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• in Technology
  Wikipedia Conquers the World and Gives Writers a Sense of Worth
  Starving writers everywhere rejoice that Wikipedia, written by unpaid writers, hits 10th birthday and reaches 3.5 million.
  by missbobetier / on Jan 14, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cory doctorow”

 

• Rapture of the Nerds is a Campbell Award finalist

  
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  Well, this is fabulous news: Rapture of the Nerds, the novel Charlie Stross and I published last year, is a finalist for the 2013 Campbell Award for best novel. It’s in some truly outstanding company, too — check out that shortlist!         More: Rapture of the Nerds is a Campbell Award finalist
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• Man with pince-nez & smart suit hurls trusses disdainfully

  
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  They just don’t make ads like this anymore. “Guy with pince-nez” is great visual shorthand for “Authority figure.” Contest Entry.. Away with trusses!         Read More: Man with pince-nez & smart suit hurls trusses disdainfully
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• How clay water filters for Ghana are made

  
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  Gmoke sez, “Susan Murcott and her team’s factory making clay filters for Pure Home Water in Ghana. Over 100,000 served, so far.” They’re shooting for 1,000,000. Pure Home Water, Ghana: AfriClay Filters         See the original post: How clay water filters for Ghana are made
  1 week ago

• Locus Awards 2013 Ballot Announced

  
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  From Boing Boing comes news of this year’s Locus nominees, shared there because one of its editors, Cory Doctorow, is nominated. I am not a huge SF reader, so most of these have stayed off my radar. But if you go for that stuff, enjoy this list of good books! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL • The Hydrogen [...] The post ...
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• Zombie work safety PSA made by high school students

  
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  Vincent sez, “Our high school film class from Oak Park High in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada made this zombie-themed PSA to spread the message about a worker’s right to refuse unsafe work. It’s a big issue. In Canada, in 2010, 1014 workplace deaths were recorded in Canada – that’s almost three deaths every day! ...
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• Kickstarting an RPG for kids 8 and up

  
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  An illustrator and games publisher have teamed up to kickstart “Adventure Maximus!”, a streamlined, cards-and-dice RPG aimed at kids eight and up (though there’s an endorsement from a six-year-old on the site). The gameplay looks pretty clever and I really like the art. It’s a minimum $35 pledge to get a ...
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• Canada Post claims exclusive use of the words "postal code"

  
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  Canada Post — a failing, state-owned Crown Corporation — not only claims a copyright on the database of postal codes (a collection of facts, and not the sort of thing that usually attracts copyright). They also claim a trademark on the words “postal code,” and have sent legal threats to websites that use the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Russian paratroopers deploy inflatable Orthodox church

  
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  This is a film of a training session of the Russian Army deploying an inflatable Orthodox church and paratrooping priests.         Read More: Russian paratroopers deploy inflatable Orthodox church
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• Concepts Are King

  
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  The phrase Content is King has a long history. Its origination is usually ascribed to one Bill Gates from a 1996 article. Smart dude. But I suspect it goes back rather longer. Those of us with a traditional media background always new it was the content people bought our stuff for, for example. Then there was the ...
  3 weeks ago

• 3 Count: Homeland Battle

  
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  Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Megaupload Says US Trying to Change Rules to Allow Prosecution First off today, Timothy B. Lee at Ars Technica reports that Megaupload, the company, is arguing the U.S. government is attempting to change the rules to allow ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fox Censors Cory Doctorow’s “Homeland” Novel From Google

  
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  Cory Doctorow’s latest novel Homeland tells the story of an infowar, the suppression of information and the fight against censorship. The setting of the fictional book is a realistic scenario according to activists, and on a small scale the book itself has now become the center of a censorship row. Published by ...
  4 weeks ago

• Controlling a robot arm with an Android phone

  
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  Students at the University of Toronto created an Android app for a course project that allows for wireless and intuitive control of a robotic arm from an Android-powered smartphone.         Read More: Controlling a robot arm with an Android phone
  4 weeks ago

• TODOCAT: a cat-meme-based to-do-list manager

  
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  Soma of the Brooklyn Brainery created TODOCAT, a to-do list manager based on the elegant cat meme. I fucking hate cat memes, but I love to-do lists. I love this cat meme to-do list manager. TODOCAT (via Waxy)         Read the article: TODOCAT: a cat-meme-based to-do-list manager
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• Rep Steve Israel trying to score points with 3D printed gun hysteria

  
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  Michael Weinberg from Public Knowledge sez “Last week, Rep. Steve Israel introduced a bill designed to regulate firearms that cannot be found by metal detectors. The bill makes a passing reference the 3D printing, which is fine. But the rhetoric that Rep. Israel is using to promote the bill is both muddled and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Review: Vintage Tomorrows

  
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  Vintage Tomorrows: A Historian And A Futurist Journey Through Steampunk Into The Future of Technology by James H. Carrott and Brian David Johnson Paperback: 412 pages Publisher: Make Language: English ISBN-10: 1449337996 ISBN-13: 978-1449337995 (Barry’s score 4 stars out of 5) Buy Vintage Tomorrows through Amazon ...
  4 weeks ago

• Author (R)evolution Day videos now available

  
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  If you missed TOC’s first Author (R)evolution Day you missed a lot. Cory Doctorow kicked things off and more than 20 speakers followed with terrific presentations on marketing, audience development, choosing service providers, and my favorite topic, data. The room …
  4 weeks ago

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