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Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
by jlesageThe site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Google Page Creator
by jlesage & 4 othersgoogle tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesagevarious modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
by jlesageone of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions
Welcome to House of Lime
by jlesage & 2 otherscheck out category "dings" to see a huge collection of innovative dingbats
Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
by jlesagebasic tips by J.D. Lasica on preparing for doing an audio/slideshow in narrative form, perhaps a first person recollection, tightly crafted. Makes a good handout.
Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling
by jlesagethis is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts
Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology, page 1
by jlesage & 3 othersthe kinds of things all screenwriters can steal from, over and over
Soundslides
by jlesage & 2 otherslow cost software to create your own simple audio/slideshow for the web
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
by jlesageWe live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
Overview of a Distributed Aesthetics workshop
by jlesageconsidering a new kind of network or network-assisted art, such as Internet or cell phone facilitated performances, on or offline; using locative media; Creative Commons, etc. An older idea was Internet Art.
ANONYMIZER - INTERNET PRIVACY & SECURITY SOLUTIONS
by jlesage & 5 othersPC software that lets you surf anonymously. High school students can hide they are on MySpace at school; workers can browse the Internet for personal use; and folks in China can hide their tracks.
Fake Name Generator
by sunny & 8 othersGénérateur de faux nom avec adresse, adresse email, téléphone, date de naissance, visa, ec. :p
OpenID: an actually distributed identity system
by ycc2106 & 31 othersAn OpenID identity is just a URL. You can have multiple identities in the same way you can have multiple URLs. All OpenID does is provide a way to prove that you own a URL (identity). And it does this without passing around your password, your email addre