links for 2007-11-29

“From MySpace to YouTube, Flickr and Last.FM, an online participatory culture is transforming value systems and creating new pathways for autonomous innovation. In this so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon, social networks continue to …”

“The video-sharing website YouTube has suspended the account of a prominent Egyptian anti-torture activist who posted videos of what he said was brutal behaviour by some Egyptian policemen, the activist said.”

“… researchers organised by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show a 50 per cent increase in the number of kids aged 10 to 17 who said they were harassed online – from 6 per cent in 2000 to 9 per cent in 2005.”

Instructions for Mac.

And Handbrake itself (Windows/Linux/Mac DVD to MP4 OS programme) is here.

“These two videos show Peter Krapp explaining some of his “Top Ten Reasons I Don’t Blog Anymore.” Although Krapp was at first reluctant to discuss his role in breaking the story about the Derrida-UCI archive scandal…”

“The great breast-feeding debate raged on Tuesday, after YouTube’s removal of a breast-feeding video sparked yet another nursing controversy, according to a mothers’ group.” [Via]

Alex Halavais gives some useful advice on applying for academic jobs.