Inhabitat » CONVERTING CO2 TO ENERGY: Environmental 2-For-1 highlights an interesting development. I don’t know if this could eventually become ready for primetime but it could be interesting if it goes that way… It could almost create a self-fulfilling loop.
Particls is an interesting application that is supposed to be useful to manage information. Will play with it for a while and see….
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason — Printout — TIME:
Fortunately, the Internet has the potential to revitalize the role played by the people in our constitutional framework. It has extremely low entry barriers for individuals. It is the most interactive medium in history and the one with the greatest potential for connecting individuals to one [...]
onNYTurf: NYC Subway Google Map Hack is a pretty cool interactive map of the New York subway. Also of interest is this NY Times article about another redesign of the information.
techPresident – Le Internet campaign:
To sum up, while Sarko is impressive and glitzy, he clearly doesnt “get it,” Ségo is leaps and bounds ahead of him.
But one has to wonder: if the internet has such potential to change democracy, then how come Ségo has such an effective online operation — and her campaign is [...]
Open CRS Network – CRS Reports for the People:
American taxpayers spend nearly $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service, a “think tank” that provides reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports are [...]
WNYC – The Brian Lehrer Show: Blogosfear April 02, 2007: If you listened to this, your ears did not deceive you… That was indeed me speaking :)
EETimes.com – MIT to put its entire curriculum online free of charge
In 2002, when MIT decided to experiment with placing course contents on the Web for open access, the university’s officials knew they were breaking new ground and had no idea how the effort would be received.On Tuesday, school officials revealed plans to make [...]
Scripting News: An idea for Newassignment?
How about scouring the USA Patriot for submerged timebombs like the provision that no one knew about that meant that US Attorneys didn’t need to be reviewed by Congress. What other bugs are lurking in laws passed by the Republican Congress in the last 6 years?
Going further would be [...]
Leave No Child Inside | by Richard Louv | Orion Magazine March-April 2007
Within the space of a few decades, the way children understand and experience their neighborhoods and the natural world has changed radically. Even as children and teenagers become more aware of global threats to the environment, their physical contact, their intimacy with [...]
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