DFH hits the mainstream

This is cool. Open Left's Chris Bowers got on teevee at Netroots Nation wearing the Eschacon08 DFH T-shirt.

Naturally, he failed to credit the designer of the DFH sticker/logo. Harumph.



Hey, I didn't get a Harumph out of that guy ...

(h/t Kenneth Quinnell at FPC Blog)

Broadband

If you spend any time at my place, you know I'm a huge fan of broadband access and municipal wi-fi networks. I believe that broadband access is to the 21st century what rural electrification was to the 20th. (And believe me - had you grown up on a farm as I did, you appreciate rural electrification.) So I am glad to see this happening.

The good folks at Open Left are having a discussion on broadband access issues. Go read.

Apparently Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) is planning on introducing legislation with the following core principles:

Broadband must be universal and affordable;
We must preserve an online environment for innovation; and
We must ensure that this technology allows more voices to be heard.

The really cool part? This whole process is an exercise in Open Legislation - anyone with Teh Intertubes can register, log into Open Left and give input on the process. Wikipedia meets the Legislative Drafting Manual.

Sounds good to me, Senator. I'm on board.