Just read about a site called Hometown Baghdad who shows video clips from Baghdad. Everyday life for a few Iraqi 20-somethings trying to survive in Baghdad. Yes, it’s middle class life but although an insight in the situation in Iraq.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Richard Stallman and his view on freedom of the press
I just read an interesting column by Lars Danielsson in Computer Sweden today 14 May 2007. He was planning an interview with Richard Stallman, founder om gpl, and other things. But Stallman made demands that CS had to use the word GNU/Linux instead of Linux and not to use the concept open source. That to show Stallman works with free software. Journalist Danielsson says he of course could quote his opinions on this concepts, but to push him as a journalist to use not generally accepted concepts is nothing but “manipulation”, according to Danielsson. I do agree! Cred’s to Danielsson and Computer Sweden.
Karie L. Kirkpatrick about open course ware at MIT
Here’s an article by Karie L. Kirkpatrick about the MIT open course ware with title: “OpenCourseWare: an “MIT thing”?” [PDF]. Open Course Ware is a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
