Tag Archives: internet

Million Book Online Library

From Physorg.
The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has completed the digitization of more than 1.5 million books, which are now available online.
All of the books are available [...]

Six Ideas That Will Change the World

From Esquire.
They are six researchers with six ideas that will one day change the world.

Breaking Down the Firewall
Internet censorship is the book burning of the modern age. A new brand of activists — or “hacktivists” — are using their computer expertise to help people stranded in Web-censored countries abroad (and corporate offices and military bases [...]

South Korea Opens Boot Camp to Confront Internet Addiction

From iht.com.
The compound - part boot camp, part rehab center - resembles programs around the world for troubled youths.
Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming.
South Korea boasts of being the most wired nation on earth. In fact, perhaps no [...]

Violence in Myanmar Exposed By Satellite Images

From National Geographic.
Satellite images of eastern Myanmar (Burma) seem to corroborate reports of human-rights violations in the troubled Southeast Asian country, an international team of experts announced today.
A detailed analysis of images spanning several years pinpoints locations where villages have been burned, settlements have been relocated, and military forces have expanded their camps.
Project participants [...]

Venezuela’s Four-Legged Mobile Libraries

From BBC News.
A university in Venezuela is using a novel method to take books into remote communities and encourage people to read. The book mules known as bibliomulas are helping to spread the benefits of reading to people who are isolated from much of the world around them.
Spreading the joy of reading is our main [...]

Singnet Broadband line is Fixed

Yay! Finally fixed by the 3rd technician!
The phone socket connector wiring is off, he replaces it with a smaller phone socket.
Good! Don’t need to call singnet support again.

Singnet Broadband line is Up After less than a Day Downtime

Another technician come down this time, and when ask why there is a problem only about 2 weeks after the first technician come down. He said about something loose. (not referring to my home wiring)
When I am searching on Google about dsl signal loss, I come across Mr Wissel blog about his fun [...]