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on Friday, July 13th, 2007;
Richard M. Stallman: Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks - Mr. Free Software himself, Richard M. Stallman, gave a presentation at the Mississauga Campus of the University of Toronto. AG has notes from the speak.
William Gibson explains why science fiction is about the present - the pure expression of the science fiction writer’s art: to write about the present day through the veil of technology and speculation
No Pandas gallery, from July 20 to 29 - an art show at Xpace, dedicated to exposing Toronto to China’s up-and-coming young artists. at Xpace (58 Ossington Avenue in Toronto) Admission is free. Opening night celebrations run from 8 p.m. to midnight on July 20. On UpComing and MySpace.
Flikr 1 Flikr2 Flikr3
Eight historical mistakes the newspaper industry made - a great insightful piece on newspaper failures with suggested action points.
Kijiji and the Curse of Craigslist
Swarm intelligence and real-world problem-solving -
What happens if all human experience is recorded on nano devices? - On the BBC web site, Charles Stross posits a future in which all human experience is record on devices the size of a grain of sand.
web comic : Plan vs. Reality - enough said
Michael Geist - Putting Canadian “Piracy” in Perspective - Over the past year, Canadians have faced a barrage of claims painting Canada as a “piracy haven.” This video moves beyond the headlines to demonstrate how the claims do not tell the whole story.
INFEST WISELY (the lo fi Sci Fi I saw in May ) is going to have its world premiere in Las Vegas (Aug 3rd) at Defcon 15 the underground hacker convention (how underground can a convention in Vegas be?), or you watch the on line episodes or get the 700MB high-resolution .AVI file with XVID compression suitable for full screen viewing BitTorrent version.
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