I will be serving on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. This Panel advises The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, whose job is to track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds: Edward Tufte via Ask E.T.: Edward Tufte Presidential Appointment. Tufte is brilliant at presenting quantitative information in a way that it can be understood […]
Author Archives: Alejandro Giacometti
Internet access is ‘a fundamental right’
The BBC survey found that 87% of internet users felt internet access should be the “fundamental right of all people”. via BBC News — Internet access is ‘a fundamental right’. This shows fundamental differences in perspective among citizens and politicians. While the majority of users agree that internet access is a right, regulators around the world are attacking […]
Oldest ‘writing’ found on 60,000-year-old eggshells
Iain Davidson, an Australian rock art specialist at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, has suggested that marking ownership must have come after humans became self-aware. via Oldest ‘writing’ found on 60,000-year-old eggshells — life — 03 March 2010 — New Scientist. Take that communists!
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BBC on using lasers to clean artwork
BBC News — Lasers lift dirt of ages from artworks.
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Amenaza a la Democracia
The Honduran coup was a threat to democracy in the entire region, as it encouraged other rightwing militaries and their allies to think that they might drag Latin America back to the days when the local elite, with Washington’s help, could overturn the will of the electorate. An organisation without the US and Canada will be […]
Salud: Millonario Gasto vs. Resultados
Análisis de Hoy Publicado en Hoy, Enero 29, 2010. HOY recogió testimonios de personas que tienen que esperar hasta cinco horas para acceder a una consulta médica que, en el mejor de los casos, consiste en un fugaz chequeo del enfermo, debido a la urgencia con que atienden los médicos, ante la inmensa lista que deben atender a diario. […]
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cortesi
cortesi — Hilbert Curve + Sorting Algorithms + Procrastination = ? Visualising sorting algorithms, examples and published code.
Graffiti Markup Language
GML Week!!! (Graffiti Markup Language) | F.A.T. A markup language for encoding and describing Graffiti. Possible relevance to the TEI group.
The Eyewriter
The Eyewriter on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
El Espejismo de la Dolarización
Lo que si ha habido es un espejismo entorno a la dolarización. Los dolarizadores, aupados por la gran prensa, se encargaron de vincular el proceso de recuperación con la imposición de este sistema monetario, tanto como de vincular el caos vivido durante el periodo de crisis con la moneda nacional, el sucre. via Hugo Jácome, El Telégrafo […]