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POPSPosthuman Stories Are Creation Myths Turned Upside Down An interesting perspective to ponder about: Are the posthuman & transhumanist movements the new belief-systems for scientific-mindsetted non-believers? Where lies that fine line between religion, belief, speculation & reality, naive optimism & depressive realism? How does our cultural heritage influence this reversal from past to future? And also a link to the free scifi ebook on this topic.
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POPSOpt-out on Googles Behavioral Targeting Add Program, Protect your Privacy. In Short: Google bought DoubleClick a while ago, an internet-based advertising firm. Today Google launched that program, and it tracks you through cookies. Privacy aware surfers delete their cookies once in a while, and/or are careful which cookies are stored on their computer. But that won't stop Google from tracking your surfing habits. So if you really want to stop Google from doing that to you, install this 'Advertising Cookie Opt-Out Plug-in'.
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POPSAbolish Copyright & Patents to Save the Economy Patent and copyright law are stifling innovation and threatening the global economy. The current patent and copyright system should be abolished in order to unleash innovations necessary to reverse the current recession and rescue the economy.
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POPSReadability An easy to use & configure bookmarklet that strips unnecessary content from a webpage (sidebars, ads, etc.) and presents you with an easy-to-read text (larger font, etc).
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POPSIntroducing the Open Source Hardware Central Bank Thoughts on applying Open Source on Hardware, as compared to the usual paradigm of Open Source Software. An in-depth look on the specific difficulties in this area. And more importantly a proposal on how to alleviate these: combining Open Source Finance with Open Source Hardware.
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POPSObama Opens Up Government UPDATE: President Obama issued two more documents related to government transparency today. A new executive order reverses changes made in recent years to the Presidential Records Act, while a second memorandum provides the Administration's general policy on transparency and open government. 1st memo (on the Freedom of Information Act): http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/foia/2009foia.mem.rel.pdf Executive Order on the Presidential Records Act: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20090121/2009_PRA_EO.pdf 2nd memo (on the Administration's general policy on transparency and open government): http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20090121/2009_transparency_memo.pdf
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POPSPhotography Tips The first 10 are full tutorials with video from dslr tips. Last 3 are more general advice on photography. So 13 videos in total.
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POPSFree Concerts from l'Ancienne Belgique I just discovered the 'Ancienne Belgique' - one of the most famous concert halls in Belgium - puts some of its concerts freely & fully available online. I clipped a few bands (mostly Belgian) I know are good, but there's lots more at the site (208 for now). Have fun, I know I will!
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POPSThe Great RIP in the Sky, Shine On, Wish You Were Here 5 of my favorite songs from Pink Floyd in honor of the death of Richard Wright (keyboard). One of the most amazing bands of the last century. The Great Gig in the Sky Shine On You Crazy Diamond Wish You Were Here Dogs of War One of These Days
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POPSMapping Donations in 2008 Presidential Elections the visualization shows how Obama's donations mainly originate from the $1 to $100 bracket, while McCain's donations come from the $500 to $1000 bracket of donators. & ... how much internet contributions have helped the Obama campaign, assuming the smaller amounts were made online.
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