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Behold: NorthernGRADE. Every September, some of the movers and shakers in American-made menswear descend into the cluttered, boozy labyrinth of the Architectural Antiques in Minneapolis to hawk their wares.
Inspired by NYC's Pop Up Flea, the ladies and gentlemen at J.W. Hulme Company and Pierrepont Hicks tie shop decided to add the Midwest to the conversation by founding their own market in 2010—which makes this the second of a (hopefully) annual tradition.
I hitched a ride up to the fest for the launch of Buckshot Sonny's, Max Wastler and Joe Gannon's vintage sporting goods store. (If you're not familiar yet, you should be.) It was hard to contain the excitement as it built over the 7.5-hour drive, and it wasn't long before there were copious amounts of rapping during the 3G-less stretches of Wisconsin and Minnesota. When we arrived, we weren't disappointed. What follow are simply snapshots punctuated by a few important quotes, because like many of the best experiences—you just kinda had to be there. Next year's your chance.
Buckshot Sonny's, named after Joe's grandfather Sonny and Max's dad, who they called 'Buckshot' as a kid, is "the store your grandfather would have taken your father to for his first baseball glove."
- "We want one of our baseballs or footballs to be the family picnic ball. When we're done, I'll give it to my son, and he'll give it to his, maybe." — Joe Gannon
Red Wing, this year's main sponsor.
Two fine fellows: Brad Bennett of Well-Spent and Mike Maher of Taylor Stitch.
Intelligentsia coffee was on site.
The incomparable Billy Moore, of Cause and Effect, hawking his skins. "Buy some belts!" he barks.
One of the (many) interesting things about Billy is that he's not much for the indecisive. Like a maverick who pops up unannounced at spots all across the country, it's "Buy a belt here and now, or wait and see where I appear next."
And his process is nothing if not unique. It's all about the story for Cause and Effect—whether it's wading into a Tennessee river to drape a hide over a big, wet rock or hammering belts on a cobbled New York street.
You can read more about his process over at All PlaidOut, but here's a bit of lore he shared with me about his mysterious Mason jar full of moonshine. This particular batch, Billy says, was made by the son of Popcorn Sutton, the legendary Tennessee moonshiner. No one's heard from him since around 2009…possibly because he may not be alive any more.
"Popcorn Sutton been caught by the ATF for the fifth time," Billy says. "He had about 5,000 quarts of moonshine, and they were going to give him 30 days a gallon."The story goes that he killed himself rather than go to prison. But here's the thing: The only people who saw him dead were the sheriff and the coroner—who both happened to be his cousins."
The trick is to take a breath before you take a drink.
Billy had me make a belt, which you'll see in coming posts as we track its progress from natural leather to seasoned beauty.
One of the fine products from Duluth Pack, which we've written about before.
I had a chance to chat with Molly Solberg, Duluth Pack's marketing director, who filled me in on why the company's heritage matters to so many people:
- "We're fashionable because we're 120-plus years old, not because we're a flash in the pan."
- "You can walk into Walmart and by a $20 bag every season or spend $115 on one of ours and never buy another."
- "Every day, I walk through the sewing room. You'll see a bag made by Linda, a breast cancer survivor. We have a sewer, Suzie, who's been here for 20 years. Whatever we can do to help Suzie as she puts her kids through college, we're going to do."
- "Ultimately, you're employing Minnesotans and saving money over the long run."
A clever business card from Angie Sheldon.
Becca James, the editor of Pop 'stache, browses wool shirts offered by Greenwich Vintage.
On the culture of NorthernGRADE:
- 'Zen' Pomazi, one of the purveyors of Greenwich Vintage, is finding that men take a little longer to care about appearance and quality these days. But eventually, he says, a nostalgia kicks in, even though it might be for something they've never experienced themselves.
- "Guys get to a certain age—maybe they're getting married, maybe they're having kids—and they start to pay attention," Zen says. "They see some of this stuff, and they remember Dad."
And this, from Noah Zagor, is perhaps the best summation of why any of this matters:
"I had an uncle who was a geology professor at Oxford University," Noah says. "I remember visiting him, and he would point to the motto emblazoned on the gates: 'Manners Makyth Man.'"
Correction: An earlier version of this story misattributed the above quote. Our sincerest apologies to Noah. We regret the error.


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Laurie Beechman Theatre
Two of Jennifer's songs will be performed at "Party at Our Place", an evening of new musical theatre works at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The show is on February 22nd at 9:30 P.M. $7 Cover charge. Come see the works of up-and-coming writers Samuel Salmond, Jacob Yandura, Tyler Matthew Phillips, and many others! Visit www.beechmantheatre.com to make reservations.


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North High Invites Friends and Alumni to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
The 2012-2013 school year marks the 75th commencement of Sheboygan North High School, and with it, a yearlong celebration of success, highlighted by activities planned during Homecoming week.
North High School friends and alumni are encouraged to attend the following events.
Friday, September 28:
• 1:00 p.m. – Pep Rally in the North High School Acuity Fieldhouse
• 8:00 p.m. – Bonfire at Deland Beach
Saturday, September 29:
• 9:00 a.m.-Noon – Brat Fry in the North High School Commons, apparel for sale
• 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. – Tours of Urban Middle School and North High School held every half hour, or tour at your own pace.
• 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Help Paint a Mural near the Raider Gym
• 11:00 a.m. – Presentation and Video in the Commons
• 12:05 p.m. – Parade on School Avenue
• 1:00 p.m. – Homecoming Football Game vs. Green Bay East
• 7:00 p.m. – Alumni/Community Social at Town & Country Golf Course
North High School Anniversary apparel will be for sale during the Brat Fry and more information can be found on the North High website. Learn more at www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/north or connect with North High on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sheboygannorthhigh.
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Sept. 15, 2008
Complete Release in PDF Format
Game Day Quick Facts
The Teams: Holy Cross (0-1, 0-0 PL) vs. Harvard (0-0, 0-0 Ivy)
Date: September 19, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Harvard Stadium (30,323), Cambridge, Mass.
Holy Cross Radio: WWFX 100.1 FM, Worcester; Bob Fouracre, play-by-play; Tom Kelleher, color; www.worcesterpike.com, internet
Holy Cross Student Radio: WCHC 88.1 FM
Harvard Radio: WWZN 1510 AM, Boston; Bernie Corbett, play-by-play; Mike Giardi, color
Series Record: Harvard leads, 37-22-2
Last Meeting: Holy Cross 31, Harvard 28, September 15, 2007, Worcester, Mass.
The Series With Harvard
This will be the 62nd meeting between the Crusaders and the Crimson on the gridiron, with Harvard leading the all-time series 37-22-2. Holy Cross posted a 31-28 victory over the Crimson last season in Worcester, but prior to that Harvard had won five straight meetings and nine out of 10 games. For all games played at Harvard Stadium, the Crimson hold a 30-17-2 lead in the series, with three straight wins and five victories in the last six meetings. Holy Cross' Tom Gilmore stands 1-3 against Harvard as a head coach, to go along with an 8-8 record against the Crimson as an assistant coach (at Pennsylvania, Columbia, Dartmouth and Lehigh), and a 2-2 mark as a player (at Pennsylvania).
Series Quick Facts
Overall: Harvard leads, 37-22-2
In Cambridge: Harvard leads, 30-17-2
At Harvard Stadium: Harvard leads, 30-17-2
Current Win Streak: Holy Cross, one game
Tom Gilmore vs. Harvard: 1-3
Tim Murphy vs. Holy Cross: 10-3
In Overtime: Harvard leads, 1-0
Holy Cross Set For Road Opener
Holy Cross is now in its 113th season of intercollegiate football. The Crusaders have an all-time mark of 44-63-4 in their opening road game of the season, including a 6-6 record in road openers over the last 12 years. Following last week's loss to UMass, the Crusaders now stand at 66-38-9 in their season debuts, including a 5-4 mark on opening day during the current decade, and an 18-10-1 record since the beginning of the 1980 season.
Randolph Leads Crusader Offense
Senior Dominic Randolph (Amelia, Ohio) is now in his third season as Holy Cross' starting quarterback, and is one of 16 players on the current watch list for the Walter Payton Award, presented annually to the top player in the NCAA football championship subdivision. In the season opener against UMass, he hit on 28 of 44 passes for 249 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. Last year, Randolph completed 297 of 482 attempts for 3,604 yards and 30 touchdowns with just eight interceptions. He set new school single-season records for completions, pass attempts and total offense (3,741 yards), while ranking second on the Holy Cross single-season lists for passing yards and touchdown passes, third for completion percentage (61.6 percent) and fourth for pass efficiency (141.6 rating). Over the course of his collegiate career, Randolph has now hit on 509 of 825 passes for 6,090 yards and 52 scores. He already ranks fourth all-time at Holy Cross in career touchdown passes, fourth in career passing yards, fourth in career completions and fifth in career pass attempts, while his career completion percentage (.617) is the best in school history. In addition, Randolph's 10 career 300-yard passing games are the third most in Holy Cross history, while his two 400-yard passing games are tied for the most-ever by a Crusader.
