Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/17/08

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Here’s an update on several topics we’ve looked at in the past – some good and some not so good recent developments. Good news about search privacy options, restoration of EPA libraries, and non-DRM controlled music download purchases. Alas, the news about the FISA law renewal the Senate is taking up is not so good – in fact, from a civil liberties perspective, it’s downright bad.

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RadioActive 1/10/08

Producers/hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco

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We talk with Emily Hill and Ani St. Amand, members of the 207 collective and, with others, organizers of the second New England sub-regional  Assembly of the NorthEast Anarchist Network which will be taking place this coming weekend, January 12 and 13th, at the Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street in Portland, Maine.  The meeting will feature workshops, socializing and entertainment.  All are invited, food, housing and child care will be provided and/or can be arranged.

FMI: Emily: [email protected] or Ani: [email protected]  Also: www.neanarchist.net

Also, we talk with Judy Berk fo the Natural Resources Council of  Maine(NRCM) who is urging people to express their views at an important upcoming public hearing: LURC (the Land Use Regulatory Commission) will hold it’s final public hearing on Plum Creek’s request to re-zone land they bought for about $200 an acre because it was zoned for forestry.  They want the land to be re-zoned to allow massive developments in the Moosehead Lake region.  The final hearing is scheduled for January 19th, 10a.m.-1p.m. and 2p.m-6p.m. at Greenville High School.   Those wishing to speak must register.  Registration starts at 9a.m.   NRCM is organizing vans and carpooling.

FMI:  Judy Berk or Caitlin Cleaver at 1-800-287-2345 or www.nrcm.org  Also: www.maine.gov/doc/lurc

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/10/08

Producer/host: Jim Campbell

Got an analog cell phone? Won’t do you much good after February, 2008 -that’s when the analog cell phone sunset kicks in. And if you do have one, what will you do with it once it is no longer useful Hopefully, not chuck it in the trash because electronic waste is a big problem these days. And just so you don’t think the Electronic Cottage is all gloom and
doom, here’s a tip on how to get free guitar lessons over the Internet from Rolly Brown, a long time guitar wizard.

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