Day March 23, 2005

Sinn Fein and the IRA

Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are often quoted in the US media as spokespersons for Sinn Fein. However, most Americans only have a dim idea who they are or what the history is. Sinn Fein was and is the aboveground…

Kyrgyzstan

An opposition spokesman in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, Narynbek Kasymov, said that about 600 protesters had peacefully taken control of the (administration) building, and that police had gone over to their side. If at least some of the police are…

New levels of geekness

I blogged the two following posts from my laptop at the breakfast table logged in via gotomypc to a desk computer in my home office, where this blog lives. Wheee. One handy, smart feature of Radio UserLand, the software this blog…

Free hosting for podcasts

OurMedia. “The global home for grassroots media.” “We provide free storage and free bandwidth for your videos, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.” They launch officially on Monday. The site provides blogging, video and mp3 storage, all…

Upcoming podcasting expos

Podcasting featured at GnomeDex 5  Jun 23-25, Seattle. Chris Pirillo has announced the Gnomedex 5.0 keynote speaker – seminal podcaster Adam Curry. Curry is expected to discuss podcasting and the views of a Net entrepreneur. Gnomedex is a relatively small…