Offense Puts Up Points
The Holy Cross offense is off to a fast start this year, posting 42 points and 375 total yards in the season opener against UMass. In 2007, the Crusaders enjoyed one of their best offensive seasons in recent history, averaging 35.9 points and 463.4 yards per game. The 35.9 points per game were the best mark since the 1989 squad averaged 36.0 points per contest, while the 463.4 yards were the school's best since the 1991 team averaged 467.1 yards per contest. Holy Cross also scored over 40 points five times last year, including four consecutive games from October 6-27. Prior to that, the Crusaders had not scored 40 points in four straight contests since the 1991 season, when they did it against Brown (42-28), Lehigh (43-42), Lafayette (48-14) and Bucknell (42-6). The school record for most consecutive 40 points games is nine, set in 1987.
Gass & Kielt Head Up Ground
The Crusader offense displayed a solid rushing attack in its season opener against UMass, running for 126 yards with two rushing touchdowns. Senior tailback Terrance Gass (Sicklerville, N.J.) had eight carries for 36 yards and two touchdowns against the Minutemen, in addition to posting a team-best nine receptions for 46 yards. Last season, Gass led the team in rushing with 563 yards and six touchdowns on 101 carries last season, while catching 27 passes for 318 yards and four scores. Following the conclusion of the 2007 campaign, Gass was named second team All-Patriot League. Senior tailback Mike Kielt (Southbury, Conn.) also played well in the season opener, leading the team with 51 yards on 10 carries against UMass. A year ago, Kielt rushed for 367 yards and six scores on 73 carries, to go along with 16 receptions for 150 yards. Entering the Harvard game, Gass and Kielt have combined for 2,122 rushing yards and 33 total touchdowns during their collegiate careers.
Crusaders Show Outstanding Depth At Wide
In the season opener against UMass, Holy Cross showed that it has a number of weapons in the passing game, as seven different wide receivers had at least one reception. Senior wide receiver Jon Brock (Acworth, Ga.) posted five catches for 41 yards and a touchdown, while sophomore wide out Freddie Santana (Staten Island, N.Y.) added four receptions for 47 yards and two scores. Sophomore wide receiver Luke Chmielinski (Walpole, Mass.) finished the game with four catches for 44 yards, and junior wide out Nick Cole (Tuscon, Ariz.) caught two passes for 17 yards. In addition, senior wide receiver Brett McDermott (Mansfield, Mass.) had one reception for eight yards, sophomore wide out Josh Jenkins (Maywood, Ill.) caught a pass for 13 yards and junior wid receiver Bill Edger (Hainesport, N.J.) posted one catch for 26 yards.
Partain Gets His Kicks
Senior placekicker Matt Partain (Libertyville, Ill.) is off to a strong start this season, hitting all six of his extra point attempts in the season opener against UMass. Dating back to last season, Partain has now made 56 consecutive extra points, standing just behind Anthony Pignio's school record of 58 straight extra points made from 1991-1993. A first team All-Patriot League selection in 2007, Partain hit 12 of 16 field goal attempts and connected on all 50 of his extra point tries a year ago, to lead the team in scoring with 86 points. He tied the school single season record for most field goals made, while becoming the first kicker in Holy Cross history to make all of his extra points with at least 30 attempts. In the 2007 game against Dartmouth, he kicked the longest field goal in school history when he booted a 49-yarder on the final play of the first half. Partain also made eight extra points in the 2007 victory at Lehigh, good for the second-most made extra points in school history. Over the course of his Holy Cross career, he has now totaled 92 points, making 12 of 16 field goals and 56 of 56 extra points.
The Last Meeting With Harvard
Dominic Randolph threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Harrison with 19 second remaining in the fourth quarter, to lead Holy Cross to a 31-28 victory over Harvard at Fitton Field, September 15, 2007. Randolph completed 29 of 55 passes on the day for 339 yards and four touchdowns, and received the Johnny Turco Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of Holy Cross' Homecoming game. After a scoreless first quarter, Harvard jumped out to a 14-0 lead, as Matt Lagace caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Liam O'Hagan, then O'Hagan scored on a one-yard run. Holy Cross responded with a 10-yard scoring pass from Randolph to Brett McDermott, and added a 26-yard field goal by Matt Partain on the final play of the quarter, to make the score 14-10 at the break. The Crusaders then took the second half kickoff and marched right back down the field, with Randolph throwing a 22-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Maher, putting Holy Cross in front 17-14. Later in the quarter, Randolph hit Jon Brock with a 14-yard scoring strike, to increase the Crusader lead to 24-14. Harvard refused to go away, as O'Hagan tossed a four-yard touchdown pass to Corey Mazza, then Cheng Ho scored on a 47-yard run, putting the Crimson back in front 28-24 with 12:10 left in the fourth quarter. But the Crusader defense stiffened, forcing Harvard to punt on its next three possessions, giving Holy Cross one last chance from its own 23-yard line with 1:19 remaining. The Crusaders then marched 77 yards in six plays, with Harrison's catch concluding the scoring. Mark Kelliher led the Holy Cross defense with seven total tackles and one tackle for loss, while Glenn Dorris had seven tackles, a sack and an interception for Harvard.
Holy Cross Picked Second In Patriot League Preseason
The 2008 Crusaders have been picked to finish in second place in a preseason poll of the Patriot League's head coaches and sports information directors. In addition, Holy Cross senior quarterback Dominic Randolph was named the preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and linebacker Andy Romans of Lafayette was chosen as the preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
Rank School (1st place votes) 2007 Record Points 1. Fordham (9) 8-4 / 5-1 PL 68 2. Holy Cross (4) 7-4 / 4-2 PL 56 3. Colgate (1) 7-4 / 4-2 PL 53 4. Lafayette 7-4 / 4-2 PL 48 5. Lehigh 5-6 / 2-4 PL 35 6. Bucknell 3-8 / 1-5 PL 18 7. Georgetown 1-10 / 1-5 PL 16
Brown & Randolph Named
Holy Cross will have two captains during the 2008 football season. Senior strong safety Daryl Brown (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and senior quarterback Dominic Randolph were named the team's captains by head coach Tom Gilmore following the conclusion of spring practice. Randolph, who was also one of three captains during the 2007 campaign, becomes only the 11th player in school history to serve as a team captain for more than one season. Previous two-year captains were George Connor (1905-1906), Raymond Lynch (1916-1917), Thomas Lamb (1969-1970), Craig Cerratani (1977-1978), Ed Kutschke (1985-1986), John Aloisi (1998-1999), David Puloka (1999-2000), Brian Hall (2001-2002), Steve Silva (2004-2005) and Casey Gough (2006-2007).
McDermott & Jenkins Lead Special Teams
Senior wide receiver Brett McDermott and sophomore wide out Josh Jenkins have both played key roles in the Crusaders' success of special teams this season. McDermott currently leads the nation in kickoff returns with an average of 71.5 yards per return. In the UMass game, he returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown, good for Holy Cross' first kick return for a score since the 2005 season. Jenkins leads the league and stands sixth in the country in punt returns, averaging 20.7 yards per return. As a team, the Crusaders currently lead the Patriot League in both kickoff returns (30.3 yards/return) and punt returns (20.7 yards/return).
Crusaders Look To Keep Winning The Turnover
Holy Cross should once again be among the top teams in the nation when it comes to turnover margin. In the season opener against UMass, the Crusaders did not turn the ball over, while forcing the Minutemen to lose one fumble. Since the beginning of the 2005 campaign, Holy Cross is now plus-27 in turnovers, forcing their opponents to cough up the ball 69 times, while giving the ball away only 42 times. During both the 2005 and 2007 seasons, the Crusaders led the Patriot League in turnover margin with a plus-11 mark in each campaign. Holy Cross also ranked seventh in the nation in turnover margin in 2005, while placing 17th in the country in 2007. In addition, the Crusaders had a streak of 297 consecutive offensive plays without a turnover last season from Sept. 29, 2007 to Oct. 27, 2007 (spanning five games).
Holy Cross Set To Open Another Year In The Patriot
Holy Cross will begin its 23rd season of play in the Patriot League when it faces Georgetown on Sept. 27. The Crusaders own an all-time mark of 14-8 in their opening Patriot League contest of the season, including last year's 55-0 victory over the Hoyas. Holy Cross also stands 8-2 in conference openers over the last 10 seasons, with the only losses during that span coming against Lehigh (38-20 in 2003) and Fordham (42-35 in 2004). From 1998 through 2002, the Crusaders won five straight conference openers, against Towson twice (31-24 in 1998; 17-14 in 2000), Georgetown twice (33-7 in 2001; 41-13 in 2002) and Lafayette once (30-12 in 1999). Holy Cross owns an all-time record of 64-57 (.522) in Patriot League action, winning five titles (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991).
Offensive Line Continues Strong
Holy Cross returns four starters to an offensive line which was a key reason why the Crusaders ranked among the top teams in the nation in both total offense and scoring last season. In the season opener against UMass, the line allowed the Crusaders to total 42 points and 375 total yards. Last year, the line paved the way for Holy Cross to run for 128.2 yards per game, while also providing pass protection which has allowed the Crusaders to throw for 335.2 yards per contest. In addition, Holy Cross allowed only 14 sacks in 11 games last year, while attempting 497 passes (just one sack for every 36.5 times the team dropped back to pass). Returning starters for the Crusaders include senior Chris Smith (Buffalo, N.Y.) at center, senior Chris Poole (Scituate, Mass.) and junior Aaron Jones (Springfield, Ohio) at the guard spots, and senior Mason Olson (Stockton, Calif.) at one tackle position. Each of those four returnees started all 11 games last season. The final tackle spot will be manned by sophomore Mike McCabe (Watertown, Conn.), who saw action in all 11 games as a backup in 2007.
