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Time Magazine Person(s) of the Year(s): Bradley Manning/Julian Assange/Daniel Ellsberg!

Posted by on Dec 19, 2011 in Asia, Death, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Site, Travel, Wars | 0 comments

From Daniel Ellsberg on Democracy Now: The Time magazine cover gives protester, an anonymous protester, as “Person of the Year,” but it is possible to put a face and a name to that picture of “Person of the Year.” And the American face I would put on that is Private Bradley Manning. The fact is that he is credited… with having...

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Phone/Social Network/Skype/ComputerCamera etc… SPYING

Posted by on Dec 14, 2011 in Death, Future Tech, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle-East, Photo, Politics, Site, Software | 0 comments

American (Hewlett Packard…) and European (Ericsson…) companies helping repressive regimes (in the US and abroad) and making a fortune selling software to Iran, Syria, Bahrain, Tunisia, etc… Phone-messaging-location tracking… A sobering 30 minute interview on NPR’s Fresh Air. Somebody thinks they’re downloading a piece of...

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Cloud Grand Opening: Box.Net for iOS/50 Gb & Backify/520 Gb or Unlimited

Posted by on Oct 13, 2011 in Future Tech, iOS, iPhone, Site | 0 comments

If you register before December 2, 2011. Possibly use it some day to stream music that does not fit on your device (details unclear at this point). Images upload one at a time for now! A very big (& free) cloud… where is the fine print? Other FREE cloud storage options include (computer/mobile): 2-5 Gb Dropbox 5-10 Gb Sugarsync 1-5 Gb Zumo...

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Ajahn Chah ?? ??????? (Achaan Chah) Website

Posted by on Sep 26, 2011 in Asia, Books, Care, Eco, Ego, Health, Highlights, Ideas, Mystery, Now, Site | 0 comments

I am  sorry about the ?? instead of the Thai characters – on my previous WordPress.com blog, it worked fine. I have tried some of the tips provided here – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/special-characters-converted-to-question-marks-on-save?replies=39 – but I need help to get those characters to show up. Anyone out there? The Teachings of Ajahn...

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