On another note we were at pano's yesterday and some poor, seven-year old, black kid was in there begging for money and crying. Eventually the police came to pick him up and dragged him away. They said they were taking him home, a place he seemed to really protest going to. It made me feel sick to think he had to resort to that. I wonder what would have helped him.
Paul's Journal
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04/10/2004 15:30 #30856
Pano's Police04/10/2004 15:29 #30855
Information is organizationI had a personal enlightenment regarding information organization. Everything is going to change so fast. I know that now, trust me it won't seem the same very soon. The limits of what is available to us will expand far beyond our ability to comprehend the content.
Our organization methods are the only way we will be able to harness the massive amount of power that flows through the information around us.
Our organization methods are the only way we will be able to harness the massive amount of power that flows through the information around us.
04/09/2004 01:34 #30854
Soundlab RobotsThis is the first sideKick written journal that I have posted in a while.
Way down elmwood with a twist or two you find soundlab.
Tonight robots invaded my soundscape at soundlab. The music is really great. It all comes off of laptops. I am slightly weirded out by the fact that the entire crowd looks like computer geekish guys. I mean I am obviously down with that but its weird, like the first time when I was in Italy and people looked like me. Or like when I would go to parties in toronto decked out in dayglo fun fur and would mix with the other furry animals.
Buffalo might really be changing again.
Way down elmwood with a twist or two you find soundlab.
Tonight robots invaded my soundscape at soundlab. The music is really great. It all comes off of laptops. I am slightly weirded out by the fact that the entire crowd looks like computer geekish guys. I mean I am obviously down with that but its weird, like the first time when I was in Italy and people looked like me. Or like when I would go to parties in toronto decked out in dayglo fun fur and would mix with the other furry animals.
Buffalo might really be changing again.
04/14/2004 06:44 #30853
Advertisements and More UpdatesIt is really late but I just realized I could use the sound system in order to advertise for everyone's show at City Hall. Good luck everyone
I added the ability to easily link to a journla by clicking on the link icon at the bottom of each journal entry. I also added a favorite five list, where you can make bookmarks to your favorite five entries that you wrote. Its a great way to keep important issues and/or writing current, even as time ticks away and your journals go into the archives.
To add journal entires to your fav five list you can either use your control panel or simply click on the thumbtack icon on any of your journals. If you use the thumbtack icon it will take you to your fiv fav control panel and input the journal ID right into the box so you can copy it. Simply try it out and you will see. If you have any questions, email me.
I added the ability to easily link to a journla by clicking on the link icon at the bottom of each journal entry. I also added a favorite five list, where you can make bookmarks to your favorite five entries that you wrote. Its a great way to keep important issues and/or writing current, even as time ticks away and your journals go into the archives.
To add journal entires to your fav five list you can either use your control panel or simply click on the thumbtack icon on any of your journals. If you use the thumbtack icon it will take you to your fiv fav control panel and input the journal ID right into the box so you can copy it. Simply try it out and you will see. If you have any questions, email me.
04/08/2004 18:44 #30852
More Site Info To Be RevisedWhat is Elmwoodstrip.com
Elmwoodstrip.com is a Buffalo, NY based community dataspace that brings local residents together and
allows them to "click-publish" textual data, imagery and sound. (E:strip) was developed in response to the the negative effects experienced by our local community due to the globalization of communication via the intenet and inclimant weather keeps buffalonians at home 6-7 months out of the year. The intentionally simple interface allows users with little or no web design knowledge to publish their thoughts and artwork. Elmwoodstrip.com runs off an open source MySQL database with a PHP/HTML frontend.
Who is part of this online community?
Currently there are about 45 people on the site with several journals that have recently been started and not yet publicized.
I expect to announce it publically this coming month with the distribution of flyers, banners, tee-shirts and advertisements in local venues. It will also be advertised on Plasma screens at locations around buffalo?
I would like to eventually take the heart of the network and move it to a local community intranet with wireless, cell phone, and kiosk assessibility in an effort to move it even further away from the web.
What do people talk about on the site?
People talk about anything from their experiences on the streets of Buffalo to their private lives, to issues of local and national interest. We do not have any specific guidlines for what people talk about on the site. The only restrictions are that you cannot post porn or hate speech.
Sample Topics
gender*
kerry
environment
animal*
cancer
pano*
politic*
jesus*
beer*
Future Plans
Local Political Debate - I would like to create a system for reporting on local political and environmental issues. This system would be used to allow people with littl ebackground on these topics to easily see what each candidate/law was about and whom it affected.
Customer based Restaurant and Venue Revue - I would like to incorporate more features for rating and describing local venues, restaurants, policians, and music without resorting to advertisments.
