http://waagsarai.waag.org sarai waag exchange platform Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:37:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wired.com runs a short article/photo essay about what is probably one of the world's last hand-lettered newspapers: The Musalman, a daily Muslim newpaper published in Chennai. Each day four local calligraphers hand-letter the Urdu stories which are then printed in 20.000 copies on a 60-year-old offset printer. The Musalman is possibly ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=92 the german weblog netzpolitik has a 20 minute interview with the ALF's Lawrence Liang. the interview was taken in Dubrovnik during the iSummit07 and gives a good overview over Lawrence's work (for those who are not familiar with it) picture by paul keller (cc-by) paul keller http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=91 there are two articles about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in the spring 2007 issue of بدون/bidoun. the second one ('let them eat laptops' (p72ff.) - not available online) is a relatively serious email discussion about the merits of the project between a couple of academics. the other ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=88 Sarai independent fellow Zubin Pastakiais talking pictures of old-style bombay cinema halls, and has started posting them to his blog: I am currently photographing cinema halls in Bombay, India, the city in which I live. Here, we still have a mix of older, single-screen halls, and modern multiplexes. I am fascinated ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=87 During lat week of March 2007. a meeting was held in Salvador, Bahia. DesCentro members have met in order to make a firm base (functional as well as legislative) on further development of this network. DesCentro is de-centralized organizational node of collaborative actions, inserted in broader context of Brazilian media activism. ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=86 when i first flew to beirut in 2005, i was seated next to a Microsoft representative who then mentioned that Microsoft could not do business in syria, 'because it is on the shit-list' (guess her refers to John Bolton's extended axis of evil). Of course that does not mean that ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=85 came across this installation in front of a small internet cafe/phone shop in the Psiri in the center of Athens yesterday: when i took pictures of it a guy the indian shopkeeper of a mini market across the street came out of his shop and asked me why i was taking ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=84 had the chance to play with a beta 2 unit of the low cost laptops from the One Laptop Per Child Project at the Creative Commons Conference that i was attending in Athens yesterday. these beautifully engineered machines are quite impressive given their $140 dollar price tag. got a little bit ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=89 In the first week of December 2006 Waag Society's Locative Media section organised a workshop at Sarai in Delhi, India. During two days, two groups of people tried to work out their own locative media concepts - not only on paper, but also in the field. Using a mobile ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=90 A Satiric blog on the 14 march/february group posted a new game, The battle of the Sarai - The final battle, a free PC game (just one level), where you have to "liberate" the Sarai from the gang of 14. The Sarai is the headquarters of the Prime Minister, situated in ... http://waagsarai.waag.org/?p=82