Is there anybody here from London?

I am returning to London next week, and I think that any local TIG members should become acquainted.

Hey,

For anybody is interested, I have created an RSS feed on my website, CodeSpark. The feed is a list of five articles which are flagged as current affairs.

The URL for the feed is: http://www.codespark.net/rss/currentaffairs.xml

I hope it is of use to anyone.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is about to officially launch it's OpenCourseWare (OCW) project, since a successful year long beta programme. OCW is MIT's project to publish all of it's course materials, for free and easy access to anybody that wants it. This is a very important step towards bridging the digital divide; MIT's level of education and knowledge is high and world-renowned, now anybody can logon to the website (http://ocw.mit.edu), and view courses on many subjects, from Nuclear Engineering Course 22.312: Engineering of Nuclear Reactors to Political Science 17.251: Congress and the American Political System.

There are one or two drawbacks however; language is still a barrier, and so is access to these materials. Many people around the world don't have computers or internet access.

I am looking for a partner to support a youth-led e-commerce project. I am starting a website selling luxury goods, including leather goods, perfumes, pens, watches of luxury brand names etc.

If you are in a position to make a financial investment or if you sell a product which would fit the above description, please contact Luke Cholerton (lncholerton@yahoo.co.uk).

In the meantime, you can see the website at http://www.aquuda.com/cholertons.

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- Wired : Disney Or Sony Should Buy Apple
- McDonald's Holds 'Wi-Fi Sweepstakes'
- Europeans are digital-snap happy
- Apple starts shipping Power Mac G5s , 100000 ordered
- Linux will have 20% desktop market share by 2008?

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