Holy Cross In The NCAA Statistics
Seven Crusaders are currently ranked among the NCAA leaders in various statistical categories, through games of Sept. 13. As a team, Holy Cross stands first in the nation in first downs, fourth in scoring and seventh in time of possession. The rankings:
Category Rank Player/Team Avg. Kickoff Returns 1 Brett McDermott 71.5 Passes Defended 1 Michael Wright 3.0 First Downs 1 Holy Cross 27.0 Receptions 4 Terrance Gass 9.0 Scoring 4 Terrance Gass 12.0 4 Freddie Santana 12.0 4 Holy Cross 42.0 Completions 5 Dominic Randolph 28.0 Punt Returns 6 Josh Jenkins 20.7 Points Responsible For 6 Dominic Randolph 18.0 32 Terrance Gass 12.0 32 Freddie Santana 12.0 Time of Possession 7 Holy Cross 35:01 Tackles For Loss 11 Daryl Brown 2.0 Rushing Defense 15 Holy Cross 73.0 Passing Yards 15 Dominic Randolph 249.0 22 Holy Cross 249.0 All-Purpose Yards 16 Brett McDermott 171.0 Total Offense 16 Dominic Randolph 260.0 Turnover Margin 20 Holy Cross +1.0 Pass Efficiency 32 Dominic Randolph 133.7
Crusaders Bring In Preseason
Several Holy Cross players earned preseason accolades heading into the 2008 campaign. Senior quarterback Dominic Randolph was listed as the No. 3 quarterback in the country by The Sports Network, while being named a second team All-American by both The Sports Network and Consensus Draft Services, and receiving preseason Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year honors from Phil Steele's 2008 College Football Preview. In addition, several players were selected preseason All-Patriot League by Phil Steele's 2008 College Football Preview. Randolph was joined on the first team by senior wide receiver Brett McDermott, senior tight end Ryan McGuire (Woburn, Mass.), senior defensive back Kyle Mushaweh (Woodbury, Conn.), senior placekicker Matt Partain, senior offensive lineman Chris Poole and senior defensive lineman Bryan Walwyn (Houston, Texas), while senior wide receiver Jon Brock, senior tailback Terrance Gass and junior linebacker Marcus Rodriguez (Peoria, Ariz.) were all selected to the second team.
Crusaders Among Patriot League
Several Holy Cross players rank at or near the top of the Patriot League standings in a number of statistical categories, through games of Sept. 13. Senior tailback Terrance Gass leads in the league in receptions (9.0 catches/game) and scoring (12.0 points/game), while senior wide receiver Brett McDermott stands first in kickoff returns (71.5 yards/return), first in all-purpose yards (171.0 yards/game) and fifth in scoring (6.0 points/game). Senior quarterback Dominic Randolph ranks second in the league in passing yards (249.0 yards/game), second in total offense (260.0 yards/game) and third in pass efficiency (133.7 rating). In addition, sophomore wide receiver Freddie Santana ranks first in scoring (12.0 points/game); sophomore wide out Josh Jenkins (Maywood, Ill.) stands first in punt returns (20.7 yards/return); senior placekicker Matt Partain is first in extra point percentage (100.0 percent) and fifth in scoring (6.0 points/game); and senior wide receiver Jon Brock ranks fifth in receptions (5.0 catches/game). As a team, Holy Cross led the league in scoring offense (42.0 points/game), turnover margin (+1.0 turnovers/game), kickoff returns (30.3 yards/return) and punt returns (20.7 yards/return); stands second in passing offense (249.0 yards/game); and ranks third in rushing defense (73.0 yards/game) and pass efficiency (133.7 rating).
Crusaders Look To Post Another Winning
In 2008, the Crusaders are looking to post a winning record for the fourth straight year. Last season, Holy Cross reached the seven win-mark for the second year in a row. The Crusaders' 14-8 mark in 2006 and 2007 combined is also their best in a two-year span since the 1991 and 1992 squads went a combined 17-5. In addition, Holy Cross has also posted a winning record in each of the last three seasons, going 6-5 in 2005, 7-4 in 2006 and 7-4 in 2007. This marks the best three-year stretch by the Crusaders in 15 years (9-1-1 in 1990, 11-0 in 1991 and 6-5 in 1992).
Defending The Home Turf
Holy Cross has enjoyed great success at Fitton Field over the years. The Crusaders, who played their first game at Fitton Field in 1903, have posted an all-time home mark of 349-166-27 (.669). Fitton Field is the second-oldest stadium still used for Division I college football, behind only Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania (opened in 1895). Holy Cross' best decade at home occurred from 1980-1989, when the Crusaders recorded a 41-12-1 mark. In the current decade, the Crusaders have posted a record of 21-24 at home, with a 4-2 mark in 2007. Last season, Holy Cross posted a winning record at home for the second straight year, after going 3-2 at Fitton Field in 2006.
Tradition Of Excellence
The 2008 campaign will mark the 113th season of Holy Cross football. The Crusaders enter this week's game with an overall record of 576-463-54, good for a .552 winning percentage. Prior to the start of the 2008 season, Holy Cross' 576 all-time victories ranked as the 15th most among all Division I-AA schools. Holy Cross has had 31 first team All-America selections, sent 69 players on to professional football, won five Lambert Cups, claimed five Patriot League championships, and was named the Division I-AA Team of the Year in 1987. The Crusaders also played in the 1946 Orange Bowl, losing to host Miami on the game's final play.
Head Coach Tom Gilmore
Tom Gilmore is now in his fifth season as head coach at the College of the Holy Cross. Gilmore currently owns an overall record of 23-22, including a 20-14 mark since the beginning of the 2005 campaign. He has led Holy Cross to 7-4 records in each of the last two years, with the 2006 team posting a five-game winning streak (the longest by the Crusaders since the 1991 season). In 2005, Gilmore guided Holy Cross to an overall record of 6-5, with tailback Steve Silva earning first team All-America honors. On Oct. 8, 2005, Gilmore led the Crusaders to their first victory over a ranked team since 2000, with a 13-10 win at No. 10 Lehigh. Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Gilmore served as an assistant coach at Lehigh (2000-2003), Dartmouth (1992-1999), Pennsylvania (1986, 1990-1991) and Columbia (1987-1989). An Academic All-American at Pennsylvania, Gilmore graduated in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in computer mathematics. He was the Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior and helped lead the Quakers to four consecutive Ivy League titles.
Scouting The Crimson
Harvard is coming off a 2007 campaign in which it posted an 8-2 overall record and won the Ivy League title with a perfect 7-0 mark in conference games. Senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti returns to lead the Crimson offense, after completing 164 of 260 attempts for 2,134 yards and 14 touchdowns with four interceptions last season. Pizzotti's top target is junior wide out Matt Luft, who caught 43 passes for 721 yards and six scores in 2007. The Harvard ground game will be led by junior tailback Cheng Ho, who ran for 722 yards and seven touchdowns on 152 carries last year. The Crimson defense, which allowed just 15.7 points and 274.6 yards per game last season, will be led by senior linebacker Eric Schultz. Last season, Schultz totaled 54 tackles, three tackles for loss and a sack. Head coach Tim Murphy is in his 15th season at the helm of the Harvard program, where he has a record of 88-51. Murphy's career record stands at 120-96-1, including five seasons as the head coach at Cincinnati and two years as head coach at Maine.
Crusaders On The Radio
All of Holy Cross' games in 2008 will air on The Pike, WWFX 100.1 FM in Worcester. Holy Cross Hall of Famer Bob Fouracre is in his 39th season calling the play-by-play for Holy Cross football, and his 23rd year covering the Crusaders on the radio. Former Holy Cross standout Tom Kelleher, who earned first team All-New England honors while leading the undefeated 1987 team in rushing, is in his ninth year as the color commentator. All of the Crusaders' games will also be available free of charge over the internet at `www.worcesterpike.com'. In addition, WCHC 88.1 FM, the Holy Cross student station, will carry a number of games this year.
Holy Cross On Television
The Crusaders are scheduled to have four games shown on live television during the 2008 season. Here is a look at Holy Cross' television schedule for the 2008 campaign:
Date Opponent Television Outlet Sept. 6 Massachusetts WCTR-TV3 Oct. 25 Lehigh WCTR-TV3 Nov. 15 Lafayette Lafayette Sports Network Nov. 22 Colgate Time Warner Cable
The Holy Cross Football Show
Every Tuesday during the season, head coach Tom Gilmore will be joined by Bob Fouracre for the Holy Cross Football Show. The show airs live from 1:00-1:30 p.m. exclusively on the internet, with archives of all the shows available to those who can not listen in live. The show is carried free of charge at `www.sportsjuice.com'.
