Creative Commons: comes to Communist China [Blogalization Community] 
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Manuel de Pedrolo: Catalan Master. A translation languishes, an undiscovered country awaits. [Blogalization Community] 
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QTVR Panorama: underwater wonderlands. Photographer and QTVR enthusiast Hans Nyberg points us to a delicious new underwater panorama from Nelson Bay Australia (Link), by Mal Yeo who created the very popular Tulamben Wreck panorama from Bali last year.

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Thoughts on micro-content, metadata and trends. My investors, my readers and a variety of other people keep trying to get me to explain what I'm interested and why I'm interested in it. Here's a first shot at this. Thanks to Steph, Kevin Marks and others on #joiito for a first pass edit. I've put it on the wiki as well so we can continue to work on this. [Joi Ito's Web Lite] 
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'The Real World, Yellowstone': Wolves on View All the Time. Wolf biologists can now watch packs of wolves go about the full range of their lives, from hunting to raising pups to courtship rituals and sex. By Jim Robbins. [New York Times: Science] 
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New Detector May Test Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. Scientists at the University of California at Santa Barbara have devised a motion detector capable of detecting displacement on an atomic scale. By Henry Fountain. [New York Times: Science] 
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Astronomers Report Evidence of 'Dark Energy' Splitting the Universe. Astronomers say they have uncovered evidence by comparing maps of heat emanating from the fading remnants of the Big Bang to maps of the modern universe. By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: Science] 
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Jonathan Peterson: "The same tools and technologies that are empowering Amateur content creation are also empowering the next generation of entrepeneurs." [Corante: Corante on Blogging] 
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The Mystery of Life: Solved!. Yes, the mystery of life has been solved. And the answer is 4. Scientists have found a simple mathematical relationship that connects the whole of nature, from the tiniest cell to the vast forests of the Amazon. The connections are all based on the three dimensions of the physical world - length, depth and width - plus one, making the number 4. And this is quite amazing to me: ...the heart of every mammal beats roughly the same number of times in its average lifetime - around 1.5 billion tim...[MORE] [The J-Walk Blog] 
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Palm-a-forming the ocean. Thomas sez, "On the shores of the United Arab Emirates, arguably one of the coolest (and certainly one of the largest) engineering projects in the world is taking place. 100,000,000 cubic metres of sand and rock is being formed into two huge, palm-shaped islands, each with about sixty kilometres of beach and big enough to be seen from space. Designed as a luxury city for Dubai's (and the world's) very wealthy, it sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: but it's real. Amazing what a few billions in oil fortunes will let you play around with."

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(Thanks, Thomas!)

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Virtual Dali. A wonderful website about the great surrealist. Plain brilliant. Via dublog. [The Cartoonist] 
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The Omni Group profiled. The Seattle Times profiles Will Shipley and The Omni Group in Omni sees Macintosh future in Microsoft's back yard... [Mac Net Journal] 
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The World Summit on the Information Society. "Civil society" gears up for Geneva and Tunisia talks on the digital divide, basic communications rights. [Blogalization Community] 
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The Sharer of Secrets - Anonymous Blogging

The Village Voice had a very nice long piece on anonymous blogging that hangs on the story of Hasidic Rebel using an anonymous blogging tool called Invisiblog.  Invisiblog uses GPG and the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network which allow blogging without any need to divulge identity.

"Political activists, independent journalists, whistleblowersâo[per thou]anyone who is prevented from publishing by repressive laws or threats of violence" can benefit from covert-blogging software, writes Charles Farley of Invisiblog. Indeed, over the past year, online diarists in Cuba, Iran, and Tunisia have been jailed for publishing. Like these writers, Yeedel and several other Hasidic bloggers have put their lifestyle, if not their lives, on the line with their contentious chronicles.

Interestingly much of the writing on invisiblog blogs is much more about emotions and feelings than politics or revolution.  It feels stragely like evesdropping on a phychiatric session instead of listening to a bullhorn-wielding, masked anarchist.

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Remembering the Dragon. Remembering the Dragon On July 20th, 1973, Bruce Lee died, a month before the premiere of the film that would affirm his star power to Hollywood. As of 2003, an exhibition, a DVD boxset, a documentary and global fan worship continue to mark his rise to immortality. As far as a younger I was concerned, he'd already achieved it in his lifetime (viewing note...cable channel AMC will be airing the above-mentioned movies and documentary as part of a tribute this coming weekend). [MetaFilter] 
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Biz Stratergy MS uses. Google: the God that failed? is the title of the article on MSN Slate. All of us know Microsoft is working on a new search engine technology. Till date everyone considers Google to be the Guru. MS obviously doesn't like that, so what it is doing? Well, the same thing it always does - to survive competition, eliminate it. The reasons being given by the article are pretty silly and more aimed at 'faming down' Google. Here's why... [MetaFilter] 
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A Poli-Geek's Wet Dream. GWU's Encyclopedia to the 2003/2004 Election Cycle - I was impressed when I checked out "Democracy In Action", GWU's excellent breakdown of everything political in the 2003/2004 cycle. It features an excellent detailed comparison of Democratic presidential candidates (e.g., here's my personal fave) featuring their voting record, stances, finances, and organization. Also, you can understand how a candidate campaigns in NH or IA, see ads that were placed by interest groups, check out which member of congress has endorsed who, where all the staffers from the 2000 election are working now, -- you can even see who's on the Green Party's Presidential Exploritory Committee. Thanks, GWU -- I'll never be productive ever again! [MetaFilter] 
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Reliving Comics' Days of Infamy. Cartoonists gather to remember the bad old days when critics linked crime to comic books, and self-imposed restrictions turned into kryptonite for the industry. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego, California. [Wired News] 
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Assessing 'The Mac Factor'. To keep tabs on one of Microsoft's key adversaries/partners, we've amassed all our Mac-related news and commentaries in a single spot. Check out the Microsoft Watch 'The Mac Factor' page. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley] 
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Woz Reveals Plans. Woz reveals what his company does... [MacRumors] 
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Arf! An exhibition of photographs in which dogs behave like people... and people are transformed into dogs: Photography as a Fine ARF! [The Cartoonist] 
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