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Make Some Noise

Here's something I stumbled upon over at MySpace - Make Some Noise, a project of Amnesty International to raise awareness and money to help them fight injustice and promote human rights around the world.

They're selling an album featuring various artists covering John Lennon tunes, and it sounds pretty good! Here's a widget to promote it (slow load, but the wait's worth it...chill):

Labels: amnesty, human rights, music

   Link: http://www.myspace.com/msnoise

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The Simpsons nails right-wing media

Watch this hilarious excerpt from Simpsons episode featuring a Kent Brockman commentary excoriating right-wing and corporate media (courtesy Peg Access Television via Free Press).    Link: http://www.freepress.net/news/25671

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Who edits Wikipedia for organizational ends?

We all knew this was happening, but here's a tool - Wikipedia Scanner - that enables you to find out who's editing Wikipedia to benefit the political, image, or bottom line of an organization. Wired News reports on this cool tool, and also created a page for readers to share the most shameful Wikipedia spin jobs.    Link: http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/08/wiki_tracker?currentPage=all

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Margie Perez in NYT Article about New Orleans

Friend and former band-mate Margie Perez was the featured artist in an article in the New York Times about the New Orleans music scene and musicians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It appeared on the front page of the business section on Sunday, August 5.

The paper (not the web site) also includes a picture of some Habitat houses built as part of the musician's village; the house pictured might even be Margie's! In March, a video program on Netscape's New Orleans Voices series also featured Margie's story:

   Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/business/yourmoney/05tipi.html

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WebbAlert - Tech news of the Day

Check out WebbAlert - described as "a lot like RocketBoom, only interesting." It looks like a great place to keep up with geeky blog posts of the day.

   Link: http://www.webbalert.com

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YearlyKos Convention in Second Life

So I already knew about this YearlyKos thing, but today someone I work with said I should go. Too bad it's been sold out for weeks! No fear, we're going to check it out on SecondLife instead:

Add YKSL to your page

(Check out the SplashCast player - nifty!)    Link: http://www.yearlykosconvention.org/yksl

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