Competition for OLPC. Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25 – Video Games Reviews, Cheats | Geek.com.
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A.D. Barnes Park
A.D. Barnes Park is a 65-acre park nestled in the heart of one of Miami’s busiest areas. The park is dedicated to and named after the first Director of the Parks and Recreation Department, who strongly believed recreation was important to the lives of every citizen in Miami-Dade County. Since its opening in 1977, the park has integrated activities that serve people with disabilities into its programming.
The park is home to The Sense of Wonder Nature Center and Trail set within one of the few remaining Pine Rocklands in Miami-Dade County. As a result, it has become an “oasis” for migrating birds and, according to the National Audubon Society, is one of the best places to see birds in Miami. The Nature Center is also home to the Miami-Dade Fire Department’s Anti-Venom unit’s reptile collection. Whether it is snakes, birds, swimming, or just a day enjoying a sun drenched picnic, A.D. Barnes Park offers something for everyone!
3401 SW 72 Ave.
Miami, FL 33155
305-665-1626
GNOME 3 released
Calls to Artists: Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places – Zoo Miami
Zoo Miami- Florida Exhibit Children’s Play Area and Zoo Entrance Plaza
Application Deadline: March 31, 2011
Budget: $1.2 million
Artists Mapping Miami – A Roundtable Discussion
Artists Mapping Miami – A Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 7 pm
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
3251 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129
Visitors are invited to explore the Main House with Ernesto Oroza’s map from 6 – 7 pm.
Miami is a city in constant flux, whose landscape is redefined every few years. In the context of Archetype Vizcaya, this roundtable invites several
artists to present and discuss with the public their current projects on Miami and its shifting geographies.
Participants include Kevin Arrow, Adler Guerrier, Nicolas Lobo, Gean Moreno, Ernesto Oroza, Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Lara Stein Pardo and Cesar Trasobares. Moderator: Flamina Gennari-Santori, Vizcaya’s Deputy Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Tickets $5; free for Members, Seniors and Students with ID.
Archetype Vizcaya explores what happens when things are taken from their original context and given new purpose and meaning. Ernesto Oroza has created a “map” that invites visitors to discover things generally unseen. Through a provisional gallery on plexiglass, he challenges us to question what is original or authentic. And, in a compilation of amateur videos from the Web, Oroza shows how Vizcaya is “used” or appropriated by its visitors.
Archetype Vizcaya is on view through May 29, 2011.
For more information, please call 305-860-8423 or 305-250-9133.
Groklaw – SCEA vs.Hotz
Groklaw – Hotz Ably Fights for His Motion to Dismiss – Tells Court SCEA’s Case Doesn’t Belong in CA.
I am starting to follow this case. very dramatic; a bit more interesting than Cariou vs. Prince.
Hotz’s Reply to a SCEA motion
The message that Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) is conveying to George Hotz (“Mr. Hotz”) and the public is of great consequence. SCEA advocates and encourages the Court to accept that simply by connecting to the Internet, you are consenting to jurisdiction anywhere in the world. SCEA has taken advantage of these unfamiliar concepts in order to present the Court with misleading sets of facts and affidavits.
Mr. Hotz is a 21-year-old individual who resides in New Jersey. He is not a multinational company, or even a company at all–he is just one person. He did not profit from his actions in question and he did not sell any circumvention devices. He is however, known for being a prodigy in the computer programming field. Mr. Hotz’s actions which gave rise to the controversy are simple: (1) Mr. Hotz published code he independent created (“Code”)(2) Mr. Hotz used the Code on his Playstation Computer, and (3) Mr. Hotz posted his findings on his personal blog.
SCEA filed this action, claiming jurisdiction over Mr. Hotz is proper in California. SCEA then flooded the docket with affidavits from its lawyers and employees, offering ambiguous and misleading information. SCEA then indicated that it would undoubtedly confirm that jurisdiction in California is proper for Mr. Hotz through jurisdictional discovery. Now, after Mr. Hotz’s computer hard drives, and a graphing calculator have been impounded, and Mr. Hotz’ discovery responses have been timely submitted, SCEA still is unable to present evidence to refute the jurisdictional challenges asserted by Mr. Hotz. Instead, SCEA has only continued to flood the docket with dubious information, such as irrelevant hearsay blog postings filed under seal, and misleading affidavits from enigmatic employees with no explanations of the source of their personal knowledge.
LAND invites you back to the island…
LAND invites you to view/download the island Ebook.
On December 3, 2010, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) and OHWOW organized the island: a one-day, dusk ’til dawn exhibition during Art Basel Miami Beach. Seventeen artists created site-specific installations on Flagler Memorial Island located just a few minutes from the mainland in Biscayne Bay.
As the exhibition has now disappeared, ghostlike and mythical, into the Miami landscape, LAND invites you to view the island Ebook – a digital publication created by LAND to bring you back to the island.
via LAND.
