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{ Monthly Archives } February 2008

Radio Canada en Français!

Nifty Nate informs me that
Radio Canada, the francophone side of the CBC, is now streaming in ogg:

Première Chaîne (currently pointing at http://ms2.radio-canada.ca:80/PremiereChaine.ogg)
Espace musique (currently pointing at http://ms2.radio-canada.ca:80/EspaceMusique.ogg)

48kbps of Free goodness.
I’m glad the francophone side finally caught of with the anglophone side (which has been streaming ogg for a while).

Merci Nate! Mes pensées exactement.

The Story of Stuff

Got 20 minutes? Of course you do. Watch “The Story of Stuff” and learn about how we’re killing ourselves and each other with corporate power, government subservience to corporate power, unsustainable development, marketing, and the linchpin that keeps it all going: shopping for stuff we really don’t need (and will likely throw away [...]

I now know where my vote is going: Ralph Nader enters the 2008 US Presidential race

Voting for US President from any county in Illinois except Cook County is mostly a waste of time. Cook County basically dictates where all of Illinois’ electoral votes will go and Cook County favors any Democrat regardless of what that Democrat stands for. So despite Sen. Obama’s sabre-rattling against Iran
[T]he big question is [...]