- Worldchanging notices the
fantastic Free Wheelchair
Mission, where they aim to make and ship wheelchairs to the poor people
who need them most for a staggering $42 a pop. As the
article says, the best part of this is that they’ve open-sourced
the design as well, so anyone who wants to can help provide free wheelchairs - Plans for ID cards
in UK criticized by MPs. Interesting that
they’ve called out the need for a clear statement of intent, as well as already noticing
the danger in having private companies execute the scheme. I’d like to see where
this one goes .. and intrigued as to how open a similar process would be in the US - Real independently
engineer a way to play their for-sale tracks on iPods. Apple throw a hissy fit,
accusing them of “hacker tactics”. Neil Gaiman was recently talking about
how eBook lockin killed the idea — perhaps the online music providers and player
manufacturers should wise up as this
Engadget article suggests - Claim to educate your
kids at home and no one will check appears to be the case in the UK. No wonder
teachers are concerned that kids are being educated with no checks to see that it’s been
done right or that it’s actually happening - Preparing for Emergencies
is a great parody site. See it now before
the government get it taken down, as they’re already trying to do - Could cellphone signal
blocking wallpaper be this year’s ultimate overpriced fashion accessory? - And lastly, a bit of support: Katie Jones is completely
right that Penguin and Katie Tarbox should stop bothering her. Someone shoulda taught their
marketing departments how to check for domain name availability before publishing the damn
thing
