Archive for 'Global Brain'
Uruguay Plugs Children into the Yaytrix
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Alex.
(Just so we’re clear, “the Yaytrix” is what the kids are calling the Grinternet nowadays.) In accordance with his governmental policy of frenzied Latino passion, Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez instituted a program in 2007 that is providing all schoolchildren with their own One Laptop Per Child laptop. The program, which includes internet infrastructure and training, costs [...]
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New feature: Depressing Video of the Day. Today: “Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground”
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Alex.
Just because you don’t buy blood diamonds from Congolese street vendors or subsidize the beat-stick funds of Uzbeki cotton plantations, doesn’t mean you aren’t committing horrible atrocities every day just by living out your disgusting bourgeoisie life. Enter e-waste, the latest form of the age old dump the rich has been taking on the poor [...]
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Google Goggles – It Had to Happen Sometime
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Alex.
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was making fun of a Google duo trying to explain a new service with video. I won’t spend too much time ripping today’s new one, because I’m too in shock both at the amazingness of this product (and name), and at how someone could [...]
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Google gets (more) personal
Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by Alex.
According to a random singer-songwriter and a guy whose right upper lip is in a fight with the rest of his body, Google is now ranking search results according to what they think you want to find, based on your browsing history. Though personalization is old news at Google, this has potentially paradigm-shifting results for web [...]
