Described as the "first ever collection of electronic anthropology" and "a digital mosaic of humanity," the Yahoo! Time Capsule project, created by Internet artist Jonathan Harris, will be continuing to collect contributions from anyone and everyone for the next 29 days. The resulting collection will be "projected onto an ancient pyramid and beamed into space before it is presented to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings,...
Continue ReadingResearchers from OpenNet Initiative (ONI) released an excellent report last year on the scope and degree to which China filters Internet content. Though quite a few countries filter Internet content, the researchers agree that "China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world." They describe it as "pervasive,...
Continue ReadingLove watching movies? With in store movie rentals at Blockbuster and other similar stores costing about 5 bucks a pop, if you’re an avid movie watcher, participating in a movie-by-mail service is definitely a wise choice. Blockbuster and Netflix have two extremely popular movie-by-mail programs, both of which are a great deal....
Continue ReadingLike many others, I read this brief article on CNN.com entitled, "China bloggers surpass 30 million." The articles says there's about 34 million blog sites, but the more important number is the number of actual bloggers — more than 17 million according to the article. That's a few folks, but not all that many if you consider that more than 105 million persons in China have access to the web —...
Continue ReadingWhile browsing Consumerist the other day for updates on the Krempasky vs. Popken debate, I noticed that one of the posts reported that Consumer Reports has introduced a Consumer Safety Blog. I'm a big fan of consumer advocacy and think it's a great idea. However, I can't say I'm taken with the site right away....
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