It was my birthday yesterday. I don’t like my birthday much; it just feels like a reminder of another year gone and what I’ve got to look forward to for another year. Still, it was nice to spend a few hours with my family, and I’m putting some money together with savings to get a [...]
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An update on WordPress and Turkey
Posted by cjlevinson on September 21, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/09/21/an-update-on-wordpress-and-turkey/
WordPress blocked in Thailand as well
First WordPress.com was blocked in Turkey, now it seems like Thailand has followed suit. Reports have been coming in since August 22 that the WordPress.com domain has been blocked by the state-owned TOT telecommunications company, preventing their users from accessing all blogs hosted on WordPress.com. The FACT (Freedom Against Censorship in Thailand) blog reports that [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on September 1, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/09/01/wordpress-blocked-in-thailand-as-well/
A slow extinction from apathy…
Democracy’s a strange thing. We’re well into election season now in Aus; with the launch of Kevin 07 and John Howard’s YouTube videos, everything seems to be moving towards a federal election in November. Along with that, the attack ads have started on TV, parties trading insults in the breaks between the nightly news… it [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on August 20, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/08/20/a-slow-extinction-from-apathy/
Politics and the YouTube generation
I’ve just been looking at the “Kevin07″ website. I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. It’s good that politicians are trying to engage their audience in new ways, but doesn’t this all seem a bit cheesy? It’s very patriotic; bright colours, videos of supporters, news… it serves its purpose, I guess. But there’s [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on August 9, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/08/09/politics-and-the-youtube-generation/
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