April 2009
14 posts
The Facebook group for world leaders
Credit goes to The Atlantic magazine Posted via email from Joao Rei’s ramblings | Comment »
John Hodgman is a funny guy @ TED
You may remember him from the Apple commercials, or his brief appearances at the Daily Show. Either way, this guy is funny, and he has spent some vacation time in Portugal!! Posted via email from Joao Rei’s ramblings | Comment »
Portuguese inventors develop amazing paper...
Some of the research that is taking place at my old University back in Portugal is now catching the headlines across the globe . You can read the article in the Portuguese newspaper “Expresso” translated using Google Translate. Posted via email from Joao Rei’s ramblings | Comment »
Dove vs Greenpeace
Dove has had some thought provoking ads in the past , This one is very well thought of as well, and I enjoyed it. But what I really liked was Greenpeace’s response to it They have some other great videos on their youtube channel that are worth watching . Posted via email from Joao Rei’s ramblings | Comment »
Great stop motion art video - wolf and pig
The technique is amazing, and it must have taken forever to complete. Posted via email from Joao Rei’s web junk | Comment »
Can you withstand 15 seconds of "non-torture"...
Would you consider waterboarding to be torture?
Waterboarding is a technique used by the US in interrogations against suspected “terrorists”. Obama was quick to dismiss it, but many people connected with the previous Bush administration have now come out in its defence and saying that using waterboarding was not torture and should continue to be used.
Here’s an interesting...
World Digital Library launched
Looks like an interesting project that was just launched http://www.wdl.org/en/ Posted via email from Joao Rei’s ramblings | Comment »
Great Bicycle skills
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Queen Bohemian Rhapsody in Old School Computer...
I wonder if the record labels and studios will sue for copyright? Posted via email from Joao Rei’s web junk | Comment »
Bologna Process - SEFI Communication 2009
Download now or preview on posterous SEFI-IGIP Communication 2009 BP.pdf (115 KB) The joint SEFI - IGIP Communication 2009 about the Bologna Process is just out. A lot of the debate now, is the post-Bologna years and what is to follow Bologna. One of the most important assessments in the document: “The signatories to the Bologna Declaration have chosen...
The PirateBay trial ends in Jail sentences
The sentence came in today. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. Carl Lundström: Guilty. The four receive 1 year in jail each and fines totaling $3,620,000. The main argument was that there was a profit being made from the website, so they were commercially benefiting...
Too much free time in Helsinki
This is what happens to societies when they solve all the other problems they had to face. Helsinki’s urban rabbits have caused damage in excess of hundreds of thousands of euros Their main problem now is… rabbits!! In the past two winters Helsinki’s burgeoning wild rabbit population - descendants of escaped or abandoned pet rabbits - has caused damage in the city’s parks running...
A Portuguese in the White House
After much speculation, the first Portuguese makes it to the White House. A dog. A Portuguese water dog was chosen by the Obama family as the new White House dog . In what can only be described by a media frenzy, the web was filled with rumors about what dog would be the lucky pick, and in the end it was a Portuguese water dog. It’s as if the press has nothing better to discuss (Economy,...
The American bullies
I really like to discuss EU - US relations, and when Obama got elected, everyone in Europe cheered, for he was viewed as a moderate, not a maverick. It finally seemed that the US had (again) a president who saw Europe as, not only an important ally, but as an important player in world politics and economics. Of course when you add the financial crisis to the mix, people on both sides of the...