Mobile radio for mass protest: I've been told that Neurotransmitter, a media collective in New York, plans to distribute "com_muni_ports"--backpack-contained "radio broadcast units created for short range pedestrian broadcasting"--for alternative reporting of proceedings and protests at the Republican National Convention, August 30 through September 2. Beautiful idea.

Bikes against Bush: Joshua Kinberg is building cyberbikes for the RNC protests. Internet users will be able to log onto his weblog to request messages that will then be marked on the sidewalks of New York using computer-controlled chalk-spraying devices. His thesis advisor--yes, he's writing his thesis on related topics--Yury Gitman, is the man behind the MagicBike, "a mobile WiFi (wireless Internet) hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked." As Gitman says on his site, "I am like the ice cream man, but with no music and I deliver free wireless access and not ice cream." More technoprotest: Bluetooth Users Against Bush.

New York City Rising: Visit CounterConvention to learn about events and resources related to the massive protests--one million people from across America united against Bush, war, and a repressive Republican administration--planned for the Convention. (See the posters!) Others planning action: RNC Not Welcome in NYC and United for Peace and Justice.