William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com Journalism, the future of news, and cat pictures. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Random picture of my cat, Vol. 143 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmhartnett/~3/DIGGI7nPEHY/ http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/14/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-143/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:25 +0000 William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=2769


]]> http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/14/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-143/feed/ 0 http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/14/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-143/ Paper View Monday, Special It’s Nearly Tuesday Edition: East Valley Tribune of Mesa, Arizona http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmhartnett/~3/D3-xxUicufk/ http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/09/paper-view-monday-special-its-nearly-tuesday-edition-east-valley-tribune-of-mesa-arizona/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:21:17 +0000 William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=2766 This It’s Nearly Tuesday Edition of Paper View Monday most definitely does not come as a result of a scheduling mix-up. I’d hate for you to think that. Rather, the logistics of processing numerous Martin Van Buren dollar coins is simply proving too great a challenge. The show must go on, however, and this week’s newspaper building as seen in Bing Maps is the East Valley Tribune of Mesa, Arizona, which is shutting down December 31. So that’s upbeat news. Mash your mouse on the picture below to map-fiddle.

east valley tribune

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]]> http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/07/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-142/feed/ 0 http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/07/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-142/ Paper View Monday: Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmhartnett/~3/12lhtF-RbLU/ http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/11/02/paper-view-monday-star-gazette-of-elmira-new-york/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:59 +0000 William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=2760 This week’s newspaper building as seen in Bing Maps is the Star-Gazette of Elmira, New York, better known as the fountainhead of Gannett’s empire of swagger, or swaggerpire. Mash your mouse on the picture below to map-fiddle, and don’t forget to mail me my Martin Van Buren dollar coin.

elmira star gazette


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]]> http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/10/31/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-141/feed/ 2 http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/10/31/random-picture-of-my-cat-vol-141/ Paper View Monday, Special Free Lunch Eating Freeloader Edition: The Pueblo Chieftain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmhartnett/~3/ExQbbsTIOCc/ http://www.wmhartnett.com/2009/10/26/paper-view-monday-special-free-lunch-eating-freeloader-edition-the-pueblo-chieftain/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:07 +0000 William M. Hartnett http://www.wmhartnett.com/?p=2753 The bad news, Paper View Monday fans, is that the free ride is over. Buffeted by the same buffety winds that have buffeted so many enterprises across the buffeted media landscape, Paper View Monday will be a strictly fee-based feature from this week forward.

The good news is that we have devised a micropayment system that is so elegant you won’t even mind paying for something of little obvious value that you have for several years now enjoyed for free. So before you you view this week’s newspaper building as seen in Bing Maps, which happens to be The Pueblo Chieftain of Pueblo, Colorado, please send me one Martin Van Buren dollar coin using the method described below.

Connect with me via Google Wave, where you must plead a compelling case as to why I should approve your request to follow me on Twitter. Submit Twitter follow request. If the case you have presented via Google Wave is deemed sufficient and your request is approved, send me a single direct message outlining the reasons why we should become Facebook friends. If your Facebook friend request is approved, send a message via Facebook in which you guess my favorite instant-messaging service, client and username. If you correctly name two out of the three, or can answer any single question and argue an even moderately compelling case for why the stupendously boring film The Dark Knight actually deserved more than, say, 90 of its 152 unbelievably idiotic minutes of running time, you will be allowed to communicate with me via chat. Initiate a chat session to receive a Hotmail address to which you must email a request for my fax number. When you are in possession of the fax number, fax a request for my mobile phone number. Call my mobile phone and leave me a voicemail with your physical mailing address. I will mail you a letter containing my mailing address, to which you must then mail one Martin Van Buren dollar coin for each occasion on which you view this and all subsequent Paper View Monday installments.

Easy.

the pueblo chieftain

And in Google Maps Street View:


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arizona daily sun

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  • Santa Clara County pays $500,000 over GIS data dispute – San Jose Mercury News
    Idiot bureaucrats who attempt to prevent the dissemination of basic, publicly funded government data by charging astronomical fees should be forced to pay the inevitable judgement against them out of their own pocket. "Santa Clara County's move to charge astronomical fees for public access to its electronic maps has backfired in a $500,000 legal settlement. Government watchdogs say it is the largest payment of its kind in a California records disclosure dispute. The settlement paid this week to cover the San Rafael-based First Amendment Coalition's legal bills ends a three-year court odyssey. In June 2006, the nonprofit watchdog group sued the county for refusing to provide its geographic information systems "basemap" following a California Public Records Act request."
    (tags: public-records gis data)


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