Published by jon at May 18, 2006
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So, I’m in China for the next month. And, I’m faced with the problem yet again that my email hosting service, Ctyme, is blocked in China. I found a website, http://www.xs2mail.com, which lets me access this ctyme-based account. However, I still want to be able to access my IMAP email inside of my email program, Evolution.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
I see that Evolution allows for one to run custom commandline commands. Also, I can run my ctyme email as POP mail as well, but prefer to keep the same setttings inside of Evolution.
I’m thinking best to run some remote command on one of my webservers.
Has anyone else set this up before? I couldn’t find anything about this on the web at all.
So, at least I can check my ctyme.com email account, but now still really want to be able to check my email the normal way!
BTW: The Internet connection I’m using here in Guangzhou is faster than the one in my own house in San Francisco. I’m chucking SBC/ATT DLS once I get back — it is total junk!
Published by jon at May 16, 2006
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Jon Cruz just committed the graphical GTKMM-based Layer Dialog! This is amazing and now opens up Inkscape even further to everyone used to using this type of system for laying out graphics. Check out Inkscape, an open source drawing program. This and so many more features are available in the upcoming 0.44. I haven’t had much time to work on Inkscape…I think my main contribution to this release is updating the Creative Commons licenses to 2.5 
Not that much, but I will definitely be putting the full court press on for the press releases on Inkscape for this release. Maybe I can write a feature story for a major magazine on Inkscape 0.44. Anyone interested in me doing this?
I wrote a feature article on Creative Commons, Open Source and the Creative Commons Developer Community for Linux Format UK which comes out June 1. The best news about this is they are licensing the article under CC BY-NC which will allows it to be used all over the world to help explain Creative Commons licensing.
I’m now in China for the next month and my productivity has already boosted by about 200%. At the end of every semester of teaching/school I have to just get out of town and get onto my Open Source projects, writing, and reading. I have a solid location in China so that is great for the ole productivity and mental, spiritual, and physical health.
Published by jon at May 14, 2006
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To all developers, creators, and interested parties in and around Toronto, please help make the first Toronto CC Salon a smashing success this TUESDAY. Rob Hyndman has this to say:
The Toronto CC Salon “is a monthly event focused on building a community of artists and developers around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology. The first event is synchronized with the Mesh Conference, with hopes that future events will wend their way through TO’s vibrant creative community.” The next salon is May 16, 2006, 7-9 PM, right after mesh.
Published by jon at May 11, 2006
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Hey, myself and Ronaldo Barbachano and possibly Nate Boyce (overlap.org) are doing video mixing live for the “Impressive Nature” show TONITE @ 1015 Folsom. We are primarily supporting Deer Fang’s “Bump ‘n Grind” sexual dance contest (win a free ipod and tickets to popular concerts). We are only going to mix live, public domain and Creative Commons-licensed material related to dancing, sex, and the other main performances in the main space.
I have some drink tickets. Come on out and support!
Check the flier and Deer’s blog post.
I’m going to China for a month starting SUNDAY night btw.
Published by jon at May 11, 2006
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Hello all, I wanted to say that myself and my other roommate sky are looking for a good roommate for our house and need to find asap. I am leaving for China for a month late on Sunday, so am dropping this email to all friends, acquaintances that I have a room available in my house in the mission near 23rd and Guerrero starting May 15 (or before/on June 1) for at least a 6 month lease.
Visit the craigslist post.
Published by jon at May 10, 2006
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From the Creative Commons Blog Post:
If you’re going to be in the Bay Area tomorrow night, please join us for Creative Commons Salon.
Details CC Salon Wedneday, May 10, 2006 6-9pm (don’t worry if you can’t make it on time — there will be things happening all night) @ Shine, 1337 Mission Street between 8th and 9th
FREE!
Tomorrow’s presentations are by Chris DiBona (Google’s open source program manager); Ken Goldberg (artist and UC Berkeley professor) and Tiffany Shlain (founder of the Webby Awards), who will be presenting their film The Tribe, and Abram Stern and Michael Dale of UC Santa Cruz, who will discuss Metavid. CC music will be provided by Quarterbar.
Previously on the CC blog : Creative Commons presents: May CC Salon, San Francisco
Published by jon at May 7, 2006
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This is another soft announcement for the TUESDAY, MAY 11 from 6-9 PM SATURNALIA event at Melting Point Gallery. The basics are listed above. The details are listed on my wiki.
The event launches Mike Daddona’s CC-licensed Open Recipe “Hyphy Beer” by giving it away to entrants into the show. Let me repeat, FREE BEER on TUESDAY!
Also, several SF-based artists created mixes from the public domain, “Night of the Living Dead.” Mixing these tracks live along with other bits are Josh Pavlick, Raf Canedo, and Mike Daddona.
The final component is a short screening of the MediaExperiment.org Diego Tuesdays DVD.
Please see the upcoming.org listing about the event and to RSVP so we know how much Hyphy Beer to bring.
Please come out to taste the beer, meet some interesting artists and build your network faster!
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