Tag Archives: economics

Help Stop Usage Based Billing (UBB)

Metered Bandwidth isn’t about stopping bandwidth hogs, it’s about preserving old media business models Stephen Harper asks for review of CRTC Decision by March 1 But it’s not resolved yet – join a quarter million of your fellow Canadians by signing the petition More on UBB from Reddit. igning the petition

Sappy Sunday – First Steps in the Sun

This is a tough one to watch – a couple beagles rescued from a laboratory are filmed as they take their first steps outside on grass and into the sun (with mawkish music on the soundtrack to magnify the effect.) (via MetaFilter which gets into an interesting debate about the pros and cons of animal […]

Friday Fun Link – Making Stairs Fun

It’s no secret that I’m interested in the role of “fun” – fun at work, fun at home, fun in life – not just because fun is, well, FUN! but because I strongly believe it has a real impact on how people work, live and interact. One timely example comes from the National Family Literacy […]

State of the Union

Watched the “State of the Union” address and thought it was pretty decent – not Obama’s best by far – but good. A few random thoughts… Boehner always looks like he’s about to cry Can’t remember what the point was about but I counted exactly once where Boehner clapped and Biden didn’t. Love the focus […]

On My Bookshelf

Reading: “Life” – Keith Richards On Deck: “Delivering Happiness” – Tony Hsieh In the Hole – “Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” – Richard Dawkins (All subject to change of course when the next shiny book catches my eye!)

Friday Fun Link – World-o-Meters

A very cool statistical representation of various world statistics. (H/T to Kelly P. on Facebook)

How Much Does A Single Search Cost Google?

About a penny.

A Risky Way to Protest Library Closures – Check Out All The Books!

I understand the sentiment but with some major library closures now hitting the UK, citizens deciding to check out all 16 000 items in their local library’s collection might just make it easier for the powers-that-be to close the library’s doors permanently rather than have an impact as a protest gesture! (Putting a smiley face […]

Friday Fun Link – Best Free Web Stuff For Broke Libraries

A great summary of every single type of free online service you (or your library) might be interested in… (via LibrarianInBlack) Best Free Web Stuff for Broke Libraries View more presentations from Sarah Houghton-Jan.

8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media | | AlterNet

(Trying the “Press This” WordPress bookmarklet…) 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media | | AlterNet. [Edit: Oh, and here’s a Reddit thread that summarizes, beyond the hype and lies, “what has WikiLeaks actually done?”]