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Halfasspete: NY Times, July 05, users toss PCs due to spyware

2005-12-31T05:17:19Z

NY Times, July 05, users toss PCs due to spyware

Halfasspete at 06:23, 4 December 2005

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Halfasspete at 05:51, 4 December 2005

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Halfasspete at 05:38, 4 December 2005

2005-12-04T05:38:34Z

Icicle at 20:00, 2 December 2005

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Icicle at 19:59, 2 December 2005

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Halfasspete at 03:15, 2 December 2005

2005-12-02T03:15:00Z

Halfasspete: Pete's thoughts

2005-12-02T03:05:29Z

Pete's thoughts

New page

Great work Christen!!

I have put in a few contacts, and will continue to help refine this.

Longer-term, I think it would be useful to have several wiki pages, or several sections, such as:

- mainstream big media (oregonian, KATU, willy week, OPB)
(reaches a broad audience)
- nonprofit/grassroots media (KBOO, New Connexions, The Alliance)
(reaches an audience that is favorable to our causes)
- student pubs (Vanguard, Daily Barometer)
(reaches the young and motivated...maybe group this with np/grassroots?)
- national mainstream press (NY Times, The Atlantic...)

- geek-oriented press (slashdot, NY Times/Circuits, Portland LUG newsletter, does Computer Bits still exist?)

- enviro press (is there such a thing? I'm thinking nuts-and-bolts of recycling more than political lobbying)

Whether we do split it up like this or not, I suppose, depends on how we want to use this...so, I'm over and out.

(--[[User:Halfasspete|Pete]] 19:05, 1 Dec 2005 (PST))

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		+	Ideas include seeking out media grunts and interns and other easily-accessible people, to get a feel for how a media outlet operates and who we should contact and how. Xen suggests pursuing science, tech, and environmental beat reporters. In many cases these guidelines will be moot, as we will go with existing connections.
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		+	I'd also like to see a brief summary of past major coverage or contacts, where applicable, or notes on why Media Outlet X should be interested in us. There is a list of [http://freegeek.org/media.php past media coverage] of Free Geek on the main site. Updated through January; Oso, Pete, Christen will work to get it up-to-date. (See "discussion" page for ongoing work on this...)
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	Great work Christen!!		Great work Christen!!

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	5/19/2004 rogue of the week story mentions FG and Richard S		5/19/2004 rogue of the week story mentions FG and Richard S
	http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5092		http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5092
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		+	== NY Times, July 05, users toss PCs due to spyware ==
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		+	posted to council list by aaron burt, 7/19/05
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		+	I found this really disturbing. When their Winders PCs get all gunked
		+	up with viruses, spyware and trojans, folks are just replacing them:
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		+	http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/technology/17spy.html
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		+	On a recent Sunday morning when Lew Tucker's Dell desktop computer
		+	was overrun by spyware and adware - stealth software that delivers
		+	intrusive advertising messages and even gathers data from the user's
		+	machine - he did not simply get rid of the offending programs. He
		+	threw out the whole computer.
		+
		+	OTOH, I hope some of those infected PCs are sent our way to be cleaned up.
		+	I should send a letter to the editor.
		+
		+	BTW, FreeGeek does some promotion, right? Free print ads when they'll
		+	give 'em, community calendar and volunteer-opportunity listings, etc.?

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	'''Fri, Sep 12, 2003''' , Portland firms shape up when they ship out [http://portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=19963] (a "real article" by Becky Brun, FG is mentioned at the end with a quote from Oso.)		'''Fri, Sep 12, 2003''' , Portland firms shape up when they ship out [http://portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=19963] (a "real article" by Becky Brun, FG is mentioned at the end with a quote from Oso.)
	'''Fri, May 4, 2001''' , Free software, older computers help group narrow digital divide (it IS on the list, but the link is outdated. Please update, I have a personal stake in this one ;) http://portlandtribune.com/archold.cgi?id=3485		'''Fri, May 4, 2001''' , Free software, older computers help group narrow digital divide (it IS on the list, but the link is outdated. Please update, I have a personal stake in this one ;) http://portlandtribune.com/archold.cgi?id=3485
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		+	WILLY WEEK
		+	5/19/2004 rogue of the week story mentions FG and Richard S
		+	http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5092

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 Sshhhh, don't blow my cover.
-Here are the 5 stories that come up on a search for "Free Geek" at the Portland Tribune web site. (Some of the earlier coverage mentioned on Free Geek's media page is no longer archived online.)
+Here are the 6 stories that come up on a search for "Free Geek" at the Portland Tribune web site. (Gotta search the archives for the last one.) I think the only two worth putting on our media page are the last two, which are '''in bold.'''
 Fri, Jul 15, 2005 , Adventure! (just a blurb about Geek Fair among other event listings)
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     Free Geek accepts computers and computer-related hardware, in any condition. Donated equipment is refurbished by volunteers who work in exchange for a computer of their own. The group also runs a thrift store for the public. If equipment is known to be broken or is older than a Pentium I PC or PPC Mac, a small donation is required to cover recycling fees. There is a $10 disposal fee per monitor.
     How to donate: Drop off all small donations; pickups can be arranged for larger, newer donations.
-Fri, Sep 12, 2003 , Portland firms shape up when they ship out [http://portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=19963] (a "real article" by Becky Brun, FG is mentioned at the end with a quote from Oso.)
+'''Fri, Sep 12, 2003''' , Portland firms shape up when they ship out [http://portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=19963] (a "real article" by Becky Brun, FG is mentioned at the end with a quote from Oso.)

