Minimally Invasive Education

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Dr Sugata Mitra put a pc with a high-speed internet connection into a wall, making it freely available to slum children in India without any explanation. The experiment had some unexpected, and fascinating results.

Does file-sharing hurt the music biz?

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

It's fascinating to hear that very little actual research shows any decline in music sales - the only people saying that it does are the music industry themselves and they are hardly to be believed without any question. Ars Technica asks: Does file-sharing hurt the music biz?

Thai Constitution - 404 Not Found

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

After the September 2006 coup in Thailand their constitution now brings up a 404 Not Found error.

Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: What We’ve Lost

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Andrew Sullivan, a US marine compares his experiences of the first Gulf War and how Iraqi prisoners were treated - and expected to be treated - to the situation now.  Read on: Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: What We've Lost

US Iran report branded dishonest

Friday, September 15th, 2006

BBC News reports that a (leaked) Intelligence report caused a letter of complaint from the IAEA to the House of Representatives in the USA.  This reminds me of various other attempts by America to deliberately distort the IAEA's findings :/ BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | US Iran report ...