Zeitungen und ihre Community:

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The Virtual Newsroom: http://www.news-register.net/vnr/

Mehr Infos dazu: Newspaper Has New Link To Community

[Via: Poynter.org ]

Der iranische Vize-Präsident, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, führt ein Weblog....auch auf Englisch.

http://webnevesht.com/en/weblog/

Die vollständige Homepage gibt's unter: http://webnevesht.com/en/

[Via: Buzzmachine - Jeff Jarvis resp. Editor: Myself- Hossein Derakhshan ]

New Kids on the Blog bietet "nur ganz frische Weblogs", was durchaus wörtlich zu nehmen ist:

maximal 30 Tage alt

mindestens 2 Artikel

maximal 20 Artikel

http://newkidsontheblog.de/

[Via: Noch'n Blog resp. Moe's Blog ]

Wired präsentiert: 101 Ways to save the Internet. Aus der "Your To-Do List":

87 Switch your ISP Some offer anti-spam and anti-virus tools and support. If your current provider won't help you defend yourself, find another that will.

88 Change your screen name Is your screen name the same as your email address? Are you getting spam? Duh.

89 Demand privacy reports Push companies to reveal the info they have on you and with whom it has been shared - the privacy version of a credit report.

90 Death to fax machines Send us an attachment instead.

91 Stop with the jokes If we get the one about French military victories one more time, we're going to come over and unplug you personally.

92 Turn off your HTML email It makes you vulnerable to viruses - and bugs us.

93 Don't open it When you get a suspicious-looking email attachment, resist the urge to click.

94 Tell Kelly on Geocities to take down her Macarena tribute page It's over, Kel.

95 Protect yourself, dumbass Download security and virus patches at Microsoft.com/protect.

96 Blanket airports with Wi-Fi There are more Centrino ads than hot spots. How about covering check-in lines, gates, baggage claim, and the restrooms.

97 Celebrate diversity With nearly every computer on the planet running Windows, Outlook, and Explorer, it's too easy for a single virus to spread everywhere.

98 Add a "Skip All Flash Intros" option to Macromedia players

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Hier weiterlesen: Your To-Do List

Vollständiger Artikel: 101 Ways to Save the Internet

[Via http://www.onlinejournalism.com ]

Timothy J. Berners-Lee wurde am 1.1.2004 für seine Verdienste bei der globalen Entwicklung des Internet durch die Erfindung des World Wide Web mit dem zweithöchsten Rang des Order of the Britisch Empire geehrt und von König Elisabeth II. zum Ritter geschlagen. Aus seiner Dankesrede:

Diese Ehre gebührt der gesamten Gemeinschaft der Webentwickler sowie den Erfindern und Entwicklern des Internet, deren Arbeit das Web möglich machte. Ich nehme sie an als Unterstützung für den Geist des Web, es dezentral aufzubauen, es möglichst offen und fair zu halten sowie sicherzustellen, dass seine grundlegenden Techniken allen zur breiten Nutzung und Innovation zur Verfügung stehen, ohne dass man dafür Lizenzgebühren zahlen muss.

[Via Telepolis: Alfred Krüger: Tim Berners-Lee - Der Gutenberg des Cyberspace resp. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee to be Knighted by Queen Elizabeth ]

......die Blaggedde des Jahres 04 hab ich heute in der Hand,..wie immer ein wunderbares Gefühl...

Mehr Infos hier: http://www.fasnacht.ch/?MSGID=838

Irgendwas zwischen Blumenkohl und Broccoli.

....warum sehen diese Karten immer so "steif" aus ? ..... und aus Imagegründen befindet sich die Bundeskanzlerin zum ersten Mal nicht am Rand oder im Hintergrund auf dem Bild!

Halte nicht viel von Vorsätzen,....aber dennoch...

Wie wäre es im 2004 mit einem CH-twoday-blogger-treff?

Ich kann freilich nicht sagen, ob es besser wird,
wenn es anders wird, aber soviel kann ich sagen:
Es muss anders werden, wenn es gut werden soll.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Countdown.

Alles Gute, Glück und Gesundheit im 2004.

....ohne Schnee.

Citadel and mud city of Bam

Im Weblog Iranian Truh berichtet Natasha Behbahany über das Erdbeben in Iran und listet u.a. Blogger-Reaktionen (inkl. Blog-Links) auf:

Blogger Reactions

- Faramin: don't know if I should be sad or angry!...Even for one second don't think Rafsanjani and the rest of regime criminals care.

- Mohammad: Which of the following facts upset and shock you more? Arg-e-Bam the oldest and largest mud-brick citadel (and actually structure) in the world -built 2000 years ago and mainly expanded in the heyday of the Savafid dynasty (in16th Century)- being destroyed by today's earth quake. Or the casualty of almost 4000 of our fellow countrymen and women belonging to the poorest class of the Iranian society? Condolences to the victims of the today's quake

- Ehson: A deadly earthquake took place at a city in my country ,killed many people and wounded much more. I can hear the voice of death , it's close and it's whispering in my ears .His voice is dramatically scaring . I don't know where are the dead ones. Really , where are they now?!

- Mehrdad: I always wanted to travel to Bam which is the biggest mud-brick complex in the world

- Ali Parvaresh: I hope this would be a BIG LIE.

- Pedram: Meanwhile, prey if you are religious, meditate if you're spiritual, send positive vibes if you are neither. Whatever you do, keep these victims from one of the most underprivileged and deprived region of Iran in your thoughts today and think of ways to send them some help.

- Negar: I'm writing this with tears rolling down my face. I woke up not long ago and the second sentence I heard was the news of Kerman's quake. I'm crying like a baby not because up to 10000 of my people have died but for the ancient city I never saw. For the city that I longed to see and it's not there anymore. For the wish that never came true. For all my wishes that may never come true.

Quelle: http://www.iraniantruth.blogspot.com/

[Nachtrag 29.12.2003]

Via BBC, I just found out:
Nobel Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi (who recently donated her $1.4 million Award to promote democracy and Human rights in Iran) has opened an account to raise money for the earthquake victims. I would strongly recommend this as a trusted alternative (perhaps via relatives in Iran)

Here is the address:
Shirin Ebadi
Account No. 8080, Saderat Bank,
Tehran,
Yousef-abad Ave, Kalantary square Branch

[Via: http://www.humanfirstthenproudiranian.blogspot.com/ ]