Una vez más, Mayra Montero escribe: “¿Qué nos han hecho? ¿Cómo vivimos? ¿Es que esto es todo?” (Nuevo Día: Domingo – Antes que llegue el lunes). Está hablando del caso de Filiberto Ojeda, y sus palabras son más contundentes que cualquier grito.
Scavengeroogle is a tool to find a location (on Google Maps) after studying a satellite image and some clues. I haven’t tried it (yet), but it seems a nice idea. Plus, it shows how far sighted is Google’s initiative to open up its API to developers. http://bloglander.com/scavengeroogle.
Lawrence Lessig asks: “How can a creator using digital tools obey the law?” He found out one cannot even replay a homemade version of “Happy Birthday to You” on the Web, without paying royalties! Read his story The same Old Song on Wired 13.07 (2005).
Por una cuota de casi $20US los estudiantes de EEUU y Canadá pueden intercambiar libros de texto universitarios: http://switchtextbooks.com. Por otro lado, la misma compañÃa ofrece un servicio curioso e interesante de “rating†de profesores universitarios (¡casi 600,000 docentes!): http://ratemyprofessors.com. Desafortunadamente, Puerto Rico no está incluÃdo…
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