Monthly Archives November 2007

links for 2007-11-23

90 degrees south
Andrea Polli’s expedition to Antarctica for art and science.
(tags: antarctica art science)

links for 2007-11-22

Unit Structures: Facebook’s Beacon and Boundary States
Fred’s guide to Facebook’s Beacon

(tags: Facebook privacy)

the Idea Shower » » Block Facebook Beacon
How to block Facebook’s Beacon from passing your data to Facebook, the evil mothership.
(tags: Facebook privacy)

Off to Grandmother’s House We Go…

Actually, uncle’s house, but you get the drift.  Like a lot of people, I love Thanksgiving week and the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.  There’s just something about it.  Mundane tasks seem to take on more meaning, there are plenty of reasons to eat and drink and not feel guilty about it, etc.  [...]

links for 2007-11-21

Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana
(tags: video marijuana campaigns)

NRDC: Cities & Green Living
Good green holiday gift ideas.
(tags: holidays gifts environment)

links for 2007-11-20

Off The Bus News and Opinion on The Huffington Post
“A wide-ranging effort to scrutinize an industry devoted to scrutinizing us.”
(tags: election polling campaigns)

Ask Your Lawmaker | You Ask. We Report.
Sunlight-funded project to get journalists to ask the questions we want.
(tags: journalism politics election)

links for 2007-11-16

Pew Internet: Online Video
Good stats about online video usage and sharing.
(tags: video broadband)

How to Use Online Video to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Marketing Impact — Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants| Nonprofit Marketing: Getting Attention Blog
(tags: video marketing non-profit)

links for 2007-11-15

MyDD :: Obama Proposes Broad Government Reforms
Obama hits it out of the park at proposes a radical changes in government, using tech to get citizens involved.
(tags: governance campaigns election)

4Barack (Lessig Blog)
Larry Lessig comes out as a strong Obama supporter.
(tags: election law obama)

Radio Open Source is back!

Earlier this year, Radio Open Source — the first public radio show to utilize the input of online communities — went on a “summer hiatus” after losing its funding source.  It was a major disappointment for those of us charmed by Christopher Lydon’s whimsical looks at life and culture and his big thinking about building [...]