2007_11_01_archive

Ipod Woes and Free Workshops

I'm suffering from the stubborn compactor's complex. Well, suffering

might be an overstatement. My headphones broke, sort of. I went the

first 18 months of the compact with no problems acquiring headphones

for my ipod. But now my luck has run out.

I cycle with my headphones because I'm reactionary when it comes to

cars. I'm truly a better cyclist with music in my ears because I don't

react to drivers. I've had some scary encounters, scary enough to

convince me that I'm more likely to survive with headphones. But this

is not the point. My crappy, sound distorting earbuds were mangled in

my tire about 2 weeks ago. So now I have one, terribly distorted

earbud to connect to my 45 minute battery life ipod. Very silly, I

know.

The Dirty Dove Infoshop will host several workshops this November on

Wednesdays between 4-8pm. We're freely sharing some skills this month,

starting with a massage workshop on 11/14. With our lending library

shelved, a cabinet of zines stocked, and tea brewing by request, the

collective looks forward to these skillshares as a way to acquaint

people with the space and learn something useful.

I'm helping with a canning workshop on 11/21, that's the day before

Thanksgiving. Everyone will be in food mode! I'm looking out for jars

on Freecycle and craigslist. Canning is a tradition in my family, one

that I don't want to miss out on just because I'm an urbanite. With

our bounty of plums, pears, tomatoes, and apples, I should have been

canning all summer.

We're also scheduling a discussion on free culture, which will be led

by two students from San Francisco State University. They've been

researching free networks, freeganism, and free culture. We're all

excited to hear what they have to say.

Some friends and I are working on the ecology workshops for December.

I want to invite my friends, Amber Hasselbring and Josiah Clark to