Electronic Frontiers Australia member Geordie Guy receives death threat over web filter plan
From Andrew Ramadge, Technology Reporter @ NEWS.com.au: A DEATH threat has been made against a vocal opponent of the Federal Government’s web filtering plan in a grim escalation of the already heated debate. Online rights campaigner Geordie Guy received a threatening phone message last month after publicly disagreeing with an…
The 20 Worst Foods in America 2009
From Men’s Health: Can an appetizer with the caloric equivalent of 13 Krispy Kreme doughnuts be justified? No. The 2,710-calorie Awesome Blossom has been purged from Chili’s menu—maybe the fat-drenched appetizer couldn’t withstand the scrutiny of being named one of the worst foods in America last year. No matter the…
BoingBoing: Tibet: trilogy of silent films from the 1940s, with a young Dalai Lama.
(Source: Boing Boing) From the BFI National Film archive, via YouTube: “Tibetan Scenes was made by Tsien-Lien Shen in the early 1940s – he was resident Chinese Commissioner in Lhasa from 1942-47. The colour film records many of the ceremonial events that took place in Lhasa, including the New Year…
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy welcomes HH Dalai Lama at the official opening of Lerab Ling
I watched this live with Edgar Meyer, Patrick Prouheze and the Armidale Rigpa Sangha.
Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
 Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center [kml_flashembed movie=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=8494118830483585396″ width=”400″ height=”326″ wmode=”transparent” /] [UPDATE] The original video has vanished with the demise of Google Video. Here are some others I have found on YouTube.