I just recently found this gem of a site. This is a great place for those interested in learning more about electronics to start. The site is full of introductory tutorials on many subjects that are key for would-be circuit benders and hackers. I definitely recommend you check it out!
http://www.hobbyprojects.com/
- JM
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Help the Maasai people!
If there is one this I am against, it is fat cats rolling into an area, buying everything, and kicking out the people who lived there since anyone else could remember. That is exactly what might happen in Tanzania. A bunch of rich Arab princes want to spice up their lives with some lion hunting, so the proposal to purchase a large land area is underway. Unfortunately the area is already occupied by the Maasai people. If you would like to help out in any small way, the least you can do is read more on the topic, and click the link to this online petition. If enough people sign the petition, the president of Tanzania could actually reconsider this move. So what are you waiting for?
Click here to sign petition
Posted: 10 August 2012
At any moment, a big-game hunting corporation could sign a deal which would force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for wealthy Middle Eastern kings and princes to hunt lions and leopards. Experts say the Tanzanian President’s approval of the deal may be imminent, but if we act now, we can stop this sell-off of the Serengeti.
The last time this same corporation pushed the Maasai off their land to make way for rich hunters, people were beaten by the police, their homes were burnt to a cinder and their livestock died of starvation. But when a press controversy followed, Tanzanian President Kikwete reversed course and returned the Maasai to their land. This time, there hasn’t been a big press controversy yet, but we can change that and force Kikwete to stop the deal if we join our voices now.
If 150,000 of us sign, media outlets in Tanzania and around the world will be blitzed so President Kikwete gets the message to rethink this deadly deal. Sign the petition now and send to everyone.
Click here to sign petition
- JM
Click here to sign petition
Posted: 10 August 2012
At any moment, a big-game hunting corporation could sign a deal which would force up to 48,000 members of Africa’s famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for wealthy Middle Eastern kings and princes to hunt lions and leopards. Experts say the Tanzanian President’s approval of the deal may be imminent, but if we act now, we can stop this sell-off of the Serengeti.
The last time this same corporation pushed the Maasai off their land to make way for rich hunters, people were beaten by the police, their homes were burnt to a cinder and their livestock died of starvation. But when a press controversy followed, Tanzanian President Kikwete reversed course and returned the Maasai to their land. This time, there hasn’t been a big press controversy yet, but we can change that and force Kikwete to stop the deal if we join our voices now.
If 150,000 of us sign, media outlets in Tanzania and around the world will be blitzed so President Kikwete gets the message to rethink this deadly deal. Sign the petition now and send to everyone.
Click here to sign petition
- JM
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Dreamland
Probably one of the creepiest places on the face of the earth. This would certainly make a great set for a bloody B-rate horror flick. These photographs were captured by photographer and science-fiction/fantasy writer Michael John Grist while travelling in Japan. Truly a remarkable juxtaposition of what this site was originally intended as. Some of the lovelier shots show how the surrounding nature is slowly reclaiming this Dreamland.
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2010/09/nara-dreamland-japans-last-abandoned-theme-park/
- JM
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