links for 2006-11-21

• mrbrown: L’infantile terrible of Singapore
  Wilson Tan tells me: “… this guy is the Scoble of Singapore. Very local and very humorous podcasts. He gets comments from as far as France. He was almost charged for treading into political commentary. His fans protested for his ‘rights.’”
  (tags: singapore blogger)
• BlackBerryCool » BlackBerry Maps unofficially available
  BlackBerry Maps is available for download over at the official BlackBerry site. Very easy install and seems to work ok. I’d rather use Google Maps via pc, but I’d use this in a pinch.
  (tags: blackberry)
• Socialtext WoW Press Conference / Joi Ito’s Socialtext Workspace
  Socialtext plans a press conference in World of Warcraft. I’ve never been on Warcraft — will we all survive the conference?
  (tags: warcraft)
• Pew Internet: The Internet and Science
  Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept and 40 million adults use the internet as their primary source of news and information about science.
  (tags: research pews)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | ‘Worm’ attacks Second Life world
  Virtual world Second Life had to close its doors for a short time on Sunday after a worm attack called grey goo.
  (tags: secondlife)
• Happy Thanksgiving
  Every once in a while we fry our turkeys in Texas. Here’s how to do it. Note the pic half-way down the page which explains why turkey fryers are not safety certified — all part of the fun.
  (tags: fun thanksgiving)

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