Innovation Under Austerity: Eben Moglen's call to arms from the Freedom to Connect conference

Source: Boing Boing

Last week saw the latest installment of David Isenberg's Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, DC. One of the keynotes came from Eben Moglen, formerly chief counsel of the Free Software Foundation, now the principl ...
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An ode to the Indian consumer

Source: Livemint.com

In either context, this blunder will be at the collective peril of the Indian economy. The fairy tale growth story has already witnessed a stumble; from the promised 9% growth, actual growth is likely to be jus ...
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Inside Kanye's Insane Seven-Screen Movie Pyramid [Kanye West]

Source: Gizmodo

When Yeezy premiers a film, it's safe to assume he's not going to gather some people inside an auditorium and hit the lights. Why do that when you could commission a massive pyramid to house a seven-screen cinematic palace? Ka ...
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Dance moves make Wimmera farmer a raining champion

Source: The Age

Peter Taylor and his son Charlie. Photo: Joe Armao PETER Taylor did a rain dance last Tuesday. Less than three days later, steady rain started falling on his roof. He does not believe the dance brought on the rain, but he'll take the rain all the same, ...
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Mark Andrew Smith Kickstarts "Sullivan's Sluggers"

Source: Comic Book Resources

After that post appeared, I was reminded that Sullivan’s Sluggers was originally solicited a couple of years ago by Image Comics, so I asked Smith about that as well as his extremely successful use of Kickstarter. As I’m writi ...
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CleanStar Mozambique: Food, fuel and forests at the bottom of the pyramid

Source: Marc Gunter Website

What on earth is Novozymes, a $1.8-billion industrial biotechnology company headquartered in Denmark, doing in Mozambique, a poor African country (per capita income: $440) where corruption is rampant and more than half of the government’s budget comes ...
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Conspiracy theories surround Korean conman’s death

Source: The Jakarta Post

Conspiracy theories abound over the death of Cho Hee-pal, one of Korea’s most wanted scammers, who fled the country in 2008 after swindling thousands out of 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion). According to Korean police, the 55-year-old fugitive died of ...
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Birmingham City to challenge Arsenal dominance after FA Cup triumph

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Birmingham City will use their FA Cup triumph as the springboard to challenge Arsenal for the status of England's top club team, said the chairman, Steve Shipway, after the penalty shootout victory against Chelsea on ...
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How to Build a Campfire

Source: Epicurious

Todd Davis holds a degree in landscape architecture from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic University and is a California state licensed landscape architect. He is also the founder of Epic Spaces ...
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