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• When free wifi isn't

  I swear, I didn't think this was illegal. According to an article on Great Lakes IT Report:
  Police in Sparta arrested and charged Sam Peterson for "piggybacking," or using the cafe's Internet service without authorization ... Peterson was arrested for violating a 1979 Michigan law, revised in 2000. [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2007, 11:33am EDT
  

• Michigan a top state for knowledge workers

  The Great Lakes IT Report points to Expansion Management magazine's recent ranking of Ann Arbor the "nation's Number One metro area in terms of knowledge workers."
  
  The magazine said its fifth annual Knowledge Worker Quotient Index focuses on the college-educated work force — scientists, engineers, medical doctors, [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2007, 8:59am EDT
  by me

• Why Twitter is about more than telling you what I'm having for lunch

  
  Stowe Boyd points to this article from USA Today’s Andrew Kantor on the subject of Twitter. I’m struck by Kantor’s willful ignorance of what’s at the core of this social presence app:

  Twitter is a bad, bad thing — not just because of what it does, [...]

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  Posted: April 06, 2007, 11:13am EDT
  by Kathleen

• Nationwide antiwar protest comes to GR

  Damn. I missed it. From today's Press:
  Protest arrives at Ehlers' door

  GRAND RAPIDS -- As peace protests go, this one had everything: young and old calling for the end of the Iraq War; a rally outside of a U.S. congressman's house, with signs -- some vulgar -- planted' [...]

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  Posted: March 18, 2007, 8:32am EDT
  by Kathleen

• Weekend links

  What I'm reading this weekend:
  
  Jim Rinck announces his candidacy for Grand Rapids Mayor reports Democratic Edge.
  
  "I'm in," announces Hillary Rodham Clinton. "...I want you to join me not just for the campaign but for a conversation about the future of our country [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2007, 10:06am EST
  

• Weekend links

  What I'm reading this weekend:
  
  Jim Rinck announces his candidacy for Grand Rapids Mayor reports Democratic Edge.
  
  "I'm in," announces Hillary Rodham Clinton. "...I want you to join me not just for the campaign but for a conversation about the future of our country" [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2007, 10:06am EST
  by Kathleen

• Weekend links

  What I've been reading this weekend ...
  
  No to Escalation. Congress can stop this, and there is precedent, as The Nation's editors point out. "Ratcheting up the pressure on Congress is urgent. Blocking the escalation is the first step toward bringing the troops home."
  
  Saddam [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 10:10pm EST
  

• Weekend links

  What I've been reading this weekend ...
  
  No to Escalation. Congress can stop this, and there is precedent, as The Nation's editors point out. "Ratcheting up the pressure on Congress is urgent. Blocking the escalation is the first step toward bringing the troops home."
  
  Saddam [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 10:10pm EST
  by Kathleen

• My dilemma with MichLib Local

  The advent of Michlib Local has given me pause. Don't get me wrong -- it's a great idea to have diaries on MichiganLiberal categorized by county, city and township. In time it should become the place to go to read all of what's going on in any one [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 8:12pm EST
  

• My dilemma with MichLib Local

  The advent of Michlib Local has given me pause. Don't get me wrong -- it's a great idea to have diaries on MichiganLiberal categorized by county, city and township. In time it should become the place to go to read all of what's going on in any one' [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 8:12pm EST
  by Kathleen

• Weekend links

  What I've been reading over the weekend:
  
  

  • Grand Rapids indie media outlet, Media Mouse, offers a roundup of alternative thought on the Ford presidency in Independent Press offers Alternative Views of President Gerald R. Ford: "As more media filters into Grand Rapids to cover Ford's Michigan funeral [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2007, 9:04pm EST
  

• Weekend links

  What I've been reading over the weekend:
  
  Grand Rapids indie media outlet, Media Mouse, offers a roundup of alternative thought on the Ford presidency in Independent Press offers Alternative Views of President Gerald R. Ford: "As more media filters into Grand Rapids to cover Ford's Michigan funeral" [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2007, 9:04pm EST
  by Kathleen