Crusader All-Access
Live video streaming of all 2008 Holy Cross home football games will be available over the internet through Crusader All-Access.The package, done in association with College Sports Television Online, is available for a $9.95 monthly subscription. For details on how to sign up for Crusader All-Access, click here.
Quick Hits
Sophomore cornerback Anthony DiMichele (McKees Rocks, Pa.) recorded a career-high nine total tackles in the UMass game, and junior cornerback Michael Wright (Fort Washington, Md.) added a career-best three pass breakups ... For only the second time since joining the Patriot League in 1986, Holy Cross is scheduled to play all of its non-conference games against opponents from New England (Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Massachusetts and Yale).


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S1000U – Hitachi SimpleTech SimpleDrive 1TB Turbo USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Simpletech is a very innovative and one of the leading manufacturers of virtually all types of storage and networking solutions. The company's new range of uniquely designed portable hard drives is just another example for the company's flamboyance for creating a product that not just serves the purpose that its name indicates by also has a development in its looks, with style being considered as one of the major factors in this era of portable hard drives.
We all have to agree to the adage "Too much is never enough", especially when it comes to hard drive storage. We have digital cams that spit out images of multi-mega bytes and we also have the digital video that chomp up GBs of storage space in just one shot and so it is never a big surprise when you hit the limits of your hard drive. The only answer to this dilemma is high capacity hard disks like the one Hitachi's SimpleTech offers, the SimpleDrive S1000U 1TB Turbo USB 2.0 External Hard Drive. It is a basic external hard drive that comes bundled with back-up software. We will have a detailed look on this hard drive in the following review.
Designed by Pininfarnia:
While many of the manufactures offer with only a designer styled "like" drives, SimpleTech's S1000U 1TB external hard drive is designed by the legendary design company Pininfarnia, designer of the Ferraris. The drive has a very sleek, sportive, aerodynamic looking unit that is tampered in the sides and the side of the device has markings that suggest the word forward motion. This slim beauty has its dimensions to be (H x W x D) 1.5″ x 5″ x 8.25″. In short, the device resembles a button-less telephone answering machine. The device has a large oval button mounted in the facia of the drive that is surrounded by a capacity meter ring which constitutes of 4 LEDs. This large SimpleTech logo doubles as a one touch backup button which works only when paired with the supplied software.
This version of SimpleDrive offers only USB connectivity and another version called SimplDrive Deluxe will be offering both USB and FireWire combo. In the rear you will find the USB port and the power jack. The device looks as glossy as a hood of freshly waxed Ferrari. On the bottom of the unit are two plastic strips that give the SimpleDrive a very good grip, preventing it from sliding off of tilted surfaces.
Capacities and colours available:
The Hitachi SimpleTech S1000U 1TB Desktop Drive comes in five different capacities such as, 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB.
No engineering brilliance required:
As most of the portable hard drives in the current market, this drive too does not need any complicated set up procedures. All that you have to do is, just connect the drive to your PC using the USB cable, plug in and power on the electrical outlet that is it. And this simple set-up is usually described in the storage industry as Plug and Play. The drive is hot-swappable meaning that it can be removed from the computer after disabled from the "Safely Remove Hardware" application.
By default, the device has been formatted with the NTFS file system for Windows, so it has to be reformatted with Apple's Disk utility before using it with the Leopards Time Machine Backup application.
Basic features:
The SimpleTech SimpleDrive S1000U 1TB drive runs on a 3.5" hard drive with a spindle speed of 7200rpm and 16MB cache. All Hitachi SimpleDrives come with a single external hard drive, so if you want RAID capability, look elsewhere.
The all-important software bundle:
In spite of the obvious attention paid to the hard drive's appearance, SimpleTech kept function as well as form in mind, the S1000U 1TB drive comes preloaded with the ArcSoft Total Media Backup and Record software. You have to install them manually by double clicking over it, as the software does not get installed on its own. The software works in conjunction with the one click back-up button.
The ArcSoft Total Media Backup offers a very clean and easy to use interface in order to set up the backup files. They can be chosen by category, file types, or even by using advanced tab you can pick up the individual files and folders. The back-up target can be set as either the SimpleDrive or a CD or DVD burner. Back-ups can be either onetime events or scheduled to occur at regular intervals and each of such backups can be either full time or incremental. By incremental we mean having a back-up of only the changed and the new files. Keep in mind that the ArcSoft Total Media Backup software can backup only the files and folders and will not be able to create a bootable backup of your OS or make a backup of the system settings, the way you will be able to do with the EMC Retrospect Software that we saw in the Western Digital MyBook. However, Windows users will be able to use the program to burn music and data discs. Once you have completed all these backup preset processes, the top-mounted backup button will initiate the backup sequence.
Capacity Meter:
We had mentioned that there is a capacity meter surrounding the power button, this will show a rough estimate of the remaining storage available. Out of the four LEDs each LED represents 25 percent of total storage. When the drive is installed for the first time, the ring will be fully lit and as the capacity decreases, the meter in the ring will also decrease. And when the capacity drops below ten percent, the ring will flash red when it is powered on at first. The array of lights also flash and chase each other around the circle when a copying operation is under progress. This feature is a real boon for the novice users as they will know for sure when to unhook their drive.
Free online storage:
Hitachi's SimpleTech offers you 2GB of free storage account with Myfabrick.com which is an online storage service. You get this complement with each SimpleDrive and if you ever feel that 2GB is not enough, you can buy additional space for a very low cost. With this account, you can upload your files to the site's servers and so, you will be able to access them from anywhere on earth and they can also be tagged, organised and shared among your friends and relatives. Yet another feature available is that, if you already have photos in Flickr, the Myfabric account can be linked to your Flickr account and from then on, the Myfabric account will grab the files automatically.
The performance of the drive is decent, but has some speed issues. This Hitachi SimpleTech SimpleDrive S1000U 1TB drive takes about 9.22 minutes to write a 10GB folder with mixed filed types, which gives a rate of 18.23Mbps and takes around 8.35 minutes to read back the same folder at a rate of 19.89Mbps. When the size of the files are reduced, the performance gets weaker, the drive takes 48 seconds to copy 1GB to the drive and 1.18 minutes to duplicate 1GB in the drive.
With these speeds, the drive puts a tough fight to its rivals, the Seagate FreeAgent Pro with USB interface and way past LaCie d2 Quadra drive. And the drive edged out the other more expensive drives like OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro 1TB and the WiebeTech RTX100-SJ 1TB. Though we cannot say that the drive has lighting speeds, it will be fine for most of the casual users.
Artistic package:
The package of the drive itself is very artistic. The drive is kept in an angle in the showcase like plastic enclosure. There is a decent list of some of the SimpleDrive's more technical features listed on the back of the packaging in multiple languages, while the front keeps it simple with easy to understand "real world" figures like the number of songs or pictures the SimpleDrive is capable of storing.
Warranty and Support:
SimpleTech backs up its SimpleDrive S1000U 1TB Turbo USB drive with one year warranty. You also get toll free support on weekdays from 6.30am to 5.30pm and they also offer you with live chat help and email tech support from the SimpleTech web site. You also get FAQs, downloadable software, drives, tips for trouble shooting and manuals from the site.
The SimpleDrive S1000U 1TB Portable USB hard drive is a very simple device to use with an awesome design. The included backup software makes the tasks of backup simple to setup and the free online storage feature account is a great inclusion and very tempting too. At the price at which the drive is offered, it is a real bargain as the LaCie d2 Quadra drive that is only a little faster than this offers its drive for a much higher rate with no online storage too. If you are not happy with the data transfer rate of the Hitachi S1000U 1TB drive, you can also take into consideration the Seagate FreeAgent Pro with eSATA connection and six months free online storage. S1000U will be ideal choice for backing up your data with minimal fuss.
In the base line, although there are a few rough edges, the SimpleDrive is really a great value. It packs a great deal of storage into a petite and classy looking package.
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Simpletech 1TB Turbo Desktop External Hard Drive – Technical Specification Table
|Hitachi SimpleTech
|Model Name
|Hitachi SimpleTech SimpleDrive S1000U
|Model number
|Dimensions (H x W x D)
|1.5″ x 5″ x 8.25″
|Form factor
|Hard disk drive capacity
|Other capacities available
|250GB, 320GB, 500GB and 750GB
|Buffer size
|USB2.0, compatible with 1.1
|Data transfer rate (max)
|480 Mbit/s
|USB 1.1 Full Speed
|12 Mb/s (max)
|Average seek time
|Compatible operating systems
|PC and Mac compatible
|Built-in cooling vents
|ArcSoft Total Media Backup and Record software
|Additional features
|Capacity meter
Free 2GB online storage
Sits flat or stands upright with included cradle
|Package contents
|Hitachi SimpleTech SimpleDrive S1000U USB drive
USB cable
Power Adapter
Quick Start guide
Warranty Information
|Power consumption
|AC 110/230 V (50/60Hz)
|One year


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Back around 2006 our public library was in need of a cheap way for patrons to browse its web-based INNOPAC catalog. Thin clients running Windows CE had been purchased for this purpose, but they turned out to be buggy and limited. I was tasked with finding a solution to the problem "on the cheap", and being a fairly new Linux fanatic at the time, I figured I'd see what I could do using free software. This led to my first kiosk project.
