exploring the nature of the relationship between new technologies and public space, particularly “groundbreaking interventions in the public domain.” A quick perusal reveals many interesting entries in this contest; for now, I’ll focus on one: Clonepointer:…