My Idea or Yours? The Ownership of Ideas

Essay
The boom in the intellectual property market will not reap rewards for us all

Andrew BrownSaturday November 19, 2005The Guardian

The difference between ideas and things is obvious as soon as someone hits you over the head with an idea - so obvious that until recently it was entirely clear to the law. Things could have owners and ideas could not. Yet this simple distinction is being changed all around us. Ideas are increasingly treated as property - as things that have owners who may decide who gets to use them and on what terms...(more)

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Owning ideas

technorati tags:patents, ownership, Amazon, Google, copyright, intellectual property

8 Ways to Go on the Cheap... by Chris Brogan

Are you looking to simplify your life? Do you have financial issues? Are you still paying off debts with no end in sight? Hey, me too! Part of my methodology includes plugging expense holes, and shunting that money towards my debts. Here are eight expenses to cut and how:

Tips » 8 Expenses to Cut and How

technorati tags:frugal, simplicity, DIY, lifehack

Factoid: Creative Content

Content creation and usage. Eighteen percent of Americans over 65 years old have created content on the Internet, showing it’s not just for teenagers. 37% of all blog posts are in Japanese, more than in English... (more)

Future Exploration Blog: Launching the Future of Media Report 2006

technorati tags:japanese, creative content, blog, internet

Wikitravel: Check it Out

Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. So far we have 10,479 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe... (more)

Main Page - Wikitravel

technorati tags:wiki, travel, wickitravel, web2.0

Just the Facts Please... Get Your Images, Entertainment and News from Independent Sources

Women are about 37% of prime-time TV characters (they are 51% of the U.S. population) (American Association of Retired Persons, 1996)

Women 45 and older are only 15% of prime-time TV characters (American Association of Retired Persons, 1996)

Viewers are more than twice as likely to encounter a scene in which a male character predominates over a female (American Association of Retired Persons, 1996) bullet

96% of voiceovers in promotional announcements for television programs are male (Professor B. Carol Eaton, Syracuse University, 1997)....  (more)

http://www.mindonthemedia.org/ShockingFacts.htm

technorati tags:independent media, media, women, images

Can Technology Empower the Homeless?

Nearly all homeless people have e-mail addresses, according to Michael Stoops, director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "More have e-mail than have post office boxes," Stoops said. "The internet has been a big boon to the homeless."Helping the homeless get e-mail addresses has been a priority for years at shelters across the country. And in an age when most every public library in the nation offers internet access, the net has proven a perfect communication tool for those without a firm real-world address...

Wired News: Laptops Give Hope to the Homeless

technorati tags:homeless, empower, technology, online, email, laptop

Pictorial

T-shirt Pillow - Craftbits.com Craft Project

T-shirt Pillow! My Kind of Craft.

For this project you can use old t-shirts that are in good condition that you may have out grown or accidentally shrunk in the wash. Or perhaps its a t-shirt of a loved one who is away or departed

T-shirt Pillow - Craftbits.com Craft Project

technorati tags:DIY, lifehack, simple, t-shirt, free, recycle, craft

Nomadic Furniture: Good Stuff.... Post from Swapatorium.

I bought this well-loved copy of the book Nomadic Furniture (published in 1973) at a junk store years ago because it had some pretty damn good ideas in it. Nomadic Furniture gives instructions on how to build lightweight furniture that folds, knocks down, stacks or is disposable and can be recycled...(more)

SWAPATORIUM: Nomadic Furniture Redux

technorati tags:DIY, lifehack, nomadic, furniture, simple, treehugger

Krazydad and Flickr: Kaleidoscoping our World

Here is an online gizmo that you can use to "kaleidoscope" your photos or other images. the site was developed by jim bumgardner. i discovered him on flickr, where he goes by "jbum." he's a very creative fellow, and he enjoys making fun software widgets, some of which are great for creating visual images... (more)

doodle-y-doo: kaleidoscopes

technorati tags:krazydad, flickr, kaleidoscope, mandala