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Islamic societies and the economics of ignorance, part 1

In this previous post and in my “About me” page, I wrote about my interest in and ideas on the effects of information and communication technologies on Islamic societies. Since the current widespread anti-government protests in the Middle East are being described in some quarters with such terms as “Twitter Revolution” and “Facebook Revolution”, now is a good time to revisit this topic… » [Expand post] [Permalink]

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Nostalgia: Old Computer Programming Software and Books

I had actually posted this to my Facebook about two weeks ago. At the time, I wrote:

I recently threw out several boxes of old computer programming software and books, because they were obsolete, and I didn’t know anyone who wanted them. For nostalgia’s sake, I took photos of the stuff I threw out. It’s such a pity that commercial software and the associated books become outdated so quickly.

I’m reposting the photos here… » [Expand post] [Permalink]

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