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#1: Jorge Arango reports on the first UXcamp - an user experience gathering in Panama.Last night BootStudio hosted what is probably the first user experience gathering in Central America: UXcamp....
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Susan Loone is concerned about politicians trying to fragment her country and launches a new blog to discuss the issue. “This page will document all the events which continue to tear our social fabric apart, unless we do our part to put a stop to it all. One way is making others aware that these methods are not the way to nation building. At times we do not realise how fragile we are, still as a nation.”
Indonesia Matters highlights quotes by a cleric from Central Sulavesi who feels that Jihad as mentioned in Quranic context is no longer relevent today.
If you're patient and a fan of Latin American indie rock, then I highly recommend downloading the new album from Mostruo!, titled “Grosso.” Available for download here and if the good samaritan likes what she hears, purchases can be made here.
Pointing to other cities planning municipal wireless internet access like San Francisco, Singapore, and Buenos Aires, Tinta Fantasma asks why there is no similar initiative in Peru [ES]. Meanwhile, Waldo of El Mundo de los Pendrejos takes initiative himself to list the free and subscription-based wi-fi connections [ES] in the capital city of Lima.
Foreign Notes writes on the future of Kharkiv following Yevhen Kushnatyov's death; the investigation of Yushchenko's poisoning; and Yanukovych's reaction to the unfavorable PACE report on Ukraine.
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about a new film about the post-election protests in Minsk in March 2006.
TOL's Belarus Blog writes about two Western bands named after… well, after Belarus and its capital, Minsk.
David McDuff posts installment #11 of Marina Litvinenko's interview, translated from the Russian.
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah engages in a tongue in cheek tirade with the US State Department, after accusing the US of commiting acts of terrorism in Iraq.
As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency against his will, and people...
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or Black mens?!... Really outrageous. France is maybe...
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In my opinion, the only slang from this list which is falling out of vogue is the nickname of Medvedev...
I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The other slang words are not...