Many of my friends on Twitter have been raving about clients based on Adobe AIR. So I decided to download it on my recently-upgraded Hardy Heron notebook. However, the page I landed on at http://get.adobe.com/air/ clearly seems to indicate that there’s no AIR for me.
Several of my Twitter followers sent me links to the “pre-beta” Linux version, so I am heading there now.
Update: Xoke had a similar experience.
Transcript of the Mark Shuttleworth IRC Chat Today
(11:16:05 AM) The topic for #ubuntu-classroom is: Ubuntu Open Week | Information and Logs: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek | How to ask questions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/Rules | Ask questions in #ubuntu-classroom-chat, prefaced with “QUESTION:” |See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/JoiningIn to filter out channel noise | Ask Mark – Mark Shuttleworth Continue reading “Transcript of the Mark Shuttleworth IRC Chat Today”
My ((Very) Brief) Chat With Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, is in #ubuntu-classroom as I type this, taking questions from those present. Here’s what I asked, and the reply. Continue reading “My ((Very) Brief) Chat With Mark Shuttleworth”
ECFiber/VTA Editorial in Today's Valley News
See this editorial in today’s Valley News for a pretty good summary of the state of ECFiber with respect to the VTA.
Tim Nulty's Response: "My Turn"
The reaction of an ECFiber delegate (a project to clone Burlington Telecom in rural Vermont) to the Free Press article was: ?The tone is negative, but the facts are actually positive for BT?. Quite so. Continue reading “Tim Nulty's Response: "My Turn"”
Burlington Telecomm Article in the Free Press
See this article on the current state of Burlington Telecom which ran in the Burlington Free Press yesterday. I think it is written pretty fairly, from my perspective, and raises some legitimate concerns. Note that, while BT may be behind on its predictions, it is projected to break even within the next few months. Taking advantage of current low interest rates to refinance its current debt load is probably a good opportunity for them to sustain this status, and move into the black in the future. The questions about the lack of details in early plans are legitimate, and things that EC Fiber must be certain to take into consideration now, or hopefully, they already have.
ECFiber Network Pre-Registrations
Current tally, as of today:
| ECFiber Town | %Households |
| Stockbridge | 51.00% |
| Barnard | 47.00% |
| Granville | 44.00% |
| Pomfret | 41.00% |
| Vershire | 41.00% |
| Sharon | 38.00% |
| Strafford | 35.00% |
| Tunbridge | 31.00% |
| Thetford | 30.00% |
| Chelsea | 23.00% |
| Woodstock | 19.00% |
| Hancock | 19.00% |
| West Windsor | 18.00% |
| Rochester | 16.00% |
| Norwich | 13.00% |
| Bethel * | 12.00% |
| Reading | 12.00% |
| Brookfield * | 11.00% |
| Royalton | 9.00% |
| Hartford | 7.00% |
| Williamstown * | 7.00% |
| Braintree | 6.00% |
| Randolph | 5.00% |
| Montpelier | 2.00% |
New Fresh Ubuntu Podcast Logo!
Harlem put together a new logo for the Fresh Ubuntu Podcast. Here’s a small copy, and a link to the full-sized version, which I’m currently using as my desktop wallpaper.
EC Fiber is Alive and Well!
The headline and article in Saturday?s Valley News about ECFiber (?VT Telecom Panel Snubs ECFiber?) left a seriously misleading impression that the fate of a grass roots effort depended on the Vermont Telecom Authority (VTA). In fact, it does not. Continue reading “EC Fiber is Alive and Well!”
VTA versus ECFiber – Let's Put This To Rest
It would seem that, based on the other amounts of grant funds which the VTA has awarded, the amount given to ECFiber.net is right in line with their other awards.