links for 2008-12-09
Global Voices Online Egypt: Egyptian Dialect Wikipedia A group of Wikipedians has launched a wikipedia in Egyptian arabic, a split from the classical arabic edition… Read More »links for 2008-12-09
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Censoring a little is hard. Censoring a lot is easy.
Update: IWF has stopped blocking Wikipedia. Their reasoning here. An interesting sentence from their release: “We regret the unintended consequences for Wikipedia and its users.”… Read More »Censoring a little is hard. Censoring a lot is easy.
Good news is no news?
Polling closed in Ghana’s parliamentary and presidential elections yesterday afternoon, and early results are beginning to roll in, showing a very close presidential contest between… Read More »Good news is no news?
links for 2008-12-06
Saudi Guide to Dating %u2013 What Every Male & Female Should Know American Bedu Interesting post from an American (married to a Saudi, living in… Read More »links for 2008-12-06
Bridgeblogger and Xenophile, a tale of two bloggers
Erik Hersman and I look a bit alike. We’re both beefy, balding white dudes who spend a lot of our time thinking and talking about… Read More »Bridgeblogger and Xenophile, a tale of two bloggers
links for 2008-12-05
AFP: Vietnam seeks Google, Yahoo! help to control bloggers: reports Vietnam is having trouble controlling speech on blogs, and is evidently reaching out to Yahoo… Read More »links for 2008-12-05