Month: January 2008

Wifi Trouble at the NY State Supreme Court

While wifi worked well for a short time this morning, it seems to now be down. I will continue to liveblog using Windows Live Writer and upload as network access becomes available.

I am typing this in a small room they have off to the side with some cubicles and some laptops. Very glad I brought my own.

Now that I am thinking about this, I believe my liveblogging experience here during jury duty will help my upcoming liveblogging presentation at Northern Voice 2008. I was planning to just talk about liveblogging using Ecto (formerly my favorite liveblogging and offline blogging application), but Ecto has not been updated in some time and does not run very well with Windows Vista. Their website states it will be updated, but the only indication I have for this is the set of Mac-based screen shots. I will thus plan to learn a lot about Windows Live Writer as a liveblogging tool, and will probably explore FireFox’s ScribeFire more as well.

Wifi is available again, so let me post this . . .

 

Good Morning, Jurors

We handed in our jury selection paperwork and were explained as to our functions and the particulars about serving jury duty for the New York State Supreme Court. We were told how we will be expected to sit in on a number of trials until either we get selected for one or get dismissed tomorrow afternoon.

At least they allow computers and have freely available wifi. Nice to see my taxes at work. I just hope I get either dismissed or otherwise able to get to my new Business Communication class I am teaching on time tonight.

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Reporting for Jury Duty

I arrived to 111 Centre street for jury duty. After going through security and having my bag x-rayed, I arrived on the 11th floor and was greeted with a documentary film on justice. Ed Bradley narrated this film and spoke about trial by ordeal, the Code of Hammarabi, and justice during Medieval France and England.

The film is surprisingly good. There are video and movie clips, an engaging explanation of trial by ordeal (including a movie clip of being bound and thrown into the water to see if the person sinks and is therefore innocent). I learned about the important role of a jury, and how jurors are the only ones in the system who are entrusted with the ability and responsibility to determine truth and falsehood according to the laws and how people do and do not act in accordance with them.

This will be an interesting experience, and I will attempt to liveblog it as much as possible. I am using Windows Live Writer for this.

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-01-13

  • There was no traffic coming into Manhattan via the Lincoln Tunnel. Amazing for a Saturday night. Perhaps everybody is already here? #
  • Perhaps 8:30 on a Saturday night is still too early for the crowds to come in? #
  • Doing laundry. Then fold and iron. I wonder if I could do ironing consulting? #
  • Just finished starching and ironing a pile of shirts. Phew. #
  • Actually, I do not mind ironing, starching, and even folding shirts with a folding board. The challenge is often to find the time for it. #
  • I just noticed my email announcements and Twitter announcements are once again working with my upgraded WP! #
  • Going to the bookstore. Have been working inside all day. Has gotten cold out. Supposed to snow tonight. #
  • I have jury duty tomorrow, which should be fun in the snow. #
  • @kristiewells Would buy cookies from them if you can ship to #NYC. I can’t find any Girl Scouts here. #
  • Just bought a new French dictionary for the French class at #FIAF I am taking. Somehow feels more serious now I bought a new dictionary. #

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