A happy Psiphon user from Teheran, Iran wrote 
the following:
Wow cool!
Dank je wel, ik ga het direct proberen. Dit kan me echt helpen. Oh ja mijn stiefbroer heeft een server in NL, die staat altijd aan. Zou het helpen als die daarop staat? Wat moet ik dan doen? Echt Bedankt!
PS laat het
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The Mediastudies Department of the University of Amsterdam will be starting a new master studying the age old medium of radio. Campus TV interviewed the initiator, Frank van Vree.
I don’t know about you, but this makes me quite jealous…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4
Matt is a 29-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. He achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing
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Off-Screen presents: A day out of the life of a Game Researcher, an analysis of the moral panic surrounding games.
This wednesday Off-Screen, the student board (?) of Mediastudies at the UvA organizes a David Nieborg lecture for people interested in what games are, hoe they are being researched and which controversies surround this fascinating (new) medium. Be there!
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I found these reviews of Alexander Galloway’s book very helpfull. Hopefully there of some use for y’all as well!
http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=290
http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/0415,halter,52589,12.html
http://rccs.usfca.edu/bookinfo.asp?ReviewID=307&BookID=260
http://www.dyske.com/index.php?view_id=857&search_wp=galloway
Some visitors of MyCreativity’s opening night might have been a bit surprised when they found out where it took place. The contrast between the friendly squat named Chequepoint at Damrak 16 and the overly capitalist surroundings could hardly have been bigger. The fact that the building used to be a bank might compensate for that.
As the rain…
Commonism is a word coined by Tom DeWeese. He is the president of an American rightwing think tank and wrote an article on the dangers of commonism in 2000.
Communism, we’re told, is dead. Welcome to the new era of Commonism.
When the walls around the Soviet Union fell a decade ago, once-proud nations that had been swallowed up by
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Seems like some diets work in Hollywood! Link
Joe Trippi seems like a cool, idealist guy who is very fanatic for the good cause, in this case the democratic party and issues like healthcare and poverty. His growing up and getting into politics reads like a novel; you almost start feeling the same as Trippi during all his ups and downs. Miserabely failed campaigns, opportunistic candidates, personal problems,nothing…
Dr. Goggin was a bit annoyed by a cartoon made by Peter van Straaten on a conference for students. Campus.tv made a little report!
