Becoming an Organ Donor (Trinidad and Tobago) My organs will be no use to me in the afterlife (assuming there is one), so I've decided to donate them (after I'm dead, of course) to somebody who'll be able to continue using them. Why don't you consider doing the same? (tags: organdonation trinidad+tobago caribbean medical)
accraboy – Where To Go In Accra (tags: ghana) Platform 21 – Remarkable Repairs Some of the rather ingenious entries in Platform 21's Remarkable Repair Contest, in which entrants were asked to submit ideas for repairing everyday objects. (tags: recycling design)
Blogging: Oh, grow up | The Economist "Gone, in other words, is any sense that blogging as a technology is revolutionary, subversive or otherwise exalted, and this upsets some of its pioneers. Confirmed, however, is the idea that blogging is useful and versatile." [via oso] (tags: blogging)
YouTube – Clay Shirky en Chile: los nuevos medios y el desafío al mundo político Clay Shirky on new media and its effect on politics: "easiest away to do that is for a politician to be very clear about what they believe and to say the same thing to everybody…. because that kind of clarity [...]
An Ailing e-Empire: Microsoft Blitzes Cuba and Latin America to Preserve Diminishing Financial Dominance – Council on Hemispheric Affairs Strong words from COHA re: Microsoft's actions in Cuba: "In the midst of what is certainly a cyber war now being perpetrated by Microsoft, the irony of the situation is inescapable – one of the greatest [...]
IndieGoGo: fundraising for independent film-makers Global Voices post about IndieGoGo, a web site where independent filmmakers can raise funds and promote their projects. (tags: film cinema filmmaking) Google Image Search Implements CC License Filtering – Creative Commons "Google has officially launched the ability to filter search results using Creative Commons licenses inside their Image Search [...]
Tracking News Life Cycles With Systems Like Media Cloud – NYTimes.com NYT Article on Berkman's Media Cloud project, featuring a lovely photo of @ethanz 27 months » Blog Archive » Navigating Africa With OpenStreetMap (tags: africa opensource maps) Seamus Murphy shares images from the Russian Far East: Audio Slide Show : The New Yorker (tags: [...]
They removed the ceiling boards yesterday, so this morning I had a glimpse of what my house will look like from the inside when the new roof is done; as that relates, as least, to the slope of the new ceilings. Sadly, I will be losing much of that glorious view of the sky. I [...]
How big is the internet? | Latest news | News.com.au "If you spent just one minute reading every website in existence, you’d be kept busy for 31,000 years. Without any sleep." That explains a lot. (tags: technology internet world map trends web) Global Voices Online » Global Voices develops alternative revenue streams A word about [...]