links for 2007-11-29
November 29th, 2007 | by Tama |-
“From MySpace to YouTube, Flickr and Last.FM, an online participatory culture is transforming value systems and creating new pathways for autonomous innovation. In this so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon, social networks continue to …”
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“The video-sharing website YouTube has suspended the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist who posted videos of what he said was brutal behaviour by some Egyptian policemen, the activist said.”
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“… researchers organised by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show a 50 per cent increase in the number of kids aged 10 to 17 who said they were harassed online - from 6 per cent in 2000 to 9 per cent in 2005.”
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Instructions for Mac.
And Handbrake itself (Windows/Linux/Mac DVD to MP4 OS programme) is here.
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“These two videos show Peter Krapp explaining some of his “Top Ten Reasons I Don’t Blog Anymore.” Although Krapp was at first reluctant to discuss his role in breaking the story about the Derrida-UCI archive scandal…”
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“The great breast-feeding debate raged on Tuesday, after YouTube’s removal of a breast-feeding video sparked yet another nursing controversy, according to a mothers’ group.” [Via]
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Alex Halavais gives some useful advice on applying for academic jobs.
