While I keep failing on my promise to put together a San Diego Wi-Fi directory, the volunteers at Socal Free Net have been hard at work to offer free wireless in and around San Diego.
Their latest success story - Normal Heights:
On Sunday, January 30th, SoCalFreeNet.org volunteers Matt, Drew, Serin and Lee met at the residence […]
Archive for January, 2005
Our northerly neighboors made the trip down I-5 to grace San Diego with their presence this week. It turns out, the television show JAG was doing some filming out on Coronado. It was a full, on-location filming; placing the cast and crew in San Diego for the better part of three days. […]
The issue most critical to San Diego’s possible bid is where the International Olympic Committee decides to hold the 2012 Summer Olympics, Burnham said.
We’re a little late on this one, but very cool news that one of Rock and Roll’s biggest groups will be opening its 2005 tour here in San Diego. From u2tours.com:
U2 will kick off its 2005 world tour March 28 at the San Diego Sports Arena, Billboard can exclusively reveal. Kings Of Leon will open […]
Continue reading U2 Kicks Off Tour at San Diego Sports Arena
In the wake of the tsunami catastrophe that recently devastated so many lives and communities, the National Geographic Society and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center would like to invite the public to attend a benefit screening of the IMAX film, Forces of Nature. This film was made with the hope that education will improve […]
Continue reading Tsunami Benefit IMAX at Reuben H. Fleet Center
Picture of Sunset at La Jolla Shores from Karenika
The activist community in San Diego has become noticeably more vocal over the past couple months. And they have started to embrace blogging. RadioActiveSD reports they will have full media coverage of today’s inauguration protest downtown from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Another form of protest which has gotten a lot of attention amongst local activist list […]
The madness has begun, the dates for this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival are Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st. Reserve your rooms here. Thanks to the ambitious outsiders we have info on some acts playing Coachella.
Radio 4 (coming to The Casbah, January 30)
Rilo Kiley
The Futureheads (coming to The Epicenter, March 12) […]
Last month we reported that long time Union-Tribune columnist Jim Goldsborough was quitting after having his column spiked. The UT editors then promptly announced they were on the hunt for a new columnist to fill Goldsborough’s controversial shoes.
Look no more … and welcome Ruben Navarrette Jr. to San Diego. On December 30th, editor Karen Winner […]
Continue reading Navarette to Replace Goldsborough at Union Tribune
A e-media tidbit from Poynter Online.
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Posted by Steve Outing
A More Friendly Registration Demand
I’ve been a critic of news-website registration schemes that are too intrusive. I dislike clicking to request a news story (either from a news site’s home page or a referral link somewhere else) on a site I haven’t visited before and seeing […]
Tonight from 8pm-Midnight, the San Diego Asian Film Foundation is hosting a fundraiser for victims of the tsunami disaster at Thin Room (852 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp Quarter).
Join them for a night of films from Thailand and India, along with local news clips. Plus, food donated by China Camp, Emerald Seafood & Pearl Restaurant, Festivities Catering, […]
Continue reading SDAFF Fundraiser for Tsunami Victims Tonight
In my latest KPBS newsletter there was an advertisement (or are they called “off air” announcements?) for CyberBrew Net Cafe. Has anyone been to this place yet? Their website could clearly use some work, but it seems like they’ve got big plans for San Diego.
There is already at least one location in La Jolla and […]
The SoCalFreeNet mailing list just announced an important volunteer opportunity to expand internet access where it is most needed. This is a great opportunity to share your tech knowledge and computer experience to help close the digital divide in San Diego.
SoCalFreeNet has recently been featured in two articles about how free wireless networks can help […]
I’m currently upgrading the site to version 1.5beta of WordPress to fight comment spam and enable some better management features that oso has been clambering for. Things will continue to look wrong or bad. With luck this will be done with today and things will look hunky dory.
Excess rain is causing trees to fall.
On my own blog I have started to translate posts from Latin American and Spanish bloggers to try and narrow the linguistic divide in the blogosphere. It occurred to me that I should do the same here on San Diego Blog. Though to the best of my knowledge there are still (sadly) no blogs […]
Back in October of 2004, Oso quoted local weather blogger Robert Krier’s comments about a long dry spell. It’s currently raining outside as I read Kriers late December observations about the current spate of wet weather.
Only four times in city history have we begun the year with more rain than we have at this […]
Continue reading We haven’t even entered San Diego’s true wet season
David Moye sent us: www.shemmfanclub.com
Shemm will be performing on the Jimmy Kimmell Show Monday Night (Jan 4).
tell a friend.
hat tip
Shemm must be seen to be believed. We’ve talked about Shemm before. Thanks David!
San Diego City Beat, in their end of the year, Winners and Losers of 2004 issue, declared that Bloggers were number 27 out of the 41 biggest winners of 2004. That puts us behind George Bush, Jesus Christ, Osama bin Laden, Kobe Bryant, and even Switchfoot. But, lucky us, we are listed just ahead of […]
San Diego is home to a thriving design scene, and Wearhaus is at the center of it all. Its purpose is to bring like-minded people together to network, share ideas (sound familiar?) and show their wares at the monthly showcase at the San Diego Martini Ranch downtown.
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