The Two Bits Processor Project: Boot Sequence

28Jun08

Last night, I stayed up until an obscene hour playing with Google MapMaker. I’m excited about it because it has quickly become more than a tool–its inherently social aspects have turned it into a community. The MapMaker Google Group is still small because the tool was just announced a few days ago, but the discussion [...]

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Tags: chris kelty, digital divide, free software, geek culture, two bits

Digital Divide This

27Jun08

Having just finished Dave Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous a few days ago, I’ve been feeling particularly tag-happy. So, today, upon noticing that the vast majority of my pictures from Jamaica are sadly not geo-tagged on Flickr, I rolled up my sleeves and prepared to pull my share for the glorious Third Order.
Then I remembered why [...]

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Tags: digital divide, google maps, kingston, yahoo maps

This American Summer

22Jun08

I’ve been a really irresponsible blogger, I know–it’s amazing (and slightly pathetic) how much of my blogging is fueled by academic procrastination. As both excuse and reparation, I’ll start describing some of the shenanigans I’ve gotten involved in for summer “break.”
It’s common (and accepted) knowledge that my friends are way, way cooler than I am, [...]

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Tags: mit, road trip, this american summer

Roller Skating Through the Ages

02Jun08

I spend most of each exam time promising myself a land of milk & honey afterwards, one where I can laze around and read without papers and other academic pressures looming. However, this is mostly a lie–the beginning of summer is, as usual, much more hectic than I ever imagined it could be. Between moving [...]

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Tags: roller skating, rollerblading, rollerskating