Wired Magazine now puts its articles online when the magazine hits the newsstand instead of a month later. In the latest issue, you can read about the extraordinary exodus of Filipinos to jobs across the world. I learned, among other things, that mobile phones and text messaging there is extraordinarily inexpensive:
“Each 160-character message costs 1 peso (2 US cents) within the Philippines and 10 pesos internationally, making this possibly the cheapest place on earth to get hooked on texting. And it’s only the calling party who pays. A typical cell phone costs the equivalent of $50; most people buy prepaid cards that, for $6, cover the cost of 300 domestic messages.”
Text messaging costs me 7 times as much…
A small, dedicated group has formed to lobby for better rural access to broadband in the UK. Except for some pilot projects, the Government has so far largely left broadband provision to the market, and low density or unprofitable areas have been left un-served or under-served. The Government is aware of the problem – this group will be trying to ensure more is done.
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This one sounds particularly interesting because they managed to find a place in British Columbia which (because of mountains) didn’t get TV until the mid-70s and were able to compare it to similar places which had had TV for years. The study seemed to suggest TV makes you dumber and more aggressive. Hm…
I have been working my way through the streamed audio archives of This American Life – a radio programme I frequently plug on these pages – and I started listening to a collection of pledge breaks. These are the short pieces public radio in the US uses to drum up money from its listeners. I suddenly realised that although I am accustomed to feel like I am just evesdropping on something that is not really aimed at me, the fundraising message is just as valid for me as it is for the people it is addressed to in America.
I have been listening to TAL for more than a year and altogether I have heard and enjoyed more than a hundred hours of their programming. Yet I had not given them a dime though unlike conventional radio listeners I am actually costing the show money as I listen because each time they send more audio across the Internet they have to pay (for bandwidth and for additional hardware). So I tried to find a way to send TAL some money – there is nothing on their website even asking for it. And I contacted their broadcast network, PRI, but they only accept cheques.
Eventually, I emailed Elizabeth, who runs the TAL website, she passed on my request to Todd Bachmann, who is Production Manager for the show and I called him up directly and gave him $75 to salve my conscience.
And I found out a strange thing – I am the first person to do this! To the best of the knowledge of Todd and the guys at PRI, no overseas listener has ever asked to donate money even though they have been streaming their programmes over the web for years. Can I be the only person out of the 40,000 people every month who listen to the programme on the Internet who feels they should contribute a little something to make sure this stays on the air?
Come on, people! If through my prompting I managed to persuade you to listen to This American Life and you liked it please call Todd Bachmann on +1 312-832-3411 and pledge now. Tell him I sent you…
Scientists at MIT have come up with a program that, given some footage of you talking to a camera, can make you appear to “say” anything they want you to, convincingly enough to fool viewers consistently (video clips are included alongside the article to let you see for yourself).
It’s only a matter of time before you won’t be able to trust what you see on video any more, just as you shouldn’t necessarily trust still pictures today.
You may remember that there was controversy over whether the tape released by the US government of Bin Laden was faked. At the time, experts interviewed by the BBC said, “it’s impossible to convincingly alter the picture by adding new elements or playing with the images.” That seems less and less convincing.mature clits xxxgrandpa girl fucking youngdaughter mom mature andnud chubby womenwrestling hairy girlsnaked little girls russian loltiavideos amature hotel sexgirls hot sexeyskinny black girls naked tight hotcorset shemale
I have reviewed it on epinions – my brief summary would be, “just spectacular enough to interest fans but still let down badly by the actors and by Lucas’ writing. As Harrison Ford is famously reported to have said to Lucas, “You can write this sh*t, George, but you sure as hell can’t say it.”
I’m trying to find places to put pictures like this…
… of my recent marriage, so people can view them and buy prints should they be so moved. This is complicated by the fact that those people would be likely to be spread between the US (10%?), the UK (30%?), France (40%?), and Canada (20%?) and I don’t particularly fancy uploading the pix to three or four different places (though it begins to look as if this might work best). I will make available the results of my research into online photo sites as I go:
International photo ordering costs
Fotango is the cheapest choice that includes an online album – particularly for Europeans – but I’d be grateful for other suggestions. Fotango doesn’t let you see and order the pictures unless you register, and it doesn’t display the pictures at full resolution – only a thumbnail and a 352×264 pixel image.
Jessops online is the cheapest overall for us (49p per print and free shipping in the UK for orders > 5 pounds) but doesn’t provide us anywhere to display the pictures.
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According to the UN – it commemorates the 137th anniversary of the founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 1865. This year’s theme is ICT for all: empowering people to cross the Digital Divide – with a particular emphasis on encouraging access to the Internet by women in rural areas.loan cash 60 dayloan payday online 1000affiliate brokering loan opportunitiescash 1000 advance loan$5000 loan credit badaction company loanpayday loans aceunsecured loans 300,000 personal Map
