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WiFiLibrary of the Day: Cleveland Heights Lee Road Branch, Reinvented by Studio TechneSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 19:24.
I've used the Cleveland Heights library on Lee Road since the 1970s, and can say with confidence the recent Studio Techne reinvention of this facility transformed the space, site, and surrounding neighborhood for the better. Featuring a dramatic, high-art bridge over Lee Road, and two reused buildings - one signficantly modernized - with crisp, fitting site improvements, this is one of the best library facilities and urban redevelopments in Northeast Ohio.
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DIY Microwave PopcornSubmitted by Charles Frost on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 18:56.
Just a fun project that you might want to try at home...
REALNEO Conference RoomSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 22:36.
REALNEO team meeting and fun and games at HQ, in Shaker Heights, July 11, 2008...other than insane mosquito infestations this year, it's been a great Summer for backyard planning...
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REALNEO / DRUPAL WEB POSTING and WEB ORIENTATION/HELP MONDAY 4:00PM January 14, 2008Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 15:17.
01/14/2008 - 16:00 01/14/2008 - 18:00 Etc/GMT-5
Location
Cleveland Public Library Brooklyn Branch
3706 PEARL ROAD Parking across street
OH United States
See map: Google Maps
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THE REAL CLEVELAND - STREET CONVERSATIONS WITH REZASubmitted by Jeff Buster on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 18:16.
Post in progress, need to upload images from one computer and do Word on another. to be finished soon...It's Wednesday Jan 9, and I still haven't been able to edit my final draft of this pc. Patience please, will get final soon...thanks
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WiFi Comes to RoxburySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 20:07.
We're close enough to our move in to 1894 Roxbury, in East Cleveland, that we have had our DSL service switched over from Ohio City to East Cleveland. Whereas on Clinton, at W. 45th Street, there were several WiFi signals in the air, my new POP on Roxbury is the only signal in the digital darkness of this corner of East Cleveland.
07.05.27 Header of the Day: Edwin at the Inner CircleSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 05/27/2007 - 01:53.
Located in the heart of the historic Hough Bakeries Complex is the Inner Circle, a weekend club and reception facility operated for the past 7 years by the Hot Sauce Williams family. Starting shortly, operation of the Inner Circle will expand to extended hours every day, featuring a cybercafe, meeting space, computer terminals, free wifi, independent film, the Linux Cafe, art, culture, and great food, coffee, and even wine tastings, via a broader partnership of friends. This pan is from the deck and patio area, and features Guyanese chef and reggae performer and DJ Edwin, who will help operate the Inner Circle, shown with Hot Sauce Williams founder LeMaud Williams, as well.
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07.05.23 Header of the Day: Worse than WiFi-lessSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 00:23.
I had the annoyance of going to Beechwod Place Mall today for a meeting. What an astounding celebration of sweatshop labor and wasted resources. This pan is the first floor corner by some silly place called Nordstom, where not only does the coffee shop not provide wifi but the barista doesn't know what wifi means.
05.23 07 NEO Excellence Open House: Growing the Inner Circle from withinSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 00:19.
05/23/2007 - 10:00 05/23/2007 - 13:00 Etc/GMT-5
Location
The Inner Circle Restaurant, at Hough Bakeries
1519 Lakeview Road 1 block north of Euclid Avenue, directly past railroad bridge
Cleveland, OH United States
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NEO Excellence Roundtable with Bruce Perens, on making NEO a global center of excellence with FOSSSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 15:01.
05/22/2007 - 08:00 05/22/2007 - 09:30 Etc/GMT-4
Join us, if you may... 8 AM breakfast tomorrow at the Juniper Grill. Location
Juniper Grill
1332 Carnegie Ave (@ E 9th)
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps
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FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting UbuntuSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 05/06/2007 - 14:56.
Martin Varsavsky, founder of FON, and author of his "Blog of an Entrepreneur", posted there an interesting letter he sent to all his employees: "FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting Ubuntu". I had seen, on some of his earlier blog entries, that Martin had a major Windows crash and lost his whole hard drive (been there) and so after 20 years with Microsoft he switched to Ubuntu (done that) and also Apple - after a month he settled on Ubuntu. It has been fascinating reading Martin's celebration of discovering FOSS - I remember having the same awakening. It is very exciting to now see Martin move his company FOSS, and to highlight how he is doing this and why - read his personal account here... and think about how this could be happening all over NEO...
