I know this looks like a pain right now, but if we have something that we are discussing between meetings, we can use this tool.

Claire sent this article to me this morning about internet service providers around the country pulling out of their municipal wi-fi agreements:
Click here to see the article

The line that made the biggest impression on me was "But soon it became clear that dependable reception required more routers than initially predicted, which drastically raised the cost of building the networks."

In our pilot, it was also clear that many more routers were needed to ensure that the mesh network would function well - so, I think giving out a node to each participant is really critical. (If you missed the meeting last week - the report is that almost all of the pilot participants are getting internet access!)

OK, until our web master comes back, I want to say here on the blog that you cannot reply to the email that is sent telling you about a new post!! it goes to the internet equivalent of the dead letter file! If you want to reply to the comment that someone has made, you need to log onto the web site (the link is at the bottom of the email, where it says"View original...." that will get you back to where you can comment on the posting. I know this is confusing and we will try to make it simpler, but I guess the best way to explain it is to say that the email is merely a courtesy, notifying you that there is new information for you to go see....hope this helps!

Controversial performance artist Karen Finley helped CCTV celebrate our 5th anniversary in 1992. She appeared in our studio over a chroma key of a billboard that was on display in North and East Cambridge. Finley was one of the NEA Four, four performance artists whose grants from the National Endowment for the Arts were vetoed in 1990 after Senator Jesse Helms railed about "decency" issues.

You may recognize the two men in this photo - the one on the left is a younger version of our own Frank Pasquarello, Public Information Officer for the Cambridge Police Department, who has been hosting a BeLive since the beginning (1995!). The guy on the right is outspoken attorney Allen Dershowitz. 1995 was the year of the OJ trial, and Dershowitz had made some negative comments about the LAPD and the police in general...so Frank invited him onto his show.

This post is part of CCTV's 20th Anniversary blog. Log in and check it out at http://www.cctvcambridge.org/20, and post your own CCTV memories.

On my BeLive, I have started asking historical CCTV trivia questions (winners receive a ticket to our annual Backyard BBQ in September!). My first query was the original channel numbers - and Robert Winters correctly answered. This is CCTV's first bumper sticker.

If you have bits of historical CCTV knowledge, please post here - or questions to ask!

30 families came to CCTV today to participate in the first intake for the Digital Divide project. Workshops will start next weekend and trainers and participants share the excitement! Here, intake workers Selma and Delores describe the project to one of our applicants.