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^Very cool. Doesn't surprise me you were already in the loop. Any indication when we may see this in the KC library system? Seems like at least one site should be hooked up with Gfiber well before end of year. Might not be something you'd know but am curious what technology they are using for remot...

Yo Ajod, once this is deployed and proven to work, might be a good case study for you. Been working to make this a reality for about 8 months now ;-) Our project team really came together at the Hacking the Gigabit City event in March, and we did get funding through the Mozilla Ignite challenge. Ou...

Spark Centre (www.thesparkcentre.com) is a River Market coworking space opening in the building of a forward-thinking Ragger landlord. They're having an open house Saturday July 20 from 5-8pm. One of a few commercial spaces currently slated for Google Fiber, I believe, because it registers residenti...

There's a big transit station currently on the corner of Lamar and Martway, and that's what is being replaced. There's no pedestrian traffic there either. They're hoping it encourages pedestrian activity, in combination with the Gateway, whenever it gets built, and other pedestrian friendly improvem...

Let me preface this by saying, I don't particularly like being a part of the Brownback experiment nor do I think (based on pretty cursory analysis) that it's a good idea. But does anyone else think it's kind of cool that our federal system enables such experimentation on a state level? I mean, sure,...

How many of you went to a college out of town or state? When you got to school maybe you lived in a dorm, maybe not. How often did you return home? When you got to school did you run out and get a new driver's license in your college town at the address you were living at? And register to vote? It ...

I noticed that a folk art & guitar shop named "Folk Alliance" has moved into the building on the se corner of 5th and Delaware. Judging upon a quick window peak, it looks like it is ready to open, but a note says it will not be opening until mid-June. Nice to see these kinds of small ...

You might consider Grant's Farm:
http://www.grantsfarm.com/

Free beer, which is nice.

Stimulus (and meant to include bank bailout) noted above, I think that was anomalous in response to a major crisis? I have no sense of the magnitude of the other three, which is why I preface the "casual attention." They may well be important compromise pieces of legislation, but they don'...

When looked at that way, it's less stomach-churning, frankly. I'm still not sure it is justifiable, and if pax numbers keep dropping that number could grow pretty fast, but $6-$8 per pax/flight is not entirely unreasonable. The gotchas are, of course, how dramatically the cost estimate balloons in ...

this is actually a fairly well written comprehensive look at why KCI needs a new terminal. I still don't get it completely. I'd like someone to break down the math a bit more. I'm sure you will get your way. It will be "studied" for another 20-30 years, don't worry. It's the KC way. I'm n...

From someone who pays fairly casual attention, the respective demonization of Bush and Obama seem about on par with one another. From a legislative or policy perspective, didn't Dems keep Bush from doing anything his second term? First term, No Child Left Behind and Sarbanes-Oxley were both passed (...

this is actually a fairly well written comprehensive look at why KCI needs a new terminal. I still don't get it completely. I'd like someone to break down the math a bit more. I get the argument that it is outdated and that there are many things we might like to achieve that we cannot under the cur...

Also, Tannin.

Volker Dad wrote:4. Oddly Correct - still my favorite cup of coffee in the city, but it’s too pricey for daily consumption and bit too hipster

I'll see your Oddly Correct and raise you a Thou Mayest.

There is a project at the upcoming National Day of Civic Hacking that is pretty relevant. Check out the link and join us! Demolition tracker with calls to action Project lead - Jase Wilson Why its important: Jase's Ignite. How it'll get built: Monitor the demolition permit page. When a new one appea...

I would think folks here would be interested in this---it's for both coders and non-tech people interested in building cool things to help the city. We'll have some specific projects (see this hackpad for some of those in the queue), a writeathon for wikikc.org (working on improved UI), and expo of ...

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but: http://transformkc.org/ Whether it’s a streetcar, light rail line, commuter and/or high speed trains, rail transit has a transformative impact on the built environment. Such a long-term public investment opens the door for private development and urb...

What, seventh time's the charm?

Congratulations, well-deserved.