World Issues
Watch This: Lawrence Lessig At Web 2.0 Summit
This is one of the best presentations I have seen in a long time. Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law, copyright expert and author. He uses this talk at the recent Web 2.0 Summit to delve deep into several issues that have been affecting the world today.
Make the time to watch this video, it will [...]
Inspirational Youth Making A Difference In Botswana
Sometimes it is just time to have a fantastic story, on people who are doing practical things to change the world.
A team of youth from Australia recently travelled to Botswana to build an Orphanage. They are regular people doing something extraordinary for people who need it. It is fantastic to see people going out and actively changing [...]
Obama To Win US Election As Voted By Facebook
If you were wondering who might win the US Election it might be worth checking out Facebook Lexicon.
Lexicon evaluates all the terms being used on Facebook and then measures the positive or negative nature of the responses. So far it appears that Obama is well in the lead. More people are talking about him, and talking about [...]
Learning To Say Thank-You
How great does it feel when someone says a simple thank-you! It is one of the greatest feelings. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved. However we often don’t say thank-you to the people that really need it.
Check out this video of Dr. Laura Trice examining the issue, and take the time to say Thank-You [...]
Amazon search lists Barack Obama and John McCain as Terrorists
If you have been following the US presidential campaign you will know there has been a lot of fighting between the Democratic and Republican Candidates. However it seems that Amazon.com has tried to list Barack Obama and John McCain costumes under the search term ‘Terrorist Costumes‘.
The search term originally showed up Barack Obama….
However after a [...]
The Minature Earth Project - Understanding your place in the world
I just stumbled across one of the most thought provoking videos I have seen in a long time. The Miniature Earth project aims to show the differences in the worlds population by showing what the world would be like if there was only 100 people living in it.
When you watch the video, you can’t helped [...]
