links for 2007-09-19
Written on September 19, 2007
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Operations carried out by small independent geographers, to cause thought, connected thinking, and stimulate the public and to wear down public resistance to geography, usually carried on by a number of small groups ... in occupied spaces
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seems like that was initial TOR exit nodes post
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...despite all the cool ways that the app lets you interact with New York Times content, only 16 people used the app today
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...fbFund will grant between $25,000 and $250,000 per startup
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Maybe Logic Academy is an innovative online learning institution and community. The Academy features online courses by some our most important and ground-breaking writers, theorists, artists and teachers
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Second Life is attracting more and more attention, and classical music is starting to get in on the act
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Time Magazine has launched a Facebook application that displays a Quote of the Day
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deliGoo searches on the sites, indicated in your del.icio.us bookmarks. With its help you can find the necessary page according to any phrase or word, which it contains.
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now you can read the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci one page per day -- delivered via RSS...The triump of ADD or a new way to read great literature? Hey, I'd rather read Da Vinci blogging than Robert Scoble twittering...
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Live streaming TV feeds from around the world: CNN, BBC, Sky News, ABC News Now, CCTV-9 China, Iran PressTV, France24, CNN IBN India, Russia Today.
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super slick visual search for Amazon, Ebay, etc
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Although Street View should not, of course, be used alone to decide on a property, it can give an investor a good indication of whether a certain property is worth an in-depth look
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USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering its online users the ability to install "widgets" on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper
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"...On my blog, The Loom, I asked whether scientists wear many tattoos of their science. The answer was yes. I've posted all the tattoos people sent me here on Flickr"...
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Torch Relay Path: Virender Ajmani creates this Olympic torch map that shows you where the flame will travel en route to Beijing for the Opening Ceremonies. Click the "X" on each location balloon to advance to the next location.
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quite an eclectic mix
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The first generation to grow up fully wired is turning social websites into hubs for work and play. They are drawn, as James Knight and Katrina Manson find, by high-tech itsel
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...the study warns that players can transfer large sums of money across national borders without restriction and with little risk of being detected.
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The dissertation looks at the phenomenon of hacktivism: the marriage of political activism and computer hacking. It defines hacktivism as the nonviolent use of illegal or legally ambiguous digital tools in pursuit of political ends
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Do-it-yourselfers and technogeeks, tinkerers, artists, crafters and product and furniture designers, the hackers are united only by their perspective, which looks upon an Ikea Billy bookcase or Lack table and sees not a finished object but raw material
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subvert Ikea products with your own design!
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there is a growing body of research documenting the effects that factors such as room layout, light levels and ceiling height have on brain functions that help regulate our health and our moods. The next hot trend in interior design might be neuroscience.
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The mission of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture is to promote and advance knowledge that links neuroscience research to a growing understanding of human responses to the built environment.
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"Wine is a social object, and so is the Blue Monster: they both inspire conversation," he said. "And we thought the cartoon would look really cool on a bottle."
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an interesting list
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wow, Google has a dedicated project covering the Australian elections -- what else is in store?
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DREAM kitchens may soon include a computer along with the latest refrigerator or oven. That way people gathered at the family hub can satisfy their digital needs along with nutritional ones
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Team buying, aims to drive unprecedented bargains by combining the reach of the internet with the power of the mob. www.TeamBuy.com.cn leads China's newest shopping craze - Team Buying
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There is a striking parallel between the spreading of germs and the spreading of ideas or propaganda
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The speed, ubiquity, and potential anonymity of Internet media make them ideal communication channels for terrorist organizations...University of Arizona have created the Dark Web project, which aims to systematically analyze all such content on the Web.
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It's impossible to say just how many law enforcement agencies are actively using Google Earth, but one thing is certain: looking at Google's often detailed images is a lot cheaper than flying helicopters or planes
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a good question -- and many interesting answers on Metafilter
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