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SeattleWireless TV: Flickenger, Warcopter, And More

Posted by timothy on from the made-local-think-global dept.

Michael Pierce writes "SeattleWireless TV has done it again! This months SeattleWireless TV show features an Interview with Rob Flickenger the inventor of the pringles cantenna and co-author of Nocat, an open source wireless captive portal. Then we have a chance to hear from Risto Koiva about his remote controlled helicopter with a 2.4ghz installed camera and gps unit, learn about the Personal Telco Project out of Portland, Oregon and finally a product review on the new WatchGuard SoHo 6 wireless firewall. Download the Mpeg version here or Watch the Windows Media Stream here, or the RealPlayer stream here."

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  1. enjoy the show ;) by MichaelPierce · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hope you guys enjoy the show I worked hard on it!

  2. I wish there were more shows like this ... by torpor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... on the Internet.

    Where *are* all the wonderful 'independent' movies and documentaries and such on the Internet these days? Back in the early 90's, we predicted there'd be simply scads of new and entertaining film content available on the 'net for perusal, but it seems like its either 'movieflix' or sites like silversow.com and demandmedia.net, none of which truly satisfies my urge to surf/download and watch good quality film media I got from the Internet.

    And no, before you comment, I don't want to know where to go to find pr0n or filez, I want to know where the actual artists and authors and writers who stand to *benefit* from open, broad dissemination of their works are putting it for download by people ... like me ... who don't have TV but sure have bandwidth.

    SeattleWireless TV goes in the bookmarks. I wish there were tons more interesting sites like this to keep my mpeg-player eye focused on, anyway ...

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    1. Re:I wish there were more shows like this ... by Evil+Schmoo · · Score: 3, Informative

      From where I sit, on the indy video side of the razor wire, there's a pretty large knowledge gap between the creators, the would-be purveyors, and the audience. Y'all have the techie wherewithal to know how you want your content delivered, but very few people I know in the biz have devoted enough time to figuring out how to provide it in a format that satisfies their dubiously artistic integrity. I know of a couple of local production teams who are trying to do this, but they're driven entirely by profit, which ain't even remotely close to a viable business plan. Everyone around here (DC) freelances for documentary work, and if anything gets posted, it's usually a trailer or demo of their talents. The true gonzos out there (we call 'em Mathers, in his honor) are few and far between ... and even ol' Evan's online limitations are, well, evident.

  3. Awesome post by prestidigital · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some Slashdotters are just too damn cynical and conspiracy-minded. I did not think for a second that this was posted just to be an advertisement. It is only an advertisement in as much as it shows how cool the project is. I thought of it like PBS or NPR. More importantly, the post is not about Seattle Wireless TV. It's about what they are reporting. I think the reports are excellent. I learned things I didn't know. (And it was a nice change from reading/scrolling lengthy articles.)

  4. since this seems like a representative post ... by timothy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To respond to several at once, I'm just picking this one randomly :)

    Re:Is the the slasdot version of text ads?

    "It seems more like a product advertisement than anything else. May be this is an ad disguised as a story?"

    Err ... an ad for what, exactly? What product do you mean?

    Seattle Wireless is an amateur group who are putting a lot of their own money and time into creating a complex network in the Seattle / Tacoma area, and (in this case) producing / distributing a show about wireless technologies *because they think they're cool.*

    Personal Telco is trying to blanket Portland with free 802.11 access. Sounds like a fun, laudable idea to me.

    I posted this because I admire what these groups are doing, and want to see similar things happen around the world. (And they are happening -- BAWAG, consume.net, etc etc.)

    (If I could only persuade these groups to contribute a portion of their gigantic profits to slashdot... hmmm, idea quickly retracted as complete nonsense ;))

    timothy

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    1. Re:since this seems like a representative post ... by bucketoftruth · · Score: 3, Informative

      Actually, there are some new node maps at Node DB

  5. Good independent films by OneIsNotPrime · · Score: 5, Informative

    True, seems like there would be more stuff out there, but there are some great ones like these to keep your eyes open for.

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