Sound Database - I would like to write for a grant for a hundred or so voice recorders that could be lent out in a library system. The results would be electronically compiled into a database where people could search by date and location to hear what elmwood sounded during a specific timespace.
Electronic Newspaper - I would liek to develop a electronic newspaper that automatically sleects relevant information from journals each week to compile an electronic newspaper which can be read via cellphones, on the site, or via email subscription. This will be especially important once there are many users and you cannot search each journal everyday.
A 3D chat room - in anime/film noir style based on the elmwood community. I have not decided on the exact method yet, but people will be able to access the 3D chat as an avatar or simply from a textual interface through some other hardware.
Cell phones - More cell phone functions to allow people without computers to use the site.
Basic Spell Check - This is deifnately going to be in a future update as soon as I get a chance.
Funding
(E:strip) is currently funded by the paul, matthew , and terry foundation for the electronc betterment of buffalo neighborhoods foundation of north america. What we need to take this to the next level? About $5000 in investment captial to buy advertising, a faster server connection at our house, and to start developing the beginnnings of the wireless system, and a real Flash Communication Server License.
How does it work
(E:strip) works off a MySQL database with a PHP frontend. When the user types a journal it is sent to the database server fo
r storage. The
re
a
re no static pages. When you view the journals, the PHP code sends a message to the MySQL database to get the information requested, either by username, search, date, etc.
The Flash (e:chat) is based on the Macromedia Flash communictaion server. The (e:radio) is based on the Shoutcast server system. Both run off of our home server, the future home of the entire site once we have enough money for a faster, higher bandwidth connection.
Elmwoodstrip.com is a Buffalo, NY based community dataspace that brings local residents together and
allows them to "click-publish" textual data, imagery and sound. (E:strip) was developed in response to the the negative effects experienced by our local community due to the globalization of communication via the intenet and inclimant weather keeps buffalonians at home 6-7 months out of the year. The intentionally simple interface allows users with little or no web design knowledge to publish their thoughts and artwork. Elmwoodstrip.com runs off an open source MySQL database with a PHP/HTML frontend.
Who is part of this online community?
Currently there are about 45 people on the site with several journals that have recently been started and not yet publicized.
I expect to announce it publically this coming month with the distribution of flyers, banners, tee-shirts and advertisements in local venues. It will also be advertised on Plasma screens at locations around buffalo?
I would like to eventually take the heart of the network and move it to a local community intranet with wireless, cell phone, and kiosk assessibility in an effort to move it even further away from the web.
What do people talk about on the site?
People talk about anything from their experiences on the streets of Buffalo to their private lives, to issues of local and national interest. We do not have any specific guidlines for what people talk about on the site. The only restrictions are that you cannot post porn or hate speech.
Sample Topics
gender*
kerry
environment
animal*
cancer
pano*
politic*
jesus*
beer*
Future Plans
Local Political Debate - I would like to create a system for reporting on local political and environmental issues. This system would be used to allow people with littl ebackground on these topics to easily see what each candidate/law was about and whom it affected.
Customer based Restaurant and Venue Revue - I would like to incorporate more features for rating and describing local venues, restaurants, policians, and music without resorting to advertisments.
Sound Database - I would like to write for a grant for a hundred or so voice recorders that could be lent out in a library system. The results would be electronically compiled into a database where people could search by date and location to hear what elmwood sounded during a specific timespace.
Electronic Newspaper - I would liek to develop a electronic newspaper that automatically sleects relevant information from journals each week to compile an electronic newspaper which can be read via cellphones, on the site, or via email subscription. This will be especially important once there are many users and you cannot search each journal everyday.
A 3D chat room - in anime/film noir style based on the elmwood community. I have not decided on the exact method yet, but people will be able to access the 3D chat as an avatar or simply from a textual interface through some other hardware.
Cell phones - More cell phone functions to allow people without computers to use the site.
Basic Spell Check - This is deifnately going to be in a future update as soon as I get a chance.
Funding
(E:strip) is currently funded by the paul, matthew , and terry foundation for the electronc betterment of buffalo neighborhoods foundation of north america. What we need to take this to the next level? About $5000 in investment captial to buy advertising, a faster server connection at our house, and to start developing the beginnnings of the wireless system, and a real Flash Communication Server License.
How does it work
(E:strip) works off a MySQL database with a PHP frontend. When the user types a journal it is sent to the database server fo
r storage. The
re
a
re no static pages. When you view the journals, the PHP code sends a message to the MySQL database to get the information requested, either by username, search, date, etc.
The Flash (e:chat) is based on the Macromedia Flash communictaion server. The (e:radio) is based on the Shoutcast server system. Both run off of our home server, the future home of the entire site once we have enough money for a faster, higher bandwidth connection.