greenwashing: Green Gadgets Shown To Be Eco-Hazards

Green Gadgets Shown To Be Eco-Hazards | EcoGeek: “two MP3 players, one that looks like it has sustainability on the brain, but in actually can’t be recycled, can’t be upgraded, and toxic substances are used in its manufacturing. The other MP3 player looks sleek in a non-sustainable way, but is more durable, can be upgraded, and recycled.”

Good article and links.

Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet

Lisa Nakamura just sent me a copy of her newest book Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet (amazon.ca link). It looks like an excellent resource for my course Children, Technology and Play, and is hopefully a great opportunity for educators and scholars to understand how issues of race are played out online in our visual culture. My fun summer reading. More news at 11.