By bluerasberry on 2017-12-02
Feisty the Chinchilla died Friday 31 November 2017. I had known him for almost 4 of his 6 years. Every day that I was home I played with him. When I was not home it was part of my check-in routine with Fabian to ask about the chinchillas’ behavior and whatever they might be doing […]
Posted in animal, New York City | Tagged death, rodent
By bluerasberry on 2017-11-07
Fabian and I went to see the new Tom of Finland movie on Sunday 5 November 2017. The movie told how Tom of Finland fought against the Russians in World War II, faced discrimination for being gay, then found a popularity base and international distribution network by publishing gay erotic comics in Los Angeles. I […]
Posted in gay stuff, Wikipedia | Tagged movie, Richard Knipel, WikiConference, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2017-10-13
On Saturday 21 October Fabian and I went to Maria Hernandez Park near our place in Bushwick. We go there on nice days to talk and enjoy the park. I have always perceived some class conflict there and we a violent manifestation of it act out on that day. Fabian and I were sitting on […]
Posted in encounter, New York City | Tagged homeless, violence
By bluerasberry on 2017-09-28
Fabian and I left NYC for Seattle in the late afternoon of Wednesday 13 September 2017. I had been telling him about Seattle for so long, and he had never been. My hope for the visit was that I could show him what the city meant to me, and how what I did in places around […]
Posted in personal, Seattle, tour | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2017-07-18
When X-Day happened on July 5 1998 I was living in Dallas, which was a holy city for the Church of the SubGenius. Leading up to X-Day various evangelists had graffiti’d the face of J.R. “Bob” Dobbs on everything, everywhere around. I acquired some religious pamphlets and took to the faith. I have been a […]
Posted in Seattle | Tagged coffee, SubGenius
By bluerasberry on 2017-07-02
Wiki NYC had a board meeting yesterday Saturday 1 July 2017 from 10-6pm at Ace Hotel on 28th Street. I am writing to describe the mood and focus of it. The significance of this meeting is that it is the first board reflection on our first year after having a significant budget, and looking forward […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged non-profit organization, Wiki NYC, Wikimedia chapter
By bluerasberry on 2017-06-15
I started working for Consumer Reports in 2012 and just passed my five-year anniversary as their staff Wikipedia editor. I see five years as a milestone and I started thinking about how I came to be where I am. I care about the concept called “open content” or “free culture“. I would say that modern […]
Posted in personal, Seattle, Texas, Varanasi, Wikipedia | Tagged free culture, open content
By bluerasberry on 2017-05-10
When I first moved to New York in 2012 I lived in uptown Manhattan with a housemate whom I liked a lot. It was a great situation for me. She was a long time New Yorker, we both worked in publishing, she was a great conversationalist, we often ate together, and in general was whatever […]
Posted in gay stuff, New York City, presentation | Tagged library, politics, Snowden
By bluerasberry on 2017-04-28
I talk with all sorts of people about Wikipedia. A recurring criticism from people outside the Wikipedia community is that the effective way to produce useful writing is by getting it from professionals and experts in the relevant field. Since Wikipedia accepts content and suggestions from anyone, critics say that Wikipedia must have lower quality […]
Posted in New York City, research, Wikipedia | Tagged police, pop culture, violence
