Emily Davidow

LibriVox – acoustical liberation of books in the public domain LibriVox provides totally free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. Also record and contribute your own!”> (tags: book audiobook audio free collaborative culture download media literature voice storytelling stories community)

Art Mobs participate in remixing MoMA’s audio guides and other fun projects with art + technology + communication (tags: art audio podcast hack diy bricolage storytelling social mobile cellpohone sms) WorldChanging: The Dalai Lama and the Rivers of Tibet Saving Tibet is not just about the culture or people, but the very land itself. Tibet [...]

Sonja Lyubomirsky researcher on happiness at UCR (tags: happiness mindfulness psychology research)

Compassion is active ingredient in better health BYU study reveals compassion, not religion, is a key to health. (File under “Everyone’s a Buddhist, but not everyone knows it yet.”) (tags: compassion health religion buddhism mormons) soundtransit collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography. “book a transit” feature lets you take an audio trip [...]

Vonage releases wifi phone can use your vonage phone number anywhere there’s a wireless connection. (tags: telephone wifi gadget voip mobile phone vonage)

As King Kong‘s release date approaches, other great interspecies love stories come to mind this morning: Owen and Mzee, Kamunyak and the Oryx, and Cosmo and me.

Harold Pinter condems the U.S. government’s assault on truth and human dignity in compelling Nobel speech. “You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good.” “Blood is dirty. It dirties your shirt and tie when you’re making a sincere [...]

Oh, rapturous joy! It’s seems to be e.e. cummings week. For the past few days, lines from e.e. cummings poems i hardly knew i remembered have been bubbling up through me. here’s to opening and upward, to leaf and to sap and to your (in my arms flowering so new) self whose eyes smell of [...]

y.ah.oo! (del.icio.us acquired by yahoo!) now my favorite web posting/annotating tools, delicious, upcoming and flickr, are all yahoo properties. (tags: delicious web business acquisition yahoo)

Moviefone: ‘Marie Antoinette’ Trailer Premiere love these lush images set to new order’s “age of consent”… can’t wait to see the movie (tags: antoinette” movies trailers order” juxtaposition)

Study finds coffee and tea reduces liver risk Excellent news! (tags: coffee health liver science detox toxins) The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back New blog from gawker folks on shopping and the customer experience (tags: consumerism consumers shopping retail customer service activism)

OPENSTUDIO experimental online art exchange economy. (tags: art marketplace currency social) Etsy – Your place to buy and sell all things handmade Brilliant marketplace for handmade objects pulling together the best of the web. Great online shopping experience. (tags: art handmade community marketplace visualization style social store shopping retail diy culture design bricolage) Flickrmap – [...]

Today’s Front Pages – Map View See what’s making headlines across the world with images of front pages of newspapers organized geographically (tags: map maps newspapers headlines editorial geography data visualization) Naughty Curry Creative rebellion against blandness! It’s about applying the spice techniques of Indian-related cuisines to everything. (tags: funny cooking curry spices spicy fun [...]