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Blog changes
As some of you may have noticed (Honestly I don't even know if anyone reads this blog), apart from my family and my friend Louise who leaves a comment once in a while), i've changed the lay-out of my blog. i've borrowed style-
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still in Cambridge (Boston)
Yesterday was one of the better days of my time here in Boston. I've been spending a bit of time at the MIT Media Lab, as well as visiting Geoffrey Kirkman at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. It's been interesting, but also hard to
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Off to Boston
I'm off to Boston on wednesday. about 12 days in the winter of new england. off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of GeekCorps. While I'm there, I'm also going to Boston to have a look at MIT, see if it's
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LotR by other authors
read it and laugh. it's hilarious, and brilliant. (via NTK. here wxcerpt: -Hunt for the Ring, Tom Clancy -The Ring-Journal of an Anonymous Hobbit, by H.P. Lovecraft
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Why giving internet to the poor is a good idea.
thanks go out to ambiguous.org for this little piece on why it makes sense to give internet to the poor. even if bill gates seems to think that we should give them medicine and food first. don't get me wrong, medicine and food are important, but information
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Jhai PC - wireless for rural Laos
Oblomovka has an article about our colleagues at the Jhai Foundation, who are working hard to develop the Jhai PC. It's fairly similar in concept to our idea for an autonokit. They seem to be mkore focused on a particular project in Laos, which is a good thing,
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Birthday 2003
On February 10th I reach the ripe young age of 29. Here is a preview into the desires of my heart (In danish): Ønskeseddel - Ønsker - Fødselsdag - Birthday - Wishes - Wishlist * Tilskud til nye briller. De gamle er ved ats tå af! * Min amazon.co.uk wishlist * Min ThinkGeek wishlist * Buffy the
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Piracy as progressive taxation
Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution [Dec. 11, 2002] Tim O'Reilly (of O'Reilly publishing house has some incisive comments on on-line distribution of media. refreshing, true and important. For all of these creative artists, most laboring in obscurity,
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WiFi security: the true story:
AlterNet carries this incisive dissection of all the recnt babble about the lack of security of WiFi networks. It's all so unbelievable manipulative that it makes me want to be sick. here's an affordable technology that is powerful in it's potential and governments, corporates
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it’s a new year
"speak friend, and enter!" * The door of the mines of Moria, LOTR, The fellowship of the Ring a new year has begun, an old one passed away. i thoight i'd try and write a small status of my life, my interests, and dreams. for those that
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merry christmas
baptized, jewish agnostic, that i am, i really shouldn't be doing anything as politically incorrect as wishing a merry christmas. i mean there are legions of people out there for whom christmas is nothing more than some guys birthday. and to make matters worse, it was over 2000
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50 most loathsome people in America
This is quite funny, although it's fairly thought-provoking as well. Anyway, it's wirth a few minutes of your time. to quote THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA (via boingboing)