From My Bottom Step

Fraud Warning

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Let’s Not Rush Towards Online Voting

Is increased voter turnout more important than an informed result?

Should We Vote by Smoke Signals?

Inquiries re Municipal Voting Methods

City Hall Webcasts

Trials and tribulations of a citizen journalist.

Internet Luring

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Newspaper Subsidies

We hear a lot of talk these days about the hard times being faced by traditional news media. Most often the industry’s problems are associated with declining interest by subscribers and a subsequent drop in ad revenue. But a study just released this past week paints a slightly different picture:

The troubles in the news business have coincided with a continued drop in government subsidies…as cash-strapped state and local governments turn … Continue Reading

W3 Review: Grooveshark

According to Wikipedia:
Grooveshark is an internationally-available online music search engine, music streaming service and music recommendation web software application, allowing users to search for, stream, and upload music free of charge that can be played immediately or added to a playlist…

A Rather Tame Roundtable This Morning

This morning’s McArthur Friday Roundtable (a local right-wing luv-in that includes Cheryl Miller and Dan Brown) was pretty tame for the most part. Continue Reading

Broadband Access

The EU considers mandating Internet availability.

Municipal WiFi

Remember my City Hall Shocker post in which I expressed my hope for increased City Hall support for WiFi in London?

There was a staff report to the 2009/11/18 meeting of Board of Control about the recent award of an RFP for WAN (wide area network) services. Specifically, that authorization be given to negotiate a joint City/TVDSB/LDCSB 10-year contract with Bell Canada. It seems that the only other bids received were from Atria Networks and Rogers Communications. Continue Reading