rejon.org is Jon Phillips.

Check out my good friend Fox doing capoeira:

I’m going to verbatim quote the CC blog post I just wrote. This is going to be a great salon, and hope that everyone in the bay can make it out:

REMINDER: CC Salon San Francisco this WED 6-9 PM at shinesf.com

Don’t miss the next CC Salon
at shinesf from 6-9 PM on Wednesday, November 8
in San Francisco. This salon features famed
blogger and
SF Bay
Guardian writer,
Annalee Newitz. Also,
Homebrew Mobile Club’s, Matthew Hamrick and
other HB Mobile Club members will be on hand to discuss his project’s
“Complete Open Phone,” a project to produce open source cellphones with CC licensed plans and content accessible on them. Finally, Wendell Davis is going to present the new
on-line music editor and mash-up community,
Splice. And, just added to the dynamic
line-up is Steve from
Alive in Baghdad, an amazing videoblog
of interviews and stories by Iraqis directly from the streets of Iraq, bypassing
corporate media. Throughout the salon the
Kleptones are going to spice up the
evening with music and interludes.

So come on out on Wednesday, bring a big stack of business cards,
some cash for drinks, and lets talk about the Commons. This is the last salon of
the year, as our regular 2nd-Wednesday December salon is combined with a special
birthday party for Creative Commons on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15. Stay tuned for more info.

You may track this CC Salon on upcoming.org. See you this Wednesday!

UPDATE: Come to the special Creative Commons Publishers’ Association meeting at 5 PM at the same place, Shinesf.com. NOTE: This is one hour earlier than the salon starts. From the even’t wiki page, it is characterized as a “A collection of representatives from organizations that publish content under a Creative Commons license.”

Patrick and I have been back and forth sorting out the current status of Wikipedia in China’s status. Thus, after we did some tests, have confirmed that Wikipedia is accessible in English (and probably most languages to appease Olympics 2008 goals), but it is blocked at least at his residential connection in China (in Chinese).

At least he can look up what MSG is, now.

Also, would anyone like to display our project in any upcoming art shows, conferences, etc. Basically, we are getting a server in China that we will use as a reverse proxy so that anyone can test if their site or service works in China. Would anyone be intersted in this? It is actually useful, practically, but on an artistic level, would provide a nice visual account that China is actually blocking some content.

Oh, I call it a reverse proxy, because when traveling in China, one must have their own proxy or external-to-China server to get certain accounts, like my ctyme.com based email for a well known non-profit, and to get to my other illegal content.

Don’t forget, I have documented how to get access to sites outside of any Internet-connected country through ssh tunneling.