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From Open Source Wheelchairs to Katie.com

  • 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
Posted by Meri @ 6:43 PM on August 2, 2004
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