Of maps and fishermen:
“There is for example a mountain on one on the Haram isles, which is called Skulen, and when one is on a certain area of the ocean this mountain hides another mountain, farther in on the Mainland, which is called Hildre-hesten (the Hildre-horse); if one travels along the land towards the North, then the Horse little by little will come into sight beyond Skulen, and then one says: The Horse fine (when the head of the Horse just has become visible), the Horse coarse, the first part of the Horse, the second part of the Horse, the saddle of the Horse is clear of Skulen etc, and by each of these sightings one knows where one is on the route between South and North; if at the same time one has a méd on the other side one will as well know where one is in the direction from the land or between East and West; thus the experienced man will know, that to avoid this or that reef, he cannot sail any further in this direction, but must veer off to another. Thus, a pilot is able to steer his boat between breakers and dangers, scarcely looking at the dangerous items close by, but more certainly and more often fixes his eyes on the land and the distant mountain heights far way.
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Sometimes geography means much more than it seems to mean. The way the world works and its interpretation structures the way we get around in it. We learn to navigate through our world, and navigation is a certain form of thinking…. we need to be aware that as we build structures and systems of interpretation that these do not become systems that overwrite the way people know and navigate already.

Internet should be run by key players: new ITU boss | Tech&Sci | Internet | Reuters.com:
The Internet should continue to be overseen by major agencies including ICANN and the ITU, rather than any new “superstructure”, the new head of the International Telecommunications Union said on Friday.Hamadoun Toure, who took up the reins of the United Nations agency this month, said the ITU would focus on tackling cyber-security and in narrowing the “digital divide” between rich and poor countries.

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or perhaps… it should be run by …. its users?

Pocket Change
Pocket Change is honoring
the age old union of wealthy men and hot girls. Society has taught us to not publicly
acknowledge the obvious – no longer dear friends. Women want money in a man, men
want beauty in a woman – this is a factual force of nature. Women don’t ask “So,
what does he do for a living?” because they’re interested in his personality and
guys don’t ask “is she hot?” because they’re concerned with character. Guys know
that money buys them the car, the house and the trophy wife. This genetic cleansing
is how the wealthy stays beautiful.

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it is the shallowness and centrality of ‘wealth’.

Scratch:
Welcome to the SCRATCH site!
Scratch is a new programming language
that lets you create your own interactive stories, games, music, and art.
Scratch is now available as a free download!
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Pretty cool.