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== | == Consum(er)ium list of projects that no longer exist == | ||
* [[:Category:Projects that no longer exist]] | * [[:Category:Projects that no longer exist]] | ||
* <s> | === B === | ||
* <s> http://badcorp.org/ </s>- they have very interesting search engine for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | |||
* <s>http:// | === C === | ||
* <s> [http://ConsumerGadget.net ConsumerGadget.net]</s> - ethical information SMS+XHTML-service mostly in Finnish | |||
*<s> | * <s>[[CorpKnowPedia]]</s> - tracking the corporate landscape - dedicated to building a database to track the behavior of corporations. | ||
=== F === | |||
* <s>http://www.futureforests.com/</s> - A project for making products [[carbon neutral]] by planting enough [[tree]]s to absorb the amount of [[carbon]] emissions caused by the production of the [[product]]. Currently mostly about music records that want a fun [[label]] to print on the cd-sleeve. It'd be nice to see a [[burning rock]] [[power plant]] have this label. | * <s>http://www.futureforests.com/</s> - A project for making products [[carbon neutral]] by planting enough [[tree]]s to absorb the amount of [[carbon]] emissions caused by the production of the [[product]]. Currently mostly about music records that want a fun [[label]] to print on the cd-sleeve. It'd be nice to see a [[burning rock]] [[power plant]] have this label. | ||
</s> | </s> | ||
* <s> [http:// | === G === | ||
* <s>http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - [[GreenScan]]</s>, an [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. What they don't yet realize is that building a specific access device without a database and information infrastructure, won't do much good. Go visit them and keep reminding them of this! | |||
=== I === | |||
* <s> [http://www.infoshop.org/octo/matrix/index.php/Main_Page The Matrix: An anti-capitalist database]</s> - [[GFDL]], [[MediaWiki]] | |||
* <s>[[Interra]] - [http://interraproject.org interraproject.org]</s> - a [[card]] to enable "purchasing from locally owned and sustainable businesses" that "donates automatically to community organizations" and even "facilitates connections" like [[faction]]s or [[Serendipity]]. | |||
=== L === | |||
* <s>[[ | === O === | ||
* <s>[[OurAnswer]]</s> is a method for the people to respond to [[business leaders]] and [[politicians]]. -(Running [[MediaWiki]], under [[GFDL]]) | |||
* <s> | * <s>[[Living Platform]]</s> - useful to emulate to set [[Publish:policy]] as it has very similar problems notably with [[faction]] and challenges of remaining [[troll-friendly]] despite intense feelings about things | ||
=== R === | |||
* <s>[[Recyclopedia]]</s> (at [http://www.recyclopedia.info this URL] - probably the most closely aligned encyclopedia project, and using [[GetWiki]]. We might consider this to be the best prototype yet of the future [[Development Wiki]]. '''Recyclopedia is down for an unknown period''' Although much of the content seems to be reappearing at the [[Embodiment wiki]]. | * <s>[[Recyclopedia]]</s> (at [http://www.recyclopedia.info this URL] - probably the most closely aligned encyclopedia project, and using [[GetWiki]]. We might consider this to be the best prototype yet of the future [[Development Wiki]]. '''Recyclopedia is down for an unknown period''' Although much of the content seems to be reappearing at the [[Embodiment wiki]]. | ||
=== S === | |||
* <s>http://www.subvertise.org/</s> - A fun collection of subverted [[advertising]] i.e. Defaced ads and image manipulations in the spirit of [[adbusters]]. Plenty of fun for all [[Brand]]/[[Logo]]/Graphics/ViolentRevolutionOfTheProletariat type of people | |||
* <s>[http://www.stapleton-gray.com/surpriv/ The Surpriv blog]</s> is for discussions of RFID-related surveillance and privacy issue | * <s>[http://www.stapleton-gray.com/surpriv/ The Surpriv blog]</s> is for discussions of RFID-related surveillance and privacy issue | ||
* <s> | === T === | ||
* <s>Tuotewiki.fi</s> | |||
* <s> | === V === | ||
* <s>http://veganwiki.org/</s> - for our vegan friends, currently only in German, but English, French and Spanish wikis are being prepared for setup | |||
=== W === | |||
* <s> | * <s>[[Wikicompany]] </s> - a community built, free content, worldwide, business directory. | ||
== Assortments of links == | == Assortments of links == | ||