Author Archives: Bryn

Thank you Larry, Thank you Matt, Thank you Google

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Bryn

This is kind of a follow up to my 2007 post, Thank You Cory, Thank You Google. Recently Larry Lessig spoke to Google employees as part of their AtGoogleTalks. He spoke about his recent book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts … Continue reading →

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Clay Shirky — Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Bryn

This my SOPA post. In this 14 min TED talk Clay Shirky fantastically explains why SOPA is a BAD IDEA. SOPA is a proposed US law and I am an Australian, but I felt I should make a post about … Continue reading →

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Queensland Floods and the Web

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Bryn

Floods have devastated Queensland and other parts of Australia. The area underwater is greater than France and Germany. At times like these I am always amazed at the great and positive ways how Web 2.0 technologies are used; whether social … Continue reading →

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Contemporary and war time photos of St Petersburg merged

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Bryn

via Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing Sergei Larenkov has photoshopped together modern images of St Petersburg with photos taken during the brutal Siege of Leningrad during WWII. Sergei Larenkov’s images. Very powerful and amazing images.

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Broadband for Arnhem Land

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bryn

From the ABC’s 7:30 report, a good news story about the Broadband Revolution coming to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. A fibre optic cable has be laid into Arnhem Land. This is great story in so many ways: The … Continue reading →

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Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bryn

via Mickipedia Garrett Lisi: A beautiful new theory of everything Garrett Lisi discuses his theory of how the fundamental forces can be described via the E8 group.

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