WHO | Influenza pandemic threat: current situation
With the hype surrounding the pandemic threat from the avian flu, I recomend this WHO site, for an up-to-date, facts based status, of the possibilty of a pandemic outbreak of avian flu among humans.
Category: Bookmarks
Assorted bookmarks from my web-travels
Flix.dk – Gammel dansk i ghettoen
Tænk, der findes et ældrefællesskabet, eller Oldekolle, i Mjølnerparken! De udgør en pænt stor andel af de etniske danskere derude.
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ZENTROPA
The website for the danish film production company ZENTROPA, has the most off-the wall/”nerdy funny” website design I’ve seen in a while.
Faldt over denne rapport:
Hverdagsliv & byplanlægning i Mjølnerparken – RUCs digitale arkiv: Item 1800/905
[Nielsen, Lea Allingham; Fischer-Nielsen, Julie; Hansen, Brian; Matikainen, Sara Loisa; Hansen, Jesper Minor; Ploug, Louise Overgaard: Hverdagsliv & byplanlægning i Mjølnerparken (2005)].
Der er mange interessante betragtninger, bla. at integrations kravene har ændret sig voldsomt på meget kort tid, hvilket – naturligt nok – er meget svært for indvandrerne at forstå. Det konstateres også at der er store problemer med at få beboerne til at deltage i de politiske beslutningsprocesser, konkret her i forhold til opstartsfasen af områdefornyelsen af Mimersgadekvarteret. Der tales om barrierer.
Mjølnerparken – ritt.dk – Website for Ritt Bjerregaard
Ritt vælger sine ord med omhu, og den eneste konkrete stillingtagen i ovenstående artikel er henvendt til nogle indvandrekvinder, der har været i Danmark 8-10-12 år: “…for en god integration, kræves der at man tilegner sig det danske sprog…” – det er der ikke megen vision i, og jeg tror ikke at Ritt, eller de fleste politikere helt har forstået hvor svært det er i praksis. Enten det, eller også er der ikke ret mange stemmer i at være visionær på integrations området.
BBC – History – Interactive Content
If you didn’t already know that The BBC is the world’s premier Public Service Network, then take a look at their interactive content on the history pages.
I just became aware of NASA’s World Wind software. World Wind is, in many respects, similar to Google Earth, the difference between the two being more in philosophy, than anything else.
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Jerry Pournelle – Chaos Manor
In the 80ies and 90ies, I was an obsessive reader of BYTE magazine.
Even though BYTE was always filled with interesting articles of great insight, I always read Jerry Pournelle’s CHAOS MANOR column first.
Regarding BYTE, I really miss the print edition. A couple of years ago, I told a BYTE representative on CeBIT, that I learned so much from BYTE, that it was one of the reasons that I held my current position in IT.
Here is a list of subjects I first learned about from BYTE: xDSL, UNIX, OOP, Amiga, IBM PC RT (wow who remembers that?). Pretty amazing,
IT Conversations: Wil Wheaton Part 1 – Gnomedex 4.0
IT Conversations: Wil Wheaton Part 2 – Gnomedex 4.0
Wil Wheaton, author, actor and self-proclaimed geek, is quite a funny guy. In this Podcast from Gnomedex 4.0 he reads from his books that are based on his weblog. A lot of it is, for obvious reasons, Star Trek related, but you don’t have to be a trekkie to find this interesting.
The story about the time, when he had to auction a Wesley Crusher action figure on eBay to pay the bills, is hilarious, but there are many other highs.
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Doc Searls’ IT Garage
Found this after listening to a Podcast on ITConversations. Looks interesting.