Emily Davidow » links for 2008-04-16: Tastes of Freedom

links for 2008-04-16: Tastes of Freedom

Posted on 04.16.08 by Emily

Mmm… Basil growing in my NYC rooftop garden, certified safe by Umbra. Who knew Seeds of Change (my organic seed source) was owned by M&M/Mars? Anna did.

Take a Bite out of Climate Change

Anna Lappe’s new Bite Blog explores climate change through the lens of food with up-to-date info, analysis, interviews with experts in the field, tips on diet choices and actions you can take.

(tags: climatechange food farming agriculture biotech biofuels hunger meat organic foodindustry)
Detailed Nomadic Taxonomy

Paul Saffo’s post on Cyber-Nomads, a functional taxonomy of mobile users, dives more deeply into the metaphors quoted in my New Nomads post (Thanks, Paul!).

(tags: nomads digitalnomads globalnomads urbannomads taxonomy metaphor astronauts hermitcrabs cybertrekkers)
Ask Umbra: On Rooftop Gardening

Are plants grown on NYC rooftop gardens safe to eat? For ye urban container gardeners, the concern is not long-term soil buildup but airborne toxics landing on your plants. Wash the fruits of your rooftop labors and enjoy!

(tags: gardening urban containergardening ediblegardens gardens pollution food)
Fring brings VOIP to the iPhone

I just received my first VOIP call from an iPhone using Fring. It’s f’ing awesome! Now those with opened iPhones can make free calls over wifi using skype and use aim, google talk, twitter, icq, msn messenger, etc…

(tags: voip iphone)

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