Review: Comcast High-Speed Internet and Digital Voice®
I recently switched from Speakeasy DSL and a Verizon land line to Comcast High-Speed Internet and their Digital Voice® local phone service. The executive summary is that I’m very happy so far.
Author Archives: jik
Endorsements in Boston City Council race
Here are my endorsements for the upcoming Boston City Council elections in which I will be voting.
Massachusetts on-line assessment databases are a bit too accessible
While engaged recently in a discussion with a parent at our children’s school whom I felt was being overly paranoid about sharing her home address with other parents, I googled her name, suspecting that I would be able to illustrate to her that the information she was trying to protect was already available on-line. I… Read More »
It’s hard to take seriously a City Council candidate with no working Web site
One of the candidates for the at-large seat in the upcoming Boston City Council election is Matthew Geary. Given that he’s a 22-year-old college student and an honest-to-goodness Socialist, it’s hard to take him seriously, and the odds of him winning the election are approaching zero. But he makes it even harder to take him… Read More »
Vote in the “Peace Primary”
Please vote in the Peace Primary. From their Web site: Twelve groups promoting peace. One will win $100,000 to amplify their message in the 2008 election. You decide. The Peace Primary is your chance to ensure that the peace issues you care about are a priority in 2008. Personally, I recommend voting for the Genocide… Read More »
Boston Public Schools attendance policy is discriminatory
The Boston Public Schools attendance policy states that absences due to religious holidays are excused. See page 14 of the 2007-2008 Guide to the Boston Public Schools. This is not surprising, since it would be blatantly and obviously unconstitutional for a public school to treat absences due to religious holidays as unexcused absences. Unfortunately, despite… Read More »
A more satisfactory answer from the Boston Elections Department
Just got this response to my response: Dear Mr. Kamens: I truly did not mean any disrespect to you or any other voters. Unfortunately, we have a very small staff and 5 elections between September 11 and November 6. We try to send out notices when they might have the most impact. However, I respect… Read More »
“Paying attention” to Boston Elections too early? Shame on you!
I previously asked why the ballot information for the upcoming Boston city elections hasn’t been posted, and why there are signs up for a September 11 election in Allson about which there’s no information on the Boston Election department’s Web site. I sent these questions to the Boston Elections department. Here is how they responded,… Read More »
Why I was almost late to work this morning
Continuing the theme of the day… I coded and submitted an enhancement to INN’s “makehistory” program to support throttling by load average, so that my computer at home won’t be completely hosed for a half hour after every unclean shutdown and restart while makehistory rebuilds my news history file.
Voting in Boston on September 11?
I drove through Union Square in Allston tonight, and there were several signs up telling people to vote in elections on September 11. Say what?