KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

Any doubts that citizens of all countries should vote down and shout down government attempts to control the internet? Check out the latest violation of civil liberties being perpetrated by the Burmese government.
According the UK Guardian Times, USA Today and other major newspapers, the Burmese government apparently cut internet access to stem the tide of [...]

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Gotta love these shoes!
My colleague De Bullen decorated these shoes herself to prepare for the Smart Mob taking place tonight (Friday, 28 September) from 5pm to 6pm in front of Adelaide University’s [...]

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The World Wide Web has always existed, as has texting, virtual reality and bottled water. Most phone conversations aren’t private and its always been that way. And how do you use a typewriter?
These are just a few examples of the frame of reference of the students starting university in 2007, according to Beloit college in the US.

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Interesting brouhaha overviewed at Slashdot concerning the use of a Creative Commons photo in an advertising campaign.  A church counselour took a photo of one of his charges and posted it on Flickr using a Creative Commons licence.  Virgin used the photo in an ad campaign and credited the photographer by his Flickr tag (the only condition [...]

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A short post this one — but as I had to work this issue out for myself, thought I’d share with the web community.
The spell check in my Open Office writer program would not work - I even deleted my current version and installed the latest/greatest.  I was blaming it on Windows Vista (a regular [...]

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