Largest archive of free culture to be built in the Netherlands
Largest archive of free culture to be built in the Netherlands: From the Netherlands, the “Images for the Future” project is building a large-scale conservation and digitization project to make available 285,000 hours of film, television, and radio recordings, as well as more than 2.9 million photos from the Netherlands’ film and television archives. A […]
Read MoreHow many calories are in Coke Zero?
How many calories are in Coke Zero?: If you answered zero, go to Question 2: how many calories are in Pepsi One? If you answer one, you are wrong. Nancy, a friend and colleague of mine, told me her son did a college project to find out how many calories are actually in soda. Pepsi […]
Read MoreIn Search Of Scientific Excellence: L’Oréal USA Announces Call for Applications for 2007 Fellowships for Women In Science Program
In Search Of Scientific Excellence: L’Oréal USA Announces Call for Applications for 2007 Fellowships for Women In Science Program: NEW YORK, NY, August 14, 2006 – L’Oréal USA announced today the start of the application period for its esteemed L’Oréal USA Fellowships for Women in Science program. Now in its fourth year, this national program […]
Read MoreIST Results – Do ICTs improve our lives?
IST Results – Do ICTs improve our lives?: The project’s final report reveals that many of the assumptions about ICTs and their advantages or disadvantages are not entirely accurate. We assume, for example, that computer skills improve our chances to find a new job, with an estimate of 60 percent of existing jobs and 90 […]
Read Moreindia rejects one laptop per childIndia rejects One Laptop Per Child | The Register
India rejects One Laptop Per Child | The Register : issed the laptop as “pedagogically suspect”. Education Secretary Sudeep Banerjee said: “We cannot visualise a situation for decades when we can go beyone the pilot stage. We need classrooms and teachers more urgently than fancy tools.” Banerjee said if money were available it would be […]
Read MoreI'll take a million please
I’ll take a million please: The $100 laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child project just got its first major order – 1 million for Nigeria. I would love to own one, if its internals were swapped with a MacBook. These things will be a serious nerd fetish item when they become available, and a […]
Read MoreNet Neutrality Song
Net Neutrality Song: A new, downloadable song by Kay Hanley, Jill Sobule, and Michelle Lewis in favor of net neutrality. Nice, but the chorus sounds too much like it’s going to be “Hey Mr. Tambourine Man.” And coming on the heels of this gloomy analysis of the congressional vote — heck, they even got Alcee […]
Read MoreJust published: “What UNESCO for the Futureâ€Â, UNESCO, 2006: UNESCO SHS
Just published: “What UNESCO for the Futureâ€Â, UNESCO, 2006: UNESCO SHS: ‘What UNESCO for the future?’ proceeds from a reflexion on current and future trends and potential gaps that must be filled, on future scenarios and on ‘What UNESCO?’ in terms of its role today as a participant that could influence the processes of global […]
Read MoreYouTube – The Death of The Internet?
YouTube – The Death of The Internet?: The Death of The Internet? ——– worth watching… now is the time to become involved.
Read MoreBeyond the blog for development
Nancy White – It is KEWL and KINKY: Collaboration Software – Full Circle Online Interaction Blog: a new software release from the African Virtual Open Initiative and Resources project (AVOIR), “a sophisticated group-based collaboration system, supporting an unlimited number of groups… where you have complete control over what functionality is installed, as well as what […]
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