2014
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By bluerasberry on 2014-11-26
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society offers a free online class called “Copyright X”, which invites the interested public to learn about copyright. To join the class one must submit a 2000 word essay describing one’s interest. This is my essay, a bit longer than what I actually submitted with the 3000 character limit. […]
Posted in education, health, HIV, rights, Texas | Tagged copyright, prevention education, public education
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-21
Earlier this year the National Museum of American History took in some artifacts related to LGBT history. I saw the news when it was reported, and was glad for that, but also surprised that this needed announcing or that the idea was new. On Tuesday 18 November I visited the museum with Dorothy and we […]
Posted in DC, gay stuff, museum, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged Dorothy Howard, Smithsonian
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-19
Siân Evans, Dorothy Howard, Richard Knipel, Jacqueline Mabey, Michael Mandiberg, Laurel Ptak and won an award from Foreign Policy Magazine. Their award ceremony was Monday 17 November and co-hosted by the US Department of State. Richard was unable to attend due to his participating in a board meeting of the Wiki Ed Foundation. I attended […]
Posted in DC, presentation | Tagged conference, Department of State, foreign policy
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-13
Saturday 8 November Fabian and I went to see a dance show called the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City Music Hall. I understand that the show is a New York City tradition and that it has been presented since the 1930s. I had heard it mentioned since coming to New York, with […]
Posted in art, New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged theatre
By bluerasberry on 2014-09-30
Today, Sunday 28 September 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited New York City to give a speech to the general public at Madison Square Garden. I did not attend the speech, but I was outside protesting Modi’s behavior. I will explain my complaint, the response that I got, and share some details of the […]
Posted in India, legal, religion, Varanasi | Tagged Jashodaben, marriage, money, Narendra Modi
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-15
I have been getting these lousy three euro coffees around Paris. I was reading my travel book and Rick Steves says that this place called Fouquet’s on Champs-Elysees has been famous since World War I for having good coffee which also now is the most expensive of anywhere in Paris at 12 euros for a […]
Posted in Paris, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-14
I went to the Palace of Versailles. I had studied the place a bit and wanted to see it for myself so that I could better understand it, so I went Thursday 14 August in the morning. There was a line for a security check. It took some time for me to get through this […]
Posted in Paris, tour | Tagged Devyani Khobragade, labor, museum, palace
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-13
I have never been seen an automatic coffee making machine for single-serve restaurant use but they seem to be everywhere in Paris. Even some nice looking coffeehouse or restaurants here with perfect service do not have their staff make coffee except to have a machine produce it. I always wondered what engineering difficulties there might […]
Posted in Paris, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-12
I talked to some Wikipedians from India at the Wikimania conference. I asked them about the relationship between Wikimedia India, the Wikimedia community in India, the Wikimedia Founation, and the Centre for Internet and Society, a nonprofit organization in India which manages some Wikipedia affairs there. They told me about general conversations among participants in […]
Posted in India, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikimedia chapter
By bluerasberry on 2014-08-02
I am carrying the London book by Seattle’s own Rick Steves. I read the book in his voice, as I used to watch his PBS travel show and liked hearing him live in and around Seattle when he would speak to talk about travel and cannabis. Last time I was in London in December 2006 […]
Posted in England, India, museum | Tagged Winston Churchill, World War II