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KPFA - Berkeley Pacifica station
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Online references

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Babelfish translator
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Weblog:

Thursday, May 30 2002

The WorldView Project

A British architectural firm plans to set up windows between cities around the world, so you could watch people on the street in Paris from a street location in New York (and be watched, if you choose).

More details at the Worldview website.

Tuesday, May 21 2002

How Much Sleep is Enough?

Washington Post article on a number of sleep-related topics: the kid who stayed awake for 11 days in 1964, how much sleep is too much or not enough, circadian rhythms, etc.

Sunday, May 19 2002

Two good articles in Wired Mag

Number one: interview with Steven Spielberg about Minority Report.

Number two: The Man Who Cracked the Code to Everything, about Stephen Wolfram's attempt to revolutionize science by focusing on algorithms instead of equations, and the book he's publishing to disseminate his ideas.

Thursday, May 2 2002

Slave records from insurance companies doing biz in California

SFGate article on the state of California releasing information from insurance companies that benefited from the slave trade. "Although California never permitted slavery, it is the first state to require the release of slave-related records held by insurance companies doing business in the state."

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About this site

This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

Some online projects I'm working on

eppi.com : my one-man web development corp. (I'm for hire)
voteprotect.org : I'm helping build the Election Incident Reporting System (EIRS), and we could really use some volunteer sysadmins and PHP programmers interested in safeguarding democracy...

Politics

Talking Points Memo
Daily Kos
MoveOn
Contact your elected officials

Charity, Non-profits...

A while ago, I decided to put my money where my mind is on a (roughly) monthly basis and give to:


9/2005: Project Open Hand
8/2005: ACORN
7/2005: KPFA
6/2005: KALW
5/2005: EFF
4/2005: OxFam America
3/2005: ACLU
2/2005: Free the Slaves
1/2005: San Francisco Food Bank
12/2004: Amnesty International
11/2004: FreeBSD Foundation
10/2004: Union of Concerned Scientists
9/2004: Project Open Hand
8/2004: VerifiedVoting.org
7/2004: KPFA radio
6/2004: KALW radio
5/2004: John Kerry for President
4/2004: OxFam America
3/2004: ACLU
2/2004: Electronic Frontier Foundation
1/2004: Amnesty International
12/2003: Alternet/TomPaine.com
11/2003: San Francisco Food Bank
10/2003: MoveOn.org
9/2003: Free the Slaves
8/2003: KPFA radio
7/2003: Union of Concerned Scientists
6/2003: Project Open Hand
5/2003: UNICEF
4/2003: OxFam America
3/2003: ACLU
2/2003: Electronic Frontier Foundation
1/2003: Common Cause

Photos

Public events documented through pictures...


1. Jan. 18, 2003 San Francisco anti-war protest
2. Feb. 16, 2003 San Francisco anti-war protest
3. March 15, 2003 San Francisco anti-war protest
4. Power to the Peaceful Festival, Spearhead's free 2003 concert in Golden Gate Park
5. Oct. 25, 2003 San Francisco bring-the-troops-home rally
6. Halloween in the Castro, 2003
7. Love Parade San Francisco, October 2004
8. Folsom Street Fair 2004
9. Power to the Peaceful 2004
10. Halloween in the Castro, 2004
11. Illusion 3 at the MCCLA
12. Burning Man 2005
13. Halloween in the Castro, 2005