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Category: open source
Day against DRM
The day is still young enough to read the gospel against DRM.
Olmec stone mask
From a favorite podcast by the British Museum and the BBC, “A history of the world in 100 objects“. Olmec stone mask, about 900-400BC, Mexico.
imagination
I am always looking for good tools to do slideshows. Imagination so far delivers clean good quality video, I like the fact that it works of sox and ffmpeg; it outputs flv, ogv and vob.
P.S. The ogg video in this post was made with imagination. The Free Software Foundation advocates the merits of ogg and html5, which I support.
A plethora of polyhedra
It comes with a creative commons license.
Birdfeeder
I have been sitting out and waiting for reasons for Twitter. And now FETHR has argued against it. BirdFeeder, prototype client for an open decentralized Twitter. (via waxy)
Zadie Smith on voice
I just finish reading Speaking in Tongues by Zadie Smith, an essay based on a lecture from December 2008. I love this text; I love this idea of the multiplicity of voice, the role of poets, playwrights and ineffective but yet brilliant politicians.
This is a manifesto.
Peggy Levison Nolan
People, Places and Things – solo exhibition at Dina Mitrani gallery
2620 NW 2 ave. February 14.
