X | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 16 2007 | memes, science, culture, video, jiae
Great talk about the implication of memes.
Quoted: TED Talks Here's one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennettunleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of "memes" -- a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and capable of spreading from brain to brain. On the way, look out for:<br />+ a powerful one-sentence secret of happiness<br />+ a compelling insight into terrorists' motivation<br />+ a chilling view of Islam<br />And just when you think you know where the talk's heading, it dramatically shifts direction and questions some of western culture's fundamental assumptions.<br />This. Is. Unmissable.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 11 2007 | torrent, mpaa, news, piracy, illegal, information, internet, culture
Quoted: TorrentSpy, one of the world’s largest torrent dump sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users in order to create detailed logs of their activities which must then be handed over to the MPAA.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - May 07 2007 | funny, harbl, cats, internet, culture
Quoted: To get us through this horrible gap in our LOLcat consumption, we've wasted most of the morning assembling our very own set of LOLgays.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 16 2007 | culture, commercial, free
Some norwegians want to legalize all filesharing for non-commercial use.
Quoted: Liberal Party Congress, April 14, 2007: The Liberal Party (Venstre) Congress states that today's legal frameworks for copyrights are not adapted to a modern society.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 15 2007 | video, internet, culture
click to playQuoted: Title pretty much discribes it all doesn't it?
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2006 | arg, culture, blog, games
An ARG about a guy being held against his will by an anonymous man in a mask.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2006 | games, arg, marketing, culture
A quite scholarly paper on Alternate Reality games, games that take place not in a console but overlayed onto the players' existing lives.
- X | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 10 2006 | design, culture, home
Redotting van via sung's comp to read later
Quoted: Interesting article about creating a Japanese style in your home and in your garden. Some great information and good links too.
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