OA book series from the U of Helsinki
OA book series from the U of Helsinki: The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (at the U of Helsinki) has launched COLLeGIUM, a multidisciplinary series of OA books in the humanities and social sciences. The first volume appeared this month, The Travelling Concept of Narrative. For more details, see the web site or today’s announcement. […]
Read MoreBooks, money and milk cartons
Books, money and milk cartons : For about 20 years, she has been a quietly formidable philanthropist. Her gifts – nearly £70m so far – have often gone towards human rights projects in the third world, where a small amount can be a significant windfall. But recently she has been branching out. Last spring, she […]
Read MoreBusch Macht Frei
Busch Macht Frei: A sign on the front of the US prison in Guantanamo Bay reads “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.†A sign over the gate of the Fort Dix stockade, where war protesters were jailed during the Vietnam days: “Obedience to the law is freedom.†A sign I saw in 1979 on the Grady […]
Read MorePCs to developing world 'fuel malware' | The Register
PCs to developing world ‘fuel malware’ | The Register : Programs to send PCs to third world countries might inadvertently fuel the development of malware for hire scams, an anti-virus guru warns. Eugene Kaspersky, head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Labs, cautions that developing nations have become leading centres for virus development. Sending cheap PCs […]
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 MoreNot a Bad Idea
Not a Bad Idea: You should die first, start out dead and get it out of the way. Then you wake up in a nursing home, feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension. When you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. […]
Read MorePC Consumes 8.5 Watts, Has No Moving Parts
PC Consumes 8.5 Watts, Has No Moving Parts: someone has taken that boatload of cash and decided to put together the Solo Computer, a roughly-hewn prototype of a power-sipping PC with no moving parts that needs just 8.5 watts of solar power to run. That’s a fraction of the roughly 300 watts sucked up by […]
Read Morevanillasite.at :: about
vanillasite.at :: about : Vanilla is a simple, extensible hypertext system and framework for developing small-scale web applications written in REBOL. This humble website is the official home of Vanilla. ——- a bliki?
Read MoreThe No Nonsense Guide To Women's Rights :: AK Press
The No Nonsense Guide To Women’s Rights :: AK Press: How much has life really changed for women during the last decade? Has the women’s movement affected women all over the world? Has it changed women’s relationships with men? van der Gaag answers these questions with hard, sometimes disturbing, evidence. Many women have made huge […]
Read MorePro wrestler miffed by pregnancy tests – Yahoo! News
Pro wrestler miffed by pregnancy tests – Yahoo! News: A professional wrestler claimed Friday that the state is intruding on her privacy by requiring her to provide proof from her doctor that she is not pregnant within a week of every match. ——- i think this is true, it is an intrusion of privacy, and […]
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