Since then, I've refined my approach time and again, deploying kiosks throughout my organization just about anywhere a web-browser kiosk can be put to use. The original library system has been completely rebuilt with newer hardware and software, but is fundamentally the same system I set up five years ago.
I often see people asking about how to set up a kiosk system with Linux, and like me they usually start out going about it the wrong way; so I thought I'd write this tutorial based on my years of experience to help those getting started.
Most people start working on a kiosk with the idea of taking some standard Linux desktop (like Unity or KDE) and trying to "lock it down" so users can only run a browser. I tried this too, originally (at the time, KDE 3 had a kiosk tool that let you set policies for all its 18 bajillion components); but I quickly found that locking down a fully-featured desktop environment was a pedantic, exhausting task that never ended satisfactorily. It occurred to me that I might have more luck building an environment from scratch with only the components required.
That isn't nearly as hard as you'd think. To understand how it works, let's look at how a typical X11 desktop system functions:
- When you boot the system, it launches your X11 server (xorg) and the display manager, which is what gives you your graphical login screen.
- In addition to letting you log in, the display manager also lets you choose a session (such as Gnome, openbox, XFCE, etc depending on what's installed). Each session is just a script or program that can run in X11.
- When you log in, the display manager run the session script/program under your account. The session script launches the programs that comprise your desktop and provides you with everything you see.
- When you log out, your session script finishes execution and exits. Control of the display is returned to the display manager.
The key here is understanding that the session script (or program) is nothing magical. It's just an executable that the display manager runs when you log in, and when it finishes you log out. In fact, there is a very simple mechanism to override the X session and create our own customized version. When a user logs in, if the ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc file is present and executable it will (usually, depending on the display manager) be executed instead of the default session.
Now, I've said that there's nothing magical about the session script; but those who haven't done much tinkering with X11 desktops might be surprised to find that many of the behaviors you take for granted on a graphical desktop don't "just happen" — they require software to make them happen. For instance, you might assume that program windows are automatically movable about the screen, are re-sizable, or have title-bars across the top with (at least) maximize, minimize, and close buttons. None of this is provided by X11, though; it's provided by a program called the window manager. You might also assume that graphical environments all have menus, desktop icons, or panels; again, these are provided by other programs which must be run either by the session script or one of the programs it starts.
Choosing the right components to launch in a session script can be subtly tricky depending on the software you need to run, the behavior you expect from it, and the need for tight security on the system. Fortunately, when it comes to desktop components the Linux world offers a lot of options, and with some persistence and a willingness to tinker you can nearly always get what you need. At the end, we'll go through some "crash test" questions to see if your setup is really bullet-proof and ready for the road.
But first, let's walk through setting up an actual kiosk.
In this tutorial, I'll walk through how I set up a kiosk for use at my workplace, and why I choose the different components that I do.
Choose and install the OS
The first task is to get a basic OS install. You can do this with about any distribution of Linux you feel comfortable with, but I'd recommend taking the following aspects into consideration:
- You want big repositories with a lot of selection. Since we're going to be dealing with some less-than-ubiquitous software in constructing our custom environment, make sure you use a distro with a lot of these uncommon packages available.
- Don't use a rolling release or a distro that updates every few months. The idea is to put out a kiosk and not touch it for a few years if you don't need to. Use something with a long release cycle, or a long-term support release.
- Use a distribution that can be installed with a minimal command-line installation and built up from there.
- Lightweight is good, since you might want to use this on old computers or thin clients.
Based on these criteria, I've found Debian Stable to be a prime choice over the years. Ubuntu can also work well if you stick to LTS releases and use the minimal install media. Centos might be a third choice, though it doesn't have as much software readily available.
Once you've picked one, install a basic, command-line installation. The Debian installation manual can be found here.
Install the software
Once you have the basic install, we need to get a few software components on there:
- xorg is vital for displaying video
- gdm (version 2) will be the display manager
- matchbox-window-manager will be our window manager
- chromium-browser will be our sample kiosk application
- emacs for editing text, though you can install your favorite CLI text editor instead
- rsync will be part of our security lock-down later
- openssh-server is useful for doing remote administration
Use aptitude on Debian to find and install these packages. Dependencies will, of course, be handled automatically. You might want to add the "–without-recommends" switch when installing gdm, so that you don't pull in a lot of unnecessary GNOME packages. Also, if you prefer to do your administration parts in a GUI, you can of course install a minimal desktop like LXDE or just a simple window manager like jwm. Be aware that any other environment you install is going to show up on your login screen as a session option, so depending on the deployment situation that might be a problem.
We're using Chromium here as an example kiosk application, though if you have a custom application or prefer a different web browser substitute that instead. I originally used Firefox for these, but unfortunately Firefox has become increasingly unsuited for kiosk work since version 2 (I actually ended up writing my own browser in python, but I'm assuming you're not that deep into this yet).
I chose matchbox-window-manager here because it's simple and stays out of the way. In the past, I've used flwm, ion, openbox, or xfwm. I ended up switching to matchbox because it does pretty much what you want on a kiosk without any configuration.
User Accounts:
If you're logged in as root at this point, make sure you've made a second account for administration purposes — you really don't want to be ssh'ing around as root, it's bad practice. You also need to make the account which the kiosk will run under; I usually just call this "kiosk", though feel free to call it whatever seems natural to you.
In Debian, the "adduser" command will step you through setting up a new user account. Try "adduser kiosk" and follow the prompts.
Configuring the session script
Time for the most important part: writing the session script. First, run these commands as root:
cp -r /home/kiosk /opt/ cd /opt/kiosk/ chmod -R a+r . touch .xinitrc chmod a+x .xinitrc
What these commands do is copy the kiosk user's home directory to /opt, move there, make the directory world-readable, and then create an empty but executable .xinitrc file (see note at the end of the section about .xinitrc vs .xsession). You want /opt/kiosk to be readable by the kiosk user, but not writable.
Now open the .xinitrc file in a text editor and copy in this text:
xset s off xset -dpms matchbox-window-manager & while true; do rsync -qr --delete --exclude='.Xauthority' /opt/kiosk/ $HOME/ chromium-browser --app=http://myserver/mywebapp done
This is our session script; it's what will be run when the kiosk user is logged in, so let's go through it one line at a time.
The "xset" lines take care of an important detail: disabling screen blanking and monitor power saving. You might not want this, but most users approaching a kiosk with a black screen tend to assume it's out of order.
Next, we launch our window manager, matchbox-window-manager. Note the ampersand here: without it, matchbox would be run and nothing else would happen, because the script would be waiting on matchbox to end before running the next commands. You do need one part of the script to run indefinitely, because once the script ends the user is logged out; but you want only one part of the script to do this. The ampersand forks matchbox's execution to the background and continues down the script.
The "while true; do" line starts an infinite loop, which is later closed by the "done" line. There's really no way out of this script other than to kill the whole display or reboot the system, and that's what we want.
The "rsync" command bears some explanation. Rsync is a special copy command that, by default, only copies files that are different between the source and destination. The switches and arguments do the following:
- q makes the output quiet, so we don't bother writing to a log file that is probably going to be overwritten anyway
- r makes the copy recurse into subdirectories (without it, no directories will be copied)
- delete means that any files in the destination that aren't in the source will be deleted. This is will wipe out any files the last user may have downloaded or created, either inadvertently or maliciously.
- exclude means it won't touch the listed file. ".Xauthority" is a file created automatically by xorg, and overwriting or deleting it during a running session could potentially crash the session.
- /opt/kiosk is our source for copying. The "/" on the end is important, don't omit it!
- $HOME is an environment variable that points to the logged-in user's home directory. Being the last argument, it's the destination for our copying. Again, the "/" on the end is critical to make sure things get copied to the right place.
Every time the rsync runs, the kiosk user will get a completely fresh home directory; this will reset anything a previous user might have tinkered with. Since it's in an infinite loop with the actual kiosk application, resetting everything is as simple as closing the application.
Finally, we run our kiosk application. I'm using chromium-browser with the "–app" switch to put it in kiosk mode (replace the URL with one of your choosing). You can, of course, run any application here, but note that it's critical the application not fork into the background when run. Some applications (OpenOffice, for one) fork when run, and return control to the command line. If your application does this, you'll end up with a few hundred copies before the system runs out of memory and dies. You'll have to work out how to "block" the session some other way if your application is like this.
Once this file is saved, copy it to /home/kiosk. Reboot the system, and log in to GDM as the kiosk user. Ta-dah! You should be looking at a full-screen chromium with whatever URL you specified.
NOTE: as one reader discovered, apparently newer versions of GDM in Ubuntu don't recognize "~/.xinitrc", but do recognize "~/.xsession". If you're having trouble with GDM recognizing your session script, rename it to ".xsession".
The lockdown
Already this is a pretty secure setup that will keep the vast majority of people from doing anything destructive, but there are a few more things we might want to do depending on where you're deploying the kiosk and what you think people might do (for space reasons, I can't detail all these, but I'll tell you where to find information):
- Lock GRUB: By default, GRUB allows any user to edit boot options from the GRUB prompt, giving knowledgeable users a potential avenue to gain root access. Section 15 of the GRUB manual (type "info grub" at the console for the manual) describes how to password-protect boot options and editing.