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ECOSSystem - Extending Community Open Source SystemSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 17:20.
While not currently a powerhouse in Free Open Source Software (FOSS), Northeast Ohio is positioned to begin excelling with FOSS in some very strategic ways that may add great value to the regional economy. Because of FOSS, we may now bridge the digital divide more quickly and completely here than has any other large urban center in America, we may soon have the highest percentage of workforce properly educated for the new economy, and we may lead the world in some fields of application development and technology innovation with global, open standards, all if the region now embraces FOSS.. ( categories:
Bridging the Digital Divide, One Open Source Home at a TimeSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 01:21.
About two years ago, the REALNEO team took on the challenge of helping to bridge the digital divide in NEO, in many ways, including recycling "obsolete" corporate computers, wiping the hard drives, and loading them with free versions of Linux and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS). One group of computers, provided by Progressive Insurance and Benesh Friedlander, that we freed from Microsoft-obsolescence, were given to a combination of Shaw High School seniors and senior citizens in East Cleveland. Shaw seniors have since taken their computers off to college, and, a few weeks ago, East Cleveland CIO Abulime Alli and I met with one of the senior citizens who received a desktop PC and now needed some tech support. I was thrilled to help her out and interested to hear how having a Linux computer at home had changed her life. BEFORE BBSSubmitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 21:29.
You can see above what the web was like prior to the internet. Then the next step was BBS
Muni Wi-Fi Powers Hope at San Francisco Housing ProjectSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 22:20.
Academic debates about the reality and cost of the so-called digital divide -- and the ability of individuals to fight economic disadvantage with nothing more than a computer and an IP address -- seem to crumble in a place like this. Like water and heat, internet is a clear necessity in the modern world, opening doors to education, employment and engagement. ( categories:
TOD update from Richard McDougald Enty, Planning Team Leader, Programming & Planning Department, GCRTASubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 03/28/2007 - 17:02.
I received an informative email this afternoon from Richard McDougald Enty, Planning Team Leader, Programming & Planning Department, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, about some of their Transit Oriented Development initiatives and vision. It is very exciting to see this as an active subject for discussion and planning here. I am a strong supporter of Transit Oriented Development and consider it the core foundation on which we should rebuild the City of Cleveland and surrounding suburbs. Here is the vision from RTA: ( categories:
Screening party for REALNEO feature on WVIZ Applause!Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 03/28/2007 - 14:48.
03/29/2007 - 18:00 03/29/2007 - 20:00 Etc/GMT-4 This week's edition of Dee Perry's arts & culture television program Applause!, on WVIZ, features a segment on REALNEO... so I'd like to invite all the friends of realneo to join us for a screening party for the first broadcast of the program, Thusday, March 29, from 7:30 - 8:00 PM, at the great A.J. Rocco's Cafe, at 816 Huron Road, by East 9th Street. As a special treat, I was pleased to learn that A.J. Rocco's had already planned a very cool and complimentary event for that evening - Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman will be the guest bartender from 6-8 PM. Location
A. J. Rocco's
816 Huron Road if you can't attend, tune in on WVIZ at 7:30 PM
Cleveland, OH United States
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REALNEO to be featured on WVIZ Applause, premiering this Thursday, March 29, 2007Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 12:33.
I was quite honored to be contacted, a few weeks ago, by the producer of one of my favorite television programs, Dee Perry's "Applause", asking for information about REALNEO. Seems he was doing research on the spectacular Convivium 33 Gallery, which we have featured extensively on REALNEO, covering Christopher Pekoc here and Clarence Van Duzer here (photos from which were featured in Cleveland Magazine), so REALNEO came up in search results. The producer saw REALNEO as in interesting source of insight on arts and culture in NEO and suggested to his staff doing a segment on Applause about REALNEO. Even though we scheduled the interview, this seemed very abstract until I just saw a promotion on WVIZ for the show, featuring a scrolling view of the REALNEO home page.
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A new day at REALNEOSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 11:41.
REALNEO members and visitors will have noticed some technical difficulties over the past few months and especially over the last few days, for which I appologize. This has been the result of a combination of too few people doing too much hard, complex work, and the enormous growth of our community and response of the world - we are now supporting dozens of virtual communities world-wide, and 100,000s of hits a month at REALNEO alone. All this with what has been largely a volunteer corp. Well, all that is now changing for the better, and further growth. To insure a stable future for the community, we are pleased to have the great talent of Derek Arnold back on our team - welcome back and thanks, Derek.
