Tag: Creative Commons
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New Music – Homeless by Quietly Concerned
Via Rathole Radio Episode 103 and Jamendo I was delighted to find this new EP, Homeless, by South African musician (and vegan) who records as Quietly Concerned. He reminds me a bit of José González (in a good way). His own artist statement says it better than I could: Quietly Concerned is a solo folk…
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New (to me) podcast (rathole radio) and music (8in8)
I’ve long been a subscriber to Floss Weekly, a video/audio podcast in the TWiT network focused on Free/Libre/Open Source Software. One of the occasional co-hosts of that show, Dan Lynch, also does an audio podcast (weekly) called Rathole Radio. I’ve just started listening but so far I’m loving it: he mixes genres (french instrumental hip-hop,…
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Creative Vigilantes
Great article in the Boston Globe from Christmas Eve Eve (aka lille juleaften) about the way intellectual property and copyright issues play out in other fields like standup comedy, magic, and haute cuisine: “Creative Vigilantes.” Comedy is not the only creative industry in which scholars are finding evidence that challenges assumptions held on Capitol Hill.…
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Vegan Open Source: VegGuide.org
I love this post from Dave Rolsky at Compassionate Action for Animals, in which he outlines the philosphy behind VegGuide.org and how it differs from competing national and local guides: The goal of the guide is provide a tool that helps makes it easier to live a more animal-friendly life. Specifically, we want to make…
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Veggie Guide to Portland (Yahoo Pipe)
Next week I will be in Portland, OR for OSCON 2007. I know there’s a lot of great vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants and stores there, but I don’t have a sense of where they are, and couldn’t find a good map-based guide. VegGuide.org makes a listing of restaurants and stores in the Portland area available…