- Lock the BIOS: Most computers allow a BIOS password to be set for editing BIOS. You probably want to set this, and disable any sort of boot-device menu features. Of course, you also need to physically secure the cpu if you're worried about people booting to other devices.
- Remove sudo/su access: In the event that a user finds a way to get a terminal, you don't want them being able to run su or sudo (even if they don't know the password, they can spend a long time guessing on a public kiosk). Check out the files /etc/pam.d/su and /etc/pam.d/sudo on Debian, and read carefully to learn how to disable these commands for your public user. On Ubuntu, you might find apparmor to be useful here as well.
- Be careful with the URL bar: It's easy to forget that most web browsers, including chromium, can browse the filesystem just as well as they can browse the web. This can potentially allow a user to inspect system files or even run commands. In our example, the "–app" switch makes the URL bar inaccessible, but there may be ways around this. Make sure you check for things like this and take measures to limit access to the filesystem.
- Disable TTYs: By default, most Linux systems will spawn six TTY terminals in addition to the X11 display, which can be accessed with the keys ctrl-alt-F1 through ctrl-alt-F6. You probably want to disable these for the same reason you want to disable su and sudo — no sense in giving someone the opportunity to try root passwords. In Debian, edit (as root) the /etc/inittab file and comment out these lines:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
- Prevent root login to GDM: Again, you don't want to have people testing root passwords at the GDM login prompt. Edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and under the "[security]" section add "AllowRoot=False".
Not all of these are strictly necessary, but as the voice of experience let me advise you not to underestimate the public's ability to cause mischief on an unsecured computer!
At this point your system is workable and secure, but depending on the situation there are some optional features we might want to add.
GDM autologin
If you want the system to be a "turnkey" style system that doesn't require login, configure GDM for auto-login. You just need to edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf, and add the following under the "[daemon]" section:
[daemon] AutomaticLoginEnable=true AutomaticLogin=kiosk
Reset on Timeout
So your kiosk user is looking up information about an embarrassing rash, then gets a phone call and has to step away. You don't want the next person walking up to see information about embarrassing rashes. You also want to protect your users by removing web history between users when possible.
In my own kiosks, I built a timer into the application to wipe the history and return to the home page after so many minutes of inactivity. With the chromium-browser kiosk, you don't have that option. But you can get it with a little help from xautolock.
Xautolock is a utility that monitors the session for inactivity, and locks the screen after so many minutes. It doesn't actually have to lock the screen, though; you can tell it to run any command you want after the inactivity period has timed out.
Looking at our session script, all we need to do to reset the whole thing is close chromium. So the solution is simple:
- Create a script to kill chromium; probably it just needs to contain "pkill chromium-browser". Save it to /usr/local/bin/kill_chromium.sh.
- Install xautolock and add this line to your session script, beforethe loop starts:
xautolock -secure -time 15 -locker /usr/local/bin/kill_chromium.sh
This runs xautolock in secure mode (so it can't be turned off), sets the inactivity timeout to 15 minutes, and runs your chromium-killing script when the timeout hits.
Auto update
Chances are, you don't want to mess with keeping these systems up-to-date manually, and you certainly can't expect users to launch an updater for you! So, this is the simple way to set up automatic updates on your Debian system (I wouldn't recommend doing auto-updates on a distro that's prone to major changes, or you might have a broken kiosk on your hands!).
- First, install cron-apt from the repositories.
- By default, cron-apt will update the package lists daily, but won't upgrade the system. So:
- Go to /etc/cron-apt/action.d
- create a file called "9-dist-upgrade"
- Put in it this line: "dist-upgrade -y -V -o Dpkg::Options::=–force-confold"
- Save the file and exit.
If you have the capability to relay mail from your systems, you can configure cron-apt to email you when it upgrades or has a problem upgrading, but I'll leave that for your homework.
If you want your users to be able to print, you'll need to install cups. Mercifully, cups comes with its own web-based configuration utility, so if you're a little tired of hacking config files, rejoice! After installing cups, point the web browser to "http://localhost:631" to configure printing.
Testing the system
Now that your system is set up, test it extensively. If possible, have some other people try to mess it up. Here is a list of some non-obvious things to try:
- Window Manager
- Does the WM offer keyboard shortcuts or a menu? Are you able to use them to launch other applications, or get to a terminal?
- Can you minimize windows? Once you do, is it obvious how to restore them?
- Is it possible to log out with your setup? What happens?
- What happens when dialogs pop up? Or different file types are downloaded? Is it obvious how to close windows that might need to be closed, or find them if they lose focus?
- What happens when the user hits the "magic sysrq" combinations? Try alt-sysrq-K, for example.
- Application
- Can your kiosk application be put in an broken or messed up state with no obvious way to restore it?
- Can your application be used to launch system utilities or browse system files?
- Does your application have problems if closed improperly?
- Is there an obvious way for users to "reset" the program if they're stuck, or if they want to delete their history?
- Is it possible to browse unwanted URLs from the browser? Do you need to apply a proxy filter or firewall?
- System
- Watch carefully at boot; is any sensitive information exposed on the screen? Are there places where a user could stop the boot process and get an interactive prompt?
- Scan your system from another system on its network using nmap. What ports are open? Do you need to firewall those ports, or remove the services listening on those ports?
- Are login prompts exposed on the system, so that a user could try passwords for root?
- Hardware
- Is there a way to secure your case? Mouse? Keyboard?
- Does the keyboard or mouse have "special keys" like multimedia or Internet buttons, scroll wheel buttons, etc. What do these do when pressed?
- Are USB ports exposed on any of the peripherals? Have you secured the system against booting from USB?
Obviously, your need for security and bullet-proof operation may vary depending on where and how you intend to deploy this system; but spend some time trying to think like a hoodlum with Unix experience, and see what you can do to secure the system against tampering.
Just the beginning
This is just the start of what you can do with Linux and kiosk setups. Now that you understand how to use the .xinitrc, the sky's the limit! If you've created Linux kiosks, or if you're unsure how to solve a particular problem you're having, leave a comment and tell me all about it.
2012 Update: Some additional resources
This article has proven to be somewhat popular as a resource for setting up Kiosk systems on Linux, so I'm including some links to additional resources that I've posted on this blog since I wrote this article:
- WCGBrowser — this is the browser I ended up writing to replace Firefox on my kiosks. It's built in Python, QT, and WebKit, and it's fully configurable through a plain text YAML config file. I released the code since writing this article, and continue to develop it into a general-purpose solution for kiosks. It's Free under the GPL v3, and the code is on my github page.
- KiLauncher — a full-screen launcher menu, also built with Python and QT and configurable through a YAML config file. It's also theme-able using QT stylesheets ( a subset of CSS). Also Free under the GPL v3, and the code is on my github page.
2013 Update
It's late 2013, Wheezy is among us; as some commenters have mentioned, gdm (version 2) is no longer an option if you're building a kiosk on Debian stable. For wheezy, I'm recommending you use lightdm instead.
Simply replace "gdm" with "lightdm" in your installation procedure. To setup auto-login, run the following command:
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults --autologin kiosk
Apart from that, my kiosks are still running happily using this procedure on Debian Wheezy, so nothing really needs to change. If you're using Ubuntu, with all this Mir and Xmir business, you're really on your own there. If you manage to get it working on Ubuntu 13.10 or higher, let us know what you did.
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Great blog! I have been looking for something like this to set up a kiosk in an employee lounge. Got it working! Thanks!
Excellent article based on hard-won experience, thanks for sharing
Love your tutorial but I am having trouble getting it working. I am trying to install a minimal version of Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) on a 4 GB USB stick. I am thinking that this would be a cheaper and probably more reliable solution than a traditional hard drive. I think I followed your instructions exactly but when I reboot the computer and try to login to the kiosk account I get the following error message: Failed to load session "gnome"
NOTE: When I installed gdm I did use the –without-recommends option. Any ideas on how to fix this?
This is great. One thing to consider is that you don't even need a display manager at all. You can start X from the inittab, or using an init script.
You can use a window manager like FVWM and strip off the minimize and close window buttons.
After all this though I have to wonder why library catalogs moved from dumb terminals to Web browsers.
Omari or Alan, could you tell me how to strip off the minimize and close window buttons with FVWM? That'd be great!
Thanks for this excellent guide.
Stupid question maybe, but how do I switch off the machine? Just by holding the power button?
Great blog!
I managed to get the kiosk up and running using Chrome.
However, I have the problem that Chrome forgets all its settings when it closes. This means that each time the kiosk fires up, I get message boxes asking if I want Chrome to be the default browser. Any help to fix this?
Very good article and very well written. I'd just like to add for the assistance of others in a similar situation to mine:
1. If you use matchbox-window-manager and get the annoying title bar that you probably don't want, then revise the .xinitrc or .xsession file with one slight addition:
matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no &
2. If you don't use mouse interaction much, are using a touch screen, or are using this as an almost RSS feeder style television, then you have 2 options: you can go through the complicated theme change to make it transparent, OR much easier, just install the X11 extension called unclutter. It simply hides the cursor after about a half second (adjustable) period of inactivity. If using Ubuntu (probably Debian too if it's in their repository – I chose Ubuntu server for it's vast graphical resources and of course Debian heritage):
$ sudo apt-get install unclutter
Thanks again for the extremely useful article!!
