a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to community
Everything tagged community
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10/17/07
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Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Micro-lending is something I’ve posted about before, but lately I’ve been considering actually doing it. It interests me because its a chance to invest in something on the community scale. Investing in large corporations makes me uncomfortable on a number …continue reading »
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10/17/07
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Languages Racing to Extinction
This really depresses me. Especially when America is so xenophobic at the moment. I am however somewhat fascinated by the idea of a language that’s spoken by only one person, which is incredibly counter intuitive — do they talk to …continue reading »
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09/23/07
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Life Before Air Conditioning
Having spent the seven of the last ten years in the American south, where summer is a sweltering miserable nightmare, I’ve given quite a lot of thought to heat, air-conditioning and the impacts both have had on the local culture. …continue reading »
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07/27/07
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Sao Paulo: The City That Said No To Advertising
This sounds too good to be 1, but apparently Sao Paulo Brazil banned all forms of advertising within the city limits. That’s gotta scare the crap out of Google, but it sounds great to me. “A city stripped of advertising. …continue reading »
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06/25/07
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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Now Would Be a Good Time.
McSweeney’s is having a book sale. I’m bit late on this one, but you can read more about what happened in the Salon article as well. From McSweeney’s: “Over the next week or so, we’ll be holding an inventory sell-off …continue reading »
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02/03/07
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Wifi Liberator
Wifi Liberator is an open-source toolkit for a laptop computer that enables its user to “liberate” pay-per-use wireless networks and create a free, open node that anyone can connect to for Internet access. The project is presented as a challenge …continue reading »
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01/30/07
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Tastespotting — Great Looking Food
Tastespotting is cool visual way to find recipies and more. From the site: “Tastespotting = A Visual Filtration of Great Taste = Image + Link + Thought …Too much to blog, too little time. This is a new project of …continue reading »
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12/05/06
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10 Creative Ways To Help Charities For No Money
“There seems to be an assumption that the only way that people can help a charitable cause is by donating money. While these organizations are almost always in need of extra cash, there are still ways that you can help …continue reading »
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10/30/06
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Weed Makes You Listen to Indie Rock
“According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, smoking the wacky tabacky turns you into a poseur. Even worse: an indie rock poseur.”continue reading »
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10/23/06
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Connections (Harpers.org)
“Links between people, places, things, and ideas.” This could be a million times better, but at least Harpers is trying….continue reading »
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07/29/06
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Overplot
Overheard in New York plotted out on google maps. One of the winners of that Google “summer of code” thing. nerd stuff.continue reading »
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05/17/06
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The internet is shit
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