André Venter: World

Information Security News: Hacker Generations

Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:17:25 GMT

Information Security News: Hacker Generations Richard Thieme (rthieme_at_thiemeworks.com) speaks writes and consults about life on the edge, creativity and innovation, and the human dimensions of technology.... [The Lost Olive]

American Action Market

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:57:43 GMT

..allows you place bets by buying futures contracts on such White House activities as the next country to be invaded, the next foreign leader to move off the CIA payroll and onto the 'most wanted' list and the next corporation with close ties to the White House to become the subject of a scandal. Inspired by the Pentagon's 'terrorism market' efforts... [www.gulker.com - words and pictures from Silicon Valley]

Talk to me!

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:21:41 GMT

Bill and Liz sit down on a sidewalk in New York City, and put up a sign that asks people to talk to them. No catch, no trick, just conversation. They do this full time, up to 14 hours a day, every day. [MetaFilter]

In The Beginning & The Keys of Egypt

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:39:21 GMT

[Slashdot]

Lone Genius Blogger circa 13th century

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:32:11 GMT

Mechthild of Magdeburg was a beguine mystic who kept a vernacular diary of her spiritual revelations that was widely circulated by copying out in longhand. She was a blogger in a time before printing and postal service, much less electronic networks, existed.

She journaled her experience including visionary insight into spirituality, love songs and responses to critics who reacted inamicably to the notion of a woman writing about anything, much less faith. She wrote from her 30s until the time of her death.

Her writing is collected in the book 'Flowing light of the Godhead', which contains 267 passages ('posts') from a few lines to a few pages long. What we call blogging is actually a very old form... [www.gulker.com - words and pictures from Silicon Valley]

The Ethiopian Famine

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:30:54 GMT

Famine is again stalking Ethiopia this time casting a wider shadow. The world needs to address the underlying causes. [New York Times: Opinion]

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:16:44 GMT

Weblogs and political discourse. Boston Globe: Blogs shake the political discourse. [via Der Schockwellenreiter]

Interesting to see how opinion leaders in the weblog community push towards political relevance of the weblog discourse. Well... seems the whole weblog community wants to be opinion leading somehow... By owrede@khm.de (Oliver Wrede). [owrede_log]

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:12:07 GMT

No Empire?. From the guy that predicted back in 1976 the demise of the Soviet Union: There will be no an American Empire. Emmanuel Todd (scroll down for another Todd interview) is the author of After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American System". His arguments? economic weakness (debt, massive trade imbalance, internal deficit), and emphasis on military power are signs that US power is in decline. [MetaFilter]

Fri, 30 May 2003 13:52:35 GMT

Zensur. "we can blog it"Weitere Internet-Dissidenten verurteilt. In China sind vier Intellektuelle wegen Kritik der Regierung im Netz zu Haftstrafen zwischen acht und zehn Jahren verurteilt worden. (Auch im "rollberg".)

"rollberg banner" [Der Schockwellenreiter]

Wired News: Blogs Opening Iranian Society?

Fri, 30 May 2003 11:41:18 GMT

A little more than two years ago, Hossein Derakhshan started blogging. Hundreds of other people probably launched their own blogs on that same December day, but few can claim they may have sparked a revolution. [Daypop Top News Stories]

Wed, 28 May 2003 15:51:33 GMT

Prediction: Bush Will Use Word "Weblog" in Speech Before End of Term. Henry Copeland and I were talking about blogging and politics this morning, and the topic got around to presidential politics.... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

Wed, 28 May 2003 15:50:23 GMT

Moyers Reflects on Journalism, Memorial Day. Bill Moyers: On Candor in Journalism. Every Memorial Day I think about what these men did and what we owe... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

Wed, 28 May 2003 12:37:52 GMT

Multi-Kulti-Blogging. Blogs Opening Iranian Society?. Iran's restive youth are using Farsi-language blogs as an outlet to express repressed creativity and sexuality. But the Islamic government is slowly catching on. Michelle Delio reports from the BlogTalk conference in Vienna. [Der Schockwellenreiter]

Fri, 23 May 2003 17:30:24 GMT

EE Times: U.S. 'negation' policy in space raises concerns abroad [Hack the Planet]

Fri, 23 May 2003 17:30:18 GMT

EE Times: Time Warner deploys voice-over-cable. [Hack the Planet]

Fri, 23 May 2003 17:16:38 GMT

Gator Examined [Slashdot]

Fri, 23 May 2003 15:25:46 GMT

Scientists: SARS Came from Space [Lockergnome's Bits and Bytes]

Tue, 20 May 2003 11:13:25 GMT

BlogTalk ii. Bin ich Teil einer Horde? »Die Konferenz bringt so verschiedene Web-Publizisten wie Henryk M. Broder und Dan Gillmor sowie eine ganze Horde von Bloggern und Metabloggern aus verschiedenen Ländern auf sechs Panels zusammen.«

"frust" Wir werden plündernd und brandschatzend in Wien einfallen, da waren die Hunnen-Horden Etzels ein Zuckerschlecken gegen... [Der Schockwellenreiter]

Fri, 16 May 2003 17:51:09 GMT

Connected in Korea. I'm in Seoul, and South Korea's communications system is not overhyped. The hotel has high-speed Internet service, no extra charge.... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]

Fri, 16 May 2003 14:17:39 GMT

George Orwell. "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." [Quotes of the Day]