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An anthropological introduction to YouTube

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:25:00 +0100

An anthropological introduction to YouTube

mmmm, fonts…..

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:42:00 +0100

"New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and..."

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:31:46 +0100

“New microchipped passports designed to be foolproof against identity theft can be cloned and manipulated in minutes and accepted as genuine by the computer software recommended for use at international airports.”

- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4467106.ece

Reference Mosaic: Creative Commons Textures

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:52:00 +0100

Reference Mosaic: Creative Commons Textures

Tools for Conviviality - Ivan Illich

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:55:00 +0100

By 1970 we had found that:

Universal education through compulsory schooling is not possible.
Alternative devices for the production and marketing of mass education are technically more feasible and ethically less tolerable than compulsory graded schools. Such new educational arrangements are now on the verge of replacing traditional school systems in rich and in poor countries. They are potentially more effective in the conditioning of job-holders and consumers in an industrial economy. They are therefore more attractive for the management of present societies, more seductive for the people, and insidiously destructive of fundamental values.
A society committed to high levels of shared learning and critical personal intercourse must set pedagogical limits on industrial growth.

susanrudat’s awesome photostream on flickr

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:01:56 +0100

susanrudat’s awesome photostream on flickr

But, the key to edupunk is that it is not about technology. It’s...

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:23:44 +0100

But, the key to edupunk is that it is not about technology.

It’s about a culture, a way of thinking, a philosophy. It’s about DIY. Lego is edupunk. Chalk is edupunk. A bunch of kids exploring a junkyard is edupunk. A kid dismantling a CD player to see what makes it tick is edupunk.

Was China’s earthquake triggered by a nuclear...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:47:00 +0100

Was China’s earthquake triggered by a nuclear accident?

(Conspiracy Theory Time! It’s what the internet does best. Not saying it happened, not saying it didn’t, just doing my bit for the Fortean cause and pointing out a *theory*.)

More here.

14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:06:57 +0100

14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands.

Low Cost Gas Engine Innovation Doubles Fuel Economy

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:00 +0100

Low Cost Gas Engine Innovation Doubles Fuel Economy

Common Craft do Social Media.

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:38:43 +0100

Common Craft do Social Media.

"10:53 a.m. A man licking the pavement on Main Street in front of Subway was gone when police got..."

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:59:27 +0100

“10:53 a.m. A man licking the pavement on Main Street in front of Subway was gone when police got there.”

- Gone when police got there

by Corwin Ericson