Update: If you install the unclutter extension, you have to use .xsession and not .xinitrc.
I discovered this when I symlinked .xinitrc to .xsession and the mouse started showing back up. The .xinitrc took priority and the mouse unclutter stopped working. Based on the comments above it seems that .xsession is pretty much always the better choice.
Also, another cool trick: if you have x11-common configured to allow "anybody" in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config then you can have /etc/rc.local and completely bypass the need for GDM/KDM/lightDM.
/bin/su - -c /usr/bin/startx
exit 0
Ahh! it tried to interpret it as tags :/
/bin/su - <kiosk username> -c /usr/bin/startx
First of all I'd like to say how fantastic this tutorial is. I followed it and by changing a couple of things based on the theory presented, my kiosk now works brilliantly.
However, I've had some trouble more recently trying to get matchbox to display two chromium windows and to restart one (or both) if a window is closed for whatever reason.
Also currently the only way to switch between windows is using alt-tab. This isn't much of an issue seeing as its not a public kiosk so it is easy enough to tell the users to do this.
It would be very appreciated if you have any ideas on how to solve this and I'm sure it would help others as well. Thanks.
Very nice writup. I added a few things to my own checklist from this.
You might want to check out Tiny Core Linux. It works extremely well as a super small image that also works very well with flash drives by loading completely into memory and only writing when you tell it to save configs. With a web browser, it ends up being around 40-60 megs. So far, it's been very actively updated, and has about 4,000 packages you can choose from. You can also remove any local physical disks and pxeboot your image from a central server making it easy to manage lots of kiosk style terminals. If someone actually manages to break something, it just takes about a minute to reboot and pxeboot the kernel+tinycore+packages+custom configs back to default. If someone steals it, there's no hard drive, and therefore no sensitive information could be contained within either.
I also use fluxbox as a window manager because it's very lightweight, very easy to customize and lockdown, and I'm already very familier with it. I tried going without the window manager, but some apps just don't play well without.
I'll have to take a look at your custom browser when I get a chance because that's one place that is extremely lacking for kiosk style use on linux.
This works great for booting up in to where I want, but for some reason the chromium browser when exporting to a TV with 1080×1920 it only takes up 1/2 of the screen instead of full screen.
Any ideas?
Thank you for such informative post. I'm trying to follow your steps, but I can't really be sure what ISO image do you refer to and what should be installed.
1) I'm using debian business card size ISO (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.6/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.6-i386-businesscard.iso) – is this the correct one?
2) at some point the installer asks you if you want to install a graphical environment, web server, etc… should I say "no" to every one of them and follow with your apt-get instructions?
This page is a fantastic resource. I'm about to try this on an Olinuxino A13 (Open Source computer by Olimex, based on an ARM processor). Will report back here with any tips/tricks I discover.
First of all I want to thank you for sharing this information.
I tried this on Debian 32 bit system and it is work fine with chromium-browser .
But when I tried to replace chromium-browser command in .xsession with x-lite program xtensoftphone the x-lite dont run.
Can you help me to resolve the problem ?
here is my .xsession file :
xset s off
xset -dpms
matchbox-window-manager &
while true; do
rsync -qr –delete –exclude='.Xauthority' /opt/kiosk/ $HOME/
many thanks
With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I only get .session-error file:
openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
cannot connect to brltty at :0
Backend : gconf
Integration : true
Profile : unity
Adding plugins
Initializing core options…done
and Unity is staring.
Thank you for this fantastic tutorial.
After many many tests to have virtual keyboard "onboard" running in a Ubuntu kiosk with tactile screen, I had success with the help of your contribution, really usefull !
Thank you for these notes, I'm working on a kiosk right now and you put me on the right track. I chose lightdm as login manager and it also uses .xsession, just so you know.
About autologin:
using lightdm the procedure is different.
you have to edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf to add
and kiosk_user has to be part of autologin group
# groupadd autologin
# gpasswd -a kiosk_user autologin
That's because lightdm invokes PAM even when autologin is enabled.
I finally moved to slim ( http://slim.berlios.de/ ), it's well documented and easy to configure. So far so good!
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your guide is working fine
but the screen resolution is very low
can you please tell how to change this or make it auto detect??
Found your how-to and read it, re-read it then re-re-read it. Building a kiosk OS based openSUSE for my employer. Thanks for the great start and I will post back with more info as we continue our development.
hi Alan thanks for the brilliant guide i have been using for a while, i was wondering if i wanted to use the kiosk with a timer for say a cyber cafe how would i go about it.Can the xsession be timed or would i have to decode the browser to act as a timer.by the way i tried installing a cyber cafe timing software called mkahawa but it hasn't worked.Any ideas how i would go about it.Thanks
thanks for the reply i am looking for a timed session not inactivity reset thought it would still be of use anyway let me roll up my sleeves.
hello there! thank you so much for this tutorial has helped immensly. however for what ever reason once i run the login for the kiosk and then log out and back into my admin account i do not see my .xsession file searched the whole system and its just gone… show hidden files is on so im just at a loss. any thoughts? any help is greatly appreciated hope to hear from you soon!
nvm got the build-ui to finally say true for plugins however im not getting any sound from the videos any ideas on that?
Porteus has a kiosk edition and provides a wizard which lets you customize it according to your needs:
Unfortuntely on 12.04 I couldn't get "onboard" virtual keys work in autoshow mode in textfield with wscbrowser. same problem with chromium browser. but works fine with firefox. any idea why?
Thanks a lot! You've made my day, resp. week :). Tried several pre-made solutions, but as I needed to add CUPS and I'm a beginner, this step by step was really helping – and also helping to understand how things work, so I could customize it.. Thanks!!
Hi Alan. Looking at setting up a kiosk type system. It'll mostly just go through the same set of html pages depending on what you select, basically behaving a bit like a smartphone app would. I'm not not going to use a keyboard, just a touchscreen. The limited options available can just be clicked on screen.
The web browser would need to stay open at all times and effectively the system desktop would be the web browser. Any thoughts on this? Can a web browser be 'embedded' as the desktop? No idea how best to approach this so your advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks for this, using some of this info I was able to replace my Libraries opacs with raspberry pi's. I have them running raspbian and window maker. I am running chromium in –app mode so it behaves like a kiosk (as I only want one page displayed) so chromium runs in a loop, if someone does an Alt +f4 chrome just opens right back up again.
there are a couple options you can get into using a right click, so I used a squid proxy to disable all URL's except the one I want access to.
pretty decent setup for a public library and Rpi's are so cheap to run the power savings alone are excellent!
Thanks for the great tutorial. I'm a newbie to linux so please excuse me for my obvious questions. I'm trying to create a kiosk for the manager to playback video for quality assurance purposes. So I need the webrowser to run flash. So my question is, if i install Chromium, what steps do i need to have it run flash? Install flash plugins and does Chromium auto enable plugins when it runs or there are flags we have to set in the script? Your browser has all the functionalities that i want out of a kiosk and it also supports flash but how to configure for flash?
Thanks for the great tutorial; I am able to get my pi in kiosk mode with a touchscreen. But I have a acute problem, whenever the user tries to login into a website using his username/password. The keyboard pops-up when he wishes to enter the username but losses focus when password needs to be entered. Somehow the virtual keyboard doesn't pop up when password field is clicked.
Any pointer will be helpful as this is the only thing which is blocking my kiosk from its field test
Hi Alan, thanks for posting this.I am new to Linux. I am trying to run chromium in full screen from the command prompt. I type: "xinit chromium –app=http://www.google.com". It tries to load chromium but then it exits and says something to the effect of: "xterm: "–app=http://www.google.com" is a bad command. Will this only work from inside a script? thank you.
Just working through this now. A couple of comments…
– Putting everything in /opt/kiosk is fine, but obviously you'll need a .x[something] in /home/kiosk to do the first rsync. And if a hacker has write-access to /home/kiosk then that restore phase can be disabled (although the copies in /opt will hopefully be safe).
– I couldn't get .xsession or .xinitrc to work from Xubuntu's session manager, so I just modded the GRUB config. to do a text boot. I'm guessing I can just put startx into .bashrc (which will find .xinitrc).
– For my full-screen app, I don't need a window manager at all. Is there a reason why a full-screen Chromium needs one?
Ah, OK. I think I'm happy with text bootup, so will keep it that way. Yes, our kiosk app is full-screen Java+JOGL, with simple geometric point-and-click, so no widgets needed. Will keep matchbox in mind for future requirements, though.
Another observation about the .xinitrc/.xsession copying: since this is done within the init itself, if that ever changes then you need two logins before it takes affect. Unlikely, I know (although I was running a JAR file with version number in the filename, and wondering why I was getting the old one…!).
Thanks for the follow-up…
(Oops – sorry, posted as new comment, not reply.)
can i use you approach to run another application instead of a browser? i want to run my own app in fullscreen since logging on wich is what a kiosk does, could you give me some idea on how to do it?
sorry for my ignorance…i am trying to do it with cubieboard wich is armhf so there is no minimal instalation of debian or any other around, i'll try to follow your tutorial based on wheesy hf version and wil let you know. i need my app running in kiosk mode. thanks in advance for your futue help
i did all the steps described in the tutorial, as i said previously, i am running cubieboard cubieez. at starup it does not works at all, if i run .xinitrc manually it execute the script, any help? obviously xinitrc is not being called at boot but i don't have any clue
I require a Linux OS for setting up kiosk having installation size upto 300 MB.