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	[[User:Icicle]]		[[User:Icicle]]
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		+	Sshhhh, don't blow my cover.
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		+	Here are the 5 stories that come up on a search for "Free Geek" at the Portland Tribune web site. (Some of the earlier coverage mentioned on Free Geek's media page is no longer archived online.)
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		+	Fri, Jul 15, 2005 , Adventure! (just a blurb about Geek Fair among other event listings)
		+	(by Suzie Ridgway, freelance writer, friend of Pete and Phil)
		+	COMMUNITY STREET PARTY
		+	Geek Fair Five!
		+	Celebrate Free Geek’s fifth year operating the Community Technology Center at an all-ages community street party, complete with live music, organic refreshments and activities for the whole family. Highlights include the “Beat the Geek” game show, Smash-tacular! (where you can go “Office Space” on an actual printer of your choice), a video gaming room, indie video screenings and displays of welded, modified bikes, known as chunk bikes. A silent auction will feature items donated from local businesses, and a raffle offers a Linux computer as the grand prize. The Free Geek Thrift Store will be open for business, filled with bargains for the computer hobbyist.
		+	1 p.m. to 7 p.m. SATURDAY, July 16, Free Geek, 1731 S.E. 10th Ave., 503-232-9350, free, www.freegeek.org
		+	Tue, Jul 5, 2005 , Neighborhood News (also just a Geek Fair blurb, by Jim Redden)
		+	Geek Fair offers data and other fun things
		+	No Roman numerals for the folks at Free Geek, a Portland nonprofit group that offers computing skills and services for low and no cost, whose fifth annual community street fair, Geek Fair Five, is July 16.
		+	From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., the geeks at 1731 S.E. 10th Ave. will offer two stages of live music, a game show, food, information booths, independent video screenings and a silent auction.
		+	For information, visit www.freegeek.org/geekfair/index.html.
		+	Fri, Sep 17, 2004 , Crossroads (more mere blurbitudes)
		+	Geek Fair, sponsored by Free Geek and others, street fair and fund-raiser for computer reuse and recycling nonprofit Free Geek, 2 p.m., outside Community Technology Center, 1731 S.E. 10th Ave., raffle and auction will raise money to buy new battery for forklift. Call 503-232-9350.
		+	Fri, Sep 12, 2003 , Several groups give scraps a second chance (by Becky Brun, don't know her)
		+	• Free Geek
		+	Free Geek accepts computers and computer-related hardware, in any condition. Donated equipment is refurbished by volunteers who work in exchange for a computer of their own. The group also runs a thrift store for the public. If equipment is known to be broken or is older than a Pentium I PC or PPC Mac, a small donation is required to cover recycling fees. There is a $10 disposal fee per monitor.
		+	How to donate: Drop off all small donations; pickups can be arranged for larger, newer donations.
		+	Fri, Sep 12, 2003 , Portland firms shape up when they ship out [http://portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=19963] (a "real article" by Becky Brun, FG is mentioned at the end with a quote from Oso.)

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	Pete, I'm starting to think you're not quite the halfass you make yourself out to be.		Pete, I'm starting to think you're not quite the halfass you make yourself out to be.
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	(--[[User:Halfasspete\|Pete]] 19:05, 1 Dec 2005 (PST))		(--[[User:Halfasspete\|Pete]] 19:05, 1 Dec 2005 (PST))
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		+	Pete, I'm starting to think you're not quite the halfass you make yourself out to be.
		+	(--[[User:Icicle]]

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	I have put in a few contacts, and will continue to help refine this.		I have put in a few contacts, and will continue to help refine this.
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−	~~Longer-term, I think it would be useful to have several wiki pages, or several sections, such as:~~
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−	~~- mainstream big media (oregonian, KATU, willy week, OPB)~~
−	~~(reaches a broad audience)~~
−	~~- nonprofit/grassroots media (KBOO, New Connexions, The Alliance)~~
−	~~(reaches an audience that is favorable to our causes)~~
−	~~- student pubs (Vanguard, Daily Barometer)~~
−	~~(reaches the young and motivated...maybe group this with np/grassroots?)~~
−	~~- national mainstream press (NY Times, The Atlantic...)~~
−
−	~~- geek-oriented press (slashdot, NY Times/Circuits, Portland LUG newsletter, does Computer Bits still exist?)~~
−
−	~~- enviro press (is there such a thing? I'm thinking nuts-and-bolts of recycling more than political lobbying)~~
−
−	~~Whether we do split it up like this or not, I suppose, depends on how we want to use this...so, I'm over and out.~~

	(--[[User:Halfasspete\|Pete]] 19:05, 1 Dec 2005 (PST))		(--[[User:Halfasspete\|Pete]] 19:05, 1 Dec 2005 (PST))