Show Notes: Episode 154
Electronics Engineer, Color Scientist, Teacher, Speaker
If you would like to get started in amateur astronomy and astrophotography, I suggest the following books and website:
“NightWatch” by Terence Dickinson
“Star Ware” by Philip S. Harrington
“The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide” by Dickinson & DyerShow Notes RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
http://qp.pcis.com/QuickPlace/rascvan/Main.nsf/h_Toc/ff0315dc9fa6eedc882...
Doctoral candidate at Simon Fraser University, ACT Lab researcher
www.actlab.org
www.geeksandglobaljustice.comSEGMENT TOPIC
Changing the world the WikiWayActivists have used interactive digital technologies (email, irc) to communicate and organize since the birth of the global justice movement at the “Battle of Seatte” in 1999.
Wikis provided more: a democratic space online for distributed collaboration that aligned with movement goals (e.g.open source) and facilitated work flow
Wikis enable collaborative work amongst activists dispersed around the world AND promote the practice of movement values/goals: trust, equality, autonomy, cooperation, mutual aid, democratic communication
So, wiki technology and the “WikiWay” prefigure progressive social change offline e.g. tech Unconferences like BarCamp, WineCamp (“live” wikis based on the same principles of self-organization, openness, trust etc.)RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
Ward’s wiki (the first wikii): http://c2.com/cgi/wiki
A wiki dedicated to activism http://activism.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Indymedia’s wiki: http://docs.indymedia.org/ (www.indymedia.org)
Free Geek’s wiki: http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Main_Page
Koumbit’s wiki:
http://wiki.koumbit.net/Assembl%C3%A9eG%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale2007/HoraireDuJo...Free hosted wikis (wiki farms): http://pbwiki.com/, http://wikispot.org/
Free wiki engines: http://info.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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Air Date: February 27, 2008
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Achebe, Halifax, NS
- Bronwyn, Hervey Bay, QLD
- John, Toronto, ON
- Ryan, Waterford
Yewell's Jewels
- Pivot Stickfigure Animatorwindows
Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills. You can move the sections of the sick figure and easily create a chain of animation frames that can be previewed as you go. You can use more than one stick-figure in the animation, and even create your own stick figures using an easy to use visual editor that lets you assemble objects out of lines and circles. In addition, you can optionally set animation size, speed and more. The result can be saved as animated GIF file. Fun and easy to use, surprisingly well featured.
Sean's Shinies
- Laptop Sound Booster
$90
There are a lot of new notebooks which are advertised as “gaming notebooks”, but while they’re pumped up in the graphics department, the audio is often pretty pathetic. Pyramat’s Laptop Sound Booster is designed to sit under your notebook, and provide higher-quality audio via USB connection…as well as a bit of cooling for the notebook. The wrist wrest makes it comfortable to use, but it must be said that it’s a pretty bulky solution to the problem—it’s not really a travel solution to poor audio. The other problem is it can use more power than your laptop may be able to comfortably provide, which could theoretically disable your USB ports until you reboot.
Shiny
- adds volume to your notebook sound
- wrist rest included
- features built-in cooling
- USB attachments for iPod included
Dull
- bulky
- may overpower your USB port
- iPod doesn’t sync to computer
- can’t use iPod and computer at same timeSound Booster
Pyramat
Kate’s Tips
- freerice.com
Free Rice is a cool vocabulary testing website that rewards you with free rice, which is then donated to the United Nations in order to help combat world hunger. For every question you get right, 20 grains of rice are given to charity.