Can you suggest me any linux os for that.


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By: Jill Galus, KOB Eyewitness News 4
Valencia County Animal Control officers removed almost three dozen animals from a women's home Tuesday.
Officers described them as underfed, underweight and found in poor living conditions. However, the woman who was caring for them told KOB Eyewitness News 4 she had no bad intentions and feels she is being wrongfully accused.
"I just doctor 'em up," Tammy Lopez said.
That is the only reason Lopez said she had 31 dogs, a cat and a rooster living with her.
"I stay up day and night with 'em, I've sewed 'em up, I don't got the money to take all these strays to the vet, you know, they're not my dogs, I'm just trying to help 'em," Lopez said.
All 33 animals were living outside and inside Lopez's mobile home, without food or water and sometimes with only a sheet of ply-wood against a pile of junk for shelter, according to Erik Tanner, director of Valencia County Animal Control.
"If you're going to chain the animal in your yard, and watch it slowly lose weight and start to languish, you're not doing anybody any favors, and you're certainly not helping the animal," Tanner said.
But Lopez said she is helping the animals, and if she had more time, she would have nursed them back to health.
"I told 'em, give me a couple weeks and these dogs will look totally different, the ones I found on the street," Lopez said. "I've rescued horses that were racks of bones... it doesn't take long to starve 'em, but it takes six, seven months to get the weight back on 'em."
It is against the law in Valencia County to have more than 12 animals per one-acre lot, regardless of a motive, Tanner said.
"What am I doing so wrong," Lopez said. "I guarantee if I didn't have 'em, they wouldn't be down at that shelter - they'd be put to sleep."
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School supply maven opens public store in Portland
PORTLAND — Leanne Fisher has seen first hand how Ruth's Reusable Resources can help schools by soliciting office supplies from local companies and offering them to teachers at little to no cost.
This school year, 3Rs has given away more than $3.4 million worth of supplies to local schools, many of which have faced significant cuts in state funding.
So, when Fisher, a teacher in Regional School Unit 1, heard that 3Rs founder Ruth Libby had opened up a public store at her new warehouse on Blueberry Road in Portland, Fisher and colleague Laura Devin had to make the 45-minute trip from Woolwich to Portland.
Ruth's allows Fisher to get classroom supplies without using her own money, which gives her more money to spend – at the 4 Public Store.
"Professional economy helps the personal economy," Fisher said.
Libby said people other than schools and nonprofits have been pushing her to open a public store ever since she moved her clearinghouse out of her basement and into the former Bessy School in Scarborough.
Now, with donations pouring in from companies that are either closing or moving out of the state because of the recession, Libby said the time was right to make more people's dreams a reality.
The cash-only, 4 Public Store is nearly half the size of the 5,000-square-foot teacher's store, Libby said. Merchandise that includes magazines, books, fabrics, binders, buttons and a variety of other items will vary from week to week.
"I have three times the inventory that I can fit into the store," Libby said. "(The store) is not going to be for everybody. It's for those who like to bargain hunt."
Westbrook resident Stacy Tucker-Stanley was one of the shoppers on Saturday, picking up supplies for her business, The Pampered Chef. She found a $2 business binder that would have cost as much as $50 at a retail store, as well as inexpensive gift bags and expense sheets.
"I've always been curious," Tucker-Stanley said. "It's great what she does for the schools. I'm so excited now that I can shop here."
Sebago resident Pam Callinan said she was shopping for quilting supplies and was surprised to find a variety of fabric for only 50 cents a yard.
"Don't tell anyone," Callinan said. "I never knew this existed – I'm amazed."
On Saturday, Libby spread out her inventory on more than a half a dozen tables for a yard sale in the 3R's parking lot, both to move supplies and introduce the new store. Items ranged from $5 fake Christmas trees to $3 MP3 players.
After several days of rain, the blustery wind did not deter people from showing up.
Diane Brakeley, a Cape Elizabeth artist at Della Mano Designs who is also Libby's cousin, said she was finding items she needed, such as a brief case with wheels for the classes she teaches at Artascope Studios in South Portland, as well as things she didn't know she needed.
"The art I do is found object jewelry, so this is perfect," Brakeley said. "I even got a Christmas present for my son."
Gloria Beeler, who works at a child-care program in Scarborough, said she has been a loyal Ruth's shopper since the early days. On Saturday, she was looking for art supplies for the kids and a computer cart with wheels.
"We kind of followed her (to Portland)," Beeler said. "This is really good for us."
Jackie Burwell, a Scarborough resident who was working as the store's cashier, said there was a steady stream of people and compliments.
"They love the low prices," she said. "Hopefully they will come back. We will have new stuff on the shelves."
For now the store is only open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, but Libby said she would like to expand those hours. She is just beginning the public push for the new store, but she has already seen some repeat customers since it opened quietly in January.
Judging by the reactions of shoppers on Saturday, she may have picked up a few more.
"I will definitely be a regular customer," Callinan said.
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An elegant Spanish-style resort next to a high-end golf course
The sprawling 326-room Scottsdale Resort is upscale both inside and out. Marble bathrooms and Spanish hacienda-style furnishings make the rooms feel elegant (if not quite luxurious), while the lobby , restaurants, and grounds all reflect careful grooming and attention to detail. The many available activities include tennis, bike rentals, and golfing at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club next door (home to two 18-hole courses).
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Favorite Book: Angels & Demons
Favorite Song: Levels remixed with anything
Favorite Actor: Mark Wahlberg
Favorite Movie: Fargo
Favorite TV Show: The Real Housewives of Anywhere
Favorite Magazine: Country Living magazine
Favorite Sport other than the one you play at HC: Golf
Favorite Sports Figure: Sidney Crosby
Favorite Spot on Campus: Anywhere but the library
Favorite Class at Holy Cross: American Foreign Policy
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Pre-Game Routine: Wiggle my toes and fingers and count to three but dive on two
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Dream Job: Canadian diplomat
Favorite Web Site: Stumbleupon
Person I Admire Most: My younger brother
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Friday, October 8, 2010
On the importance of sequenced model organisms, & a crude taxonomy of their users
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Great post, really well written and thought-provoking. I'm probably somewhere in the Type 1/3 categories by your classification: I really love Education and Outreach, but my real aim is to try and make a gainful career of Garage Biotech and to help others do the same. And, to that end, I wholly agree that you need to work with a model organism.ReplyDelete
In my experience, university labs are usually pretty friendly and approachable places. Sure, they're required to put "DO NOT ENTER" signs on the lab door (and indeed, don't enter: try knocking on the office doors rather than the labs to put your best respectful-foot-forward), but the people inside are usually delighted to meet someone interested in the art. Getting an organism that is certifiably harmless to everything shouldn't be an issue if you really make it easy and give them a reason to care (which an interest in outreach normally fulfills).
It *does* help to make friends with these people. Not only may your local lab be a ready source of advice and interesting conversation, but they may help you perfect protocols and even source old equipment in the back. You might be surprised; just knowing that you're out there attempting cheap and effective methods might be enough to pique their interest. If you come back and tell them "I did a miniprep using dishwasher detergent!" (unlikely as that may be), they might be intrigued to learn how. Scientists are a naturally inquisitive lot, after all.
My recommendations for things to request of the local micro lab: E.coli K12 or "Bacillus subtilis 168" (the type strain used by most). These are fully sequenced and are safe model organisms for Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive bacteria, respectively. There are tons of protocols out there for both that can be easily DIY'd, and they are both pretty easy to work with on any scale, from the streaking-plates-for-fun to full-blown molecular biology work. I particularly like B.subtilis, for lots of DIYbio-y reasons: it's naturally competent, it grows on Potato-Glucose/Sucrose broth/agar (easy as sin to make), it sporulates making long-term-storage a doddle and obviating the worry of "Oh God I Forgot My Cultures" while on holidays, and it's edible (qualifying for "Biosafety 0").
Of course, if you can't muster the courage to meet and get acquainted with your local lab, or if they prove snotty and unhelpful, you can always get B.subtilis by special order from your local hippy/health store. It mightn't be 168, it might be subspecies "natto" (used to make the dish of the same name), but it's probably one of the key strains and it'll tide you over while you learn before you get the real deal.
Something you wrote about the publishing of magazines was republished at http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/2010-October/060908.html and I thought it was a good read, so I surfed on in here to your weblog. Bye, -ArthurReplyDelete
Working in Manhattan, i.e. ground zero for potential terrorist activities, it is not practical to just ask a university scientist for some bacterial cultures, no matter how harmless they are. Remember, the only one who was finally beaten into pleading guilty in the Steve Kurtz case was the poor academic who supplied him with his strains. They got him on violating the materials transfer agreement that ATCC makes you sign. Granted, the story is not finished yet, but the New York DIYbio group is obtaining their strains directly from the sellers, keeping them in-house, and being as public as possible about their work, even hobnobbing with their local FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator (I kid you not- that's his title) to prevent future "misunderstandings".ReplyDelete