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Urban Golf in India

Submitted by posterous on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:15

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Changes in U.S. Freedom of Information in Age of Globalization and Technology

Submitted by posterous on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 06:26

http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2010/NSSRsocresSpring2010.aspx

"Limiting Knowledge in a Democracy" February 24-26 The New School, New York City

The New School's Social Research Journal Announces Conference on Changes in U.S. Freedom of Information in Age of Globalization and Technology

Keynote Address by Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist; Featured Speakers Daniel Ellsberg, Eric Lichtblau, Steven Aftergood

How to get ahead in media: helps if you're a Peter

Submitted by posterous on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 07:06

Being a nice guy helps to, and these two genuinely are.

Why would you pay $142 for a $5 coin?

Submitted by posterous on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 12:38

Vanity is the secret to successful media

Submitted by posterous on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:31

No longer concerned about substance, the media relies on vanity to get attention and claim success. Reality no longer relevant.

Iraq insurgents hack into video feeds from US drones

Submitted by posterous on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 19:56

US drone 

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say.

Shia fighters are said to have used off-the-shelf software programs such as SkyGrabber to capture the footage.

A Day in the Internet: The Ongoing Escalation of Information

Submitted by posterous on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:52

The good news is that visualization tools and techniques are starting to emerge to contextualize and help make sense of the increasing volume of information that permeates almost all aspects of our lives. 

UK to Tax Phones to Pay for Internet

Submitted by posterous on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:46

News from the UK that British Chancellor Alistair Darling plans to levy a £6 annual fee on phone lines to pay for the expansion of broadband or high speed Internet access to rural areas.

Canadian supporters of public broadcasting have often envied the British levies on television sets that generously fund British public broadcasting. Is this a similar parallel?

Gangs in New York talk Twitter: Use tweets to trash-talk rivals, plan fights

Submitted by posterous on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 17:10