Around The Blogosphere 21 February 2011

The Technium

Prophesies of McLuhan - "Products are becoming services." (1966) "The future of the future is the present." (1968) "The global village is nosy busibodies..." (1968)

LIBYA ::: feb17voices has begun interviewing and collecting audio testimonies of people throughout Libya. Bob Dylan's "The times they-are-a-changin'" has more than social oomph this time around! (And just WHEN were the Grammies EVER in touch with American pop culture?)

REPORT: Military jets attack protesters in Tripoli...
Two pilots refuse, fly to Malta, defect...
Oil companies move staff...
U.S. military chief visits Gulf to urge restraint...
Khamenei: America must be removed from Islamic world...
AL-JAZEERA LIVE FEED... REUTERS WIRE...

TechCrunch

Breakup Notifier Emails You When People You’re Stalking On Facebook Change Their Relationships

Creators of crowdsourcing mapping service blog-map.ru ambitiously aim to “unite all bloggers on one map.” Despite many incorrectly mapped blogs, the service offers quite unusual experience of finding Russian bloggers even in the most distant places [RUS].

chinaSMACK

Witnesses Scramble To Loot Cash Spilled On Street In Beijing - Images of Beijing residents scrambling to grab the many 100 RMB cash notes that apparently spilled out of a motorcyclist's backpack during a traffic accident...