Monroe County to get Wireless Internet

This is exciting although details are light, it's just exciting that we are talking about it here in our home county.  Maggy Brooks announced last night during her State of the County address that there was a partnership with Frontier to provide a wireless network for the county.

That is why I am pleased to announce that Monroe County is working with Frontier to develop a wireless internet network that will serve significant portions of Greece, Pittsford and the City of Rochester…as well as portions of the surrounding towns by the end of the year.

In addition, Frontier has also agreed to develop free wireless internet zones within this network…a critical step in our County’s efforts to bridge the digital divide.

We anticipate this wireless network will continue to expand throughout other parts of the County...and eventually become a full-scale, wireless network to serve all County residents.

Our new partnership with Frontier is a win for our taxpayers, and a win for our community. The new network will be created at no cost to taxpayers, and will soon allow our community to reap the benefits of wireless access to the information superhighway.

Thank you Steven Colbert

Steven Colbert spoke at the White House Correspondence Dinner Saturday night....and basically spoke on behalf of all of us and put Bush in his place while he sat there and took it.

There is a website out right now that is thanking him.  http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/

French pushing free choice of music downloads

Reuters:

The French parliament is set to vote early this week on a new law that would allow consumers to legally circumvent existing software that protects copyrighted material.

This could be bad news for Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which have for the most part locked consumers into their own downloading systems with proprietary anti-piracy software.

Analysts say that the French are on to something that the rest of the world has yet to figure out: It needs to set rules for this new market now or risk one or two U.S. companies taking control of online access to music, video and TV.

Paul Thurrott originally blogged about this.  I have to agree this is the way to go.  Being locked in isn't very consumer friendly.

More on the Presidents Visit to Rochester Yesterday

Actual quote in an MSNBC article:

For their father, the President had a message. “He says your sons, he said your son that passed away your son now, he says that are doing he says this is not going to go in vain and that to me was just…I was like... I didn't know what to say” John Pernaselli explained.

J-Mac meets the President

So the President meet J-Mac today at the airport today.  With the restrictions on the residence of Rochester because of the presidents visit...I think this meeting was probably the only thing that was worth while for him to come to Rochester for.

You remember J-Mac right?

A co-worker of mine told me today that there is movie in the works to tell this story.

Here's a 2006 word of the year contender

I was debating politics on a discussion board today and a very identifiable Republican was dissing us Democrats (not that I am declaring I am, but with Bush in office it's hard not too) so I called him a Partist

This is how I am defining a Partist:

par-tist
n. & adj.

adj. based on party intolerance "a right/left wing comment" 2. discriminatory especially on the basis of political party views n. a person that believes that their majority controlling political party is superior to other minority political parties.

Open Letter to Representative Randy Kuhl (R-NY) of the 29th District

Dear Mr. Kuhl,

I read today that President Bush is going to ask Congress for up to $120 Billion in additional funds to support various war efforts.

$70 Billion for the war in Iraq. Why? Because the military says they are spending the money too fast. Well I am sorry to hear that but unfortunately you voted last night to take money away from the American citizens by cutting the budget on Educational and Medicare funds.

We heard Monday night that the President wants to curb federal spending and help America deal with skyrocketing health care costs. It is now two days later and we are seeing the exact opposite from this Administration.

It is time to say NO to the extra money this Administration is asking for to fight a war in a country we already accomplished our mission or so we were told.

We need to start focusing on us as a country then on everyone else's problems. We have problems. I watch my two oldest children in school try to learn Math in a system that isn't teaching them how to innovate themselves into learning but rather memorizing the basic facts to pass a state mandated test that "No Child Left Behind" is demanding. The President talks about America's children needing to be innovators to push America to lead the world. Well I am sorry to say but "No Child Left Behind" is hindering this effort.

We need a educational overhaul. We need a health care system overhaul. These two systems alone are failing this country. The amount of spending this Administration is doing will make us fall like the USSR fell. We are going to go broke. And it's so sad too because when President Clinton left office we had a surplus now I can't even figure out the deficit on the very laptop I am writing this letter to you today. Record deficit Mr. Kuhl.

It's time to say NO to the spending and time to start looking inward to the citizens.

Sincerely,
Ralph Whitbeck