BLOG TECH BLOG TALK SATURDAY FEB 24 UC ARABICA 1:30Submitted by Jeff Buster on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 13:38.
Northeast Ohio bloggers and would-be bloggers - all are invited to Arabica- University Circle(upstairs) this Saturday, the 24th from 1:30 -3:30. We will help anyone who's interested learn technical skills:how to post images, events, use the embedded email program and more. This is an opportunity for readers and contributors to get to know one another face to face. Complimentary coffee and pastries. An RSVP and/or a submission of suggestions for technical help needed via "write to author" (at the bottom of this post) would be helpful.
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Hoodwire... Low income wireless not next... now!Submitted by Phillip Williams on Sat, 02/17/2007 - 21:16.
In this world of privledged access, it was awesome to see the fine people at hoodwire come to light. The following current TV video will give you a great idea of how people are making wireless access happen now. The world of t-mobile pay to surf will sone be numbered. There is so much available bandwidth in the USA now - there is no reason that only the wealthy should be able to use it.
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WiFi Mesh in a box: first step toward universal wireless broadband access in East ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 16:14.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, East Cleveland has received some excellent equipment to start setting up a pilot proof of concept wireless broadband mesh network in some part of the city - location to be determined. The donated equipment is from a similar proof of concept deployment in Washington, D.C., and includes several commercial wifi antennas and routers and cabling to set up a small multipoint demonstration network, running the open source CUWiNWare mesh application and wifiDOG contained portal application, all routing to the city of East Cleveland's open source Drupal community portal, at http://eastcleveland.org. All this, combined with other digital divide bridge programs there, makes East Cleveland approaches to information technology some of the most interesting in America. ( categories:
Study: Open-source software can boost EU economySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 01/17/2007 - 12:27.
Thanks to Ed Morrison for sending over a link to an interesting analysis of the value of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) for European businesses and society. From the article: "European companies are saving a lot of money on software investment and development, due to the existence and emergence of open-source software, a Commission-funded study finds." An especially interesting observation is that "The bigger a company is, the more likely it is to use FLOSS." I wonder how NEO stacks up in the FLOSS world - use of FLOSS in business and government... training of FLOSS programmers and administrators... marketing and purchasing of FLOSS solutions in the region... number of FLOSS professionals and firms deploying FLOSS solutions? Read more about this movement in Europe below... ( categories:
We have a solution to the digital divide in East Cleveland, with the support of CUWiNSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 01:32.
Building blocks for bridging digital divide in East Cleveland In a recent article on bridging the digital divide in NEO, "It seems time to open up the OneCleveland network vision of Cleveland Heights, to see if there is value for others", I mentioned "An example of a progressive community building a mesh broadband network environment is found in Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), which is a world- leader in such grass-roots broadband community service and technology. That is a model we are exploring in trying to help residents of underserved communities of East Cleveland and Cleveland secure access to broadband services, as carriers have underserved their neighborhoods, and poverty there is a significant issue." Well, I was pleased to start the first work-day of 2007 with the correspondence posted below, from the Executive Director of CUWiN - globally celebrated community computing expert Sascha Meinrath - who is helping us center in on a viable model for East Cleveland and other undersupported urban neighborhoods in the region to bridge the digital divide here. Read on, as we are clearly on the right track and farther along than anyone may imagine. I'll add related insight and next steps as they develop.
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Radiating from The Star, transformational redevelopment is coming soon to Cleveland and East ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 12/26/2006 - 01:42.
Since late June, 2006, a growing team of innovative community leaders has been working together with Lamond Williams, the owner of Hot Sauce Williams BBQ, and East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer and Community Development Director Tim Goler, and government leadership in Cleveland, to determine how best to redevelop the historic Hough Bakery Complex, formerly the Star Bakery, which Lamond also owns. The objective is to use that redevelopment as a catalyst for transformation of the neighborhoods surrounding that significant property, located on Lakeview, partially in both Cleveland and East Cleveland. On the map above, the Star Complex is in magenta, and the green circle marks a 1/2 mile radius surrounding that - the other colored areas are key neighborhoods and assets within that radius. ( categories:
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