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The ironic stance, the knowing wink, the deadpan tone: They’ve all become cliche in Web-culture documentaries. Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin explodes the genre by taking footage of rampaging Santas and turning it into a music video. My prediction: Xeni’s confession, “I’m really freaked out,” will become a ringtone before the end of the year.
Source:Valleywag
The Second Life bubble may be popping. Electric Sheep, the marketing firm which helped CSI’s a virtual Gary Sinise parade through Linden Lab’s online world, is “rightsizing” the company — or shearing off 30 percent of its staff. A vice president explains that while Electric Sheep has seen tremendous growth and isn’t in any financial trouble, it decided to lay off 22 employees — mostly Second Life specialists. With its freshly trimmed staff, Electric Sheep will branch out to other virtual worlds platforms — ones advertisers haven’t already identified as unfruitful terrain.
Source:Valleywag
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts to fight AIDS, malaria and measles in Africa is working. Millions of vaccinated children are now safe from malaria and measles. In many parts of the continent, AIDS deaths are no longer on the rise. But now Africa has other problems, thanks to the charity’s focused generosity. A recent Los Angeles Times exposé. It’s all Bill’s fault:
- Gates Foundation money creates demand for specially trained clinicians, creating a “brain drain” from basic care
- The focus on AIDS, measles and malaria leaves basic needs such as nutrition and transportation unmet
- Gates-funded vaccines instruct patients not to discuss ailments the vaccines cannot cure
You had it right with the burger-joint panhandler, Bill: Giving money away is a thankless affair.
(Photo by AP/Seth Wenig)
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