Day October 8, 2004

FBI seizes IndyMedia servers in the UK

The FBI yesterday seized a pair of UK servers used by Indymedia, the independent newsgathering collective, after serving a subpoena in the US on Indymedia’s hosting firm, Rackspace. Why or how remains unclear. Yes, the FBI acting with cooperation of…

Marathon Man

The beloved, iconic Johnny Kelley has passed at age 97. He completed 58 Boston Marathons, starting in the 1935. He won it twice, came in second seven times, and placed in the top ten 18 times. He completed his final Boston…

Query Google via cell phone SMS

Google has done it again. Using SMS on your cell phone, you can get useful information from Google, also via SMS. Send the message to 46645 (GOOGL on most phones). This is still in beta,I hope it goes live. Examples.…

Emergency campaign to support the Haitian People:

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, in cooperation with the Haiti Support Network and other progressive forces inside the Haitian community, is initiating an emergency campaign in support of the Haitian people’s struggle for sovereignty and democracy, and in opposition to foreign occupation.…