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Desmerizinghttp://desmerizing.blogspot.com/2008/03/wikimedia.html [Desmerizing] I really like getting images from Wikimedia Commons. There are some really interesting photos there.

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ideonexushttp://ideonexus.com/2008/03/18/copyright-infringement-on-ideonexus/ [ideonexus] Copyright Infringement on Ideonexus: I think I’ve gotten really good at this since I started running with ideonexus full speed, keeping the daily posts stocked with photos I get from NASA, wikimedia commons, and other legitimate sources, like flickr creative commons photos .

Deep Sea Newshttp://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/03/unknown_chilean_population_of.php [Deep Sea News] Unknown Chilean Population of Blue Whale Discovered: Photo: Wikimedia Commons. It amazes me that we can still in this day and era of satellites, technology and boats shipping goods everywhere that we can still find new populations of the world's largest living animal.

Driven By Boredom 3.0http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/03/04/wikimedia-commons-uploads/ [Driven By Boredom 3.0] Wikimedia Commons Uploads: I scanned a ton of polaroids for this book I am working on and uploaded a ton of my photos of bands and notable people to Wikimedia Commons which is a dump of thousands and thousands of media files that are usable under Creative Commons .

All The Modern Things[All The Modern Things] Wikimedia Commons goes 3D: I have subscribed to the RSS feed for the Featured Pictures category, so I frequently have the latest and greatest pictures from Wikimedia Commons weaved among the more mundane feeds on my feed reader. There are some really spectacular .

purpleslinkyhttp://www.purpleslinky.com/Trivia/Science/10-Amazing-But-Little-Known-Facts-About-the-Human-Body.88225 [purpleslinky] 10 Amazing But Little Known Facts About the Human Body: The tongue consists of a group of muscles and most of its surface is covered with taste buds. The tongue is sometimes called the ”˜strongest muscle' in the body but this does not refer to its actual strength.

Driven By Boredom 3.0http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/2008/03/06/wikipedia-update/ [Driven By Boredom 3.0] Wikipedia Update: Now that I uploaded a bunch of my photos to Wikimedia Commons people have taken it upon themselves add my photos to Wikipedia pages. I had blogged about how I had taken the official photos for Agyness Deyn and Takeru Kobayashi.

Swiss Army Librarian[Swiss Army Librarian] Online Photo Tools: I thought I’d get a jump on preparing for it, by compiling a list of websites I’d like to mention in addition to flickr - not just online photo sharing websites, but websites that let you edit photos, sites that have free archives of photos, etc.

The Toronto Traveler[The Toronto Traveler] 10 Sources of News in the City of Toronto: Le Canadien was one of the first newspapers to be published in Canada on a regular basis.  It was published entirely in French and while that paper no longer exists, there are many sources that people can turn to today if they want news.  Reading about the area that you’re visiting is something that many tourists enjoy doing because it gives them a sense of connection with the city they’re visiting.  If you enjoy reading the local news wherever you travel, here are some places you might turn to for indulging that habit in Toronto:

Philly Future - Philadelphia's Blog Communityhttp://www.phillyfuture.org/node/6061 [Philly Future - Philadelphia's Blog Community] Whoomp, There it Is?: Photo from Flickr user kgradinger with Creative Commons license. Since it's quite likely you may not be making it to work (or home), and you want to get your road-on, try PhillyRoads, Wikipedia, the Philadelphia Inquirer's map .

Cairns Blog[Cairns Blog] Photosynth, Infosynth, CivicSynth: John Riedl of University of Minnesota aims to make it easy for communities to create and maintain valuable resources like Wikipedia. They deploy a recommender system to help people find parts of the project they will be most able and .

en.Wikizine.orghttp://en.wikizine.org/2008/03/year-2008-week-10-number-92.html [en.Wikizine.org] Year: 2008 Week: 10 Number: 92: [Wikimanina 2008] - A site risk assessment will be ordered for Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt announced Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner. Concern for the safety of Wikimanians in Alexandria has been a topic on Foundation-l and the assessment will look at various threats.

Designers' Blog from Altered Black[Designers' Blog from Altered Black] Top 5: Free Stock Photo Sites: Much like Wikipedia (and Wikimedia Commons), Open Stock Photography, is a multilingual system and allows the users to search for stock photography in virtually any language! The Wikimedia Commons, a central media archive operated by the .

Matthew J. Simoneau's Weblog[Matthew J. Simoneau's Weblog] Peter and Linda, Together at Last on Wikipedia: I’m sure the expression on his face in the original picture is “Ya Sure, I spend months slaving over Titanic shadows rendering and making coffee for Cameron, smuggle my friends into this wrap party, engineer an encounter with the lovely Linda Hamilton and you guys take alpha position away from me!”.

Ann's Digital Culture and Technology Webloghttp://inpassim.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/digitising-the-south-digital-technology-and-the-developing-world/ [Ann's Digital Culture and Technology Weblog] Digitising the South: Digital Technology and the Developing World: the engine behind Wikipedia is active, participatory, networked knowledge. Recurrent themes of Pilbeam’s presentation were ”˜access’ - breaking down traditional monopolies of information;

Createlf[Createlf] How to make a Wiki Website?: Anyone can edit or update wikipedia contribute articles, photos and videos. Since many people can contribute to a wiki website, the content of the website normally grows quickly as a result of frequent collaboration.

The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey devilla's Personal Bloghttp://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/03/16/archie-comics-meet-pulps-common-people/ [The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century : Joey devilla's Personal Blog] “Archie” Comics Meet Pulp’s “Common People”: According to Wikipedia , The BBC went so far as to try and locate the real-life rich art student who inspired the song without success. “Archie” panel with “Common People” lyrics Image from Chris’ Invincible Super-Blog .

INTERNET NOVINE SERBSKEhttp://internetnovineserbske.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E927C3A9FB9FF104!2358.entry [INTERNET NOVINE SERBSKE] Wikipedia censors Bilderberg's Nazi roots: Wikipedia censors Bilderberg's Nazi roots - http://217.72.179.7/bilderberg/ & www.bilderberg-mirror.org.uk - The High Priests of Globalisation - Bilderberg Conferences - secret conduit for transatlantic elite power - Mit Google Toolbar ...

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