tech for the poor

An article by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan:

We need to think of ways to bring wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) applications to the developing world, so as to make use of unlicensed radio spectrum to deliver cheap and fast Internet access. We also need to explore the possibility of creating an open international university. Surely, experts can think of many more ideas along these lines.

It's an old article (from Nov. 5 this year) but a good read nevertheless.

lord of the geeks

A cool article tracing the history of computer games and programming applied to bringing Middle Earth into computers.