Sunday, July 23, 2006

On-Line Philosophy Lectures (Nadelhoffer). The good folks at A Brood Comb have put together a list of on-line philosophy lectures here.  If you know of others, feel free to email me and I will update this post.  In this context, it's worth reminding everyone that the second installation of the On-line Philosophy Conference (OPC)--tentatively planned for February 2007--will kick off with a webcast as well!  [Leiter Reports: A Group Blog] 4:47:53 PM    comment []

95 Theses of Geek Activism: how to defend freedom with tech. Cory Doctorow: The "95 Theses of Geek Activism" is a great list of 95 ways to use knowledge for good, and to defend freedom with technology. 1 Reclaim the term "hacker". If you tinker with electronics, you are a hacker. If you use things in more ways than intended by the manufacturer, you are a hacker. If you build things out of strange, unexpected parts, you are a hacker. Reclaim the term. 2 Violating a license agreement is not theft. 3 All corporations are not on your side. 4 Keep in touch with everyone you can vote for and make sure you know where they stand on the issues you care about. 5 More importantly, make sure they know where you stand on the issues you care about. Link (Thanks, Devan!) [Boing Boing] 4:47:02 PM    comment []

DIY Cyberglasses. I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of waiting for my wearable cybertech enhancements. It looks like some other folk are getting twitchy too, to the extent of getting on with it themselves - some futurist with sharp eyes and steady hands cheerfully went and built his own head-up display into a pair of innocuously normal-looking sunglasses. I wonder if he does custom orders? [unmediated] 4:46:57 PM    comment []