The Perambulator

Welcome to my Weekly Stumble Report! Below are about thirty links from the past week all of which were interesting enough in one way or another to earn recommendation. This week I cover music and discography, CMS and OS, food and agriculture, disabilities, health and environment, politics and rights, and arts and science.

Music and Discography

At the top of my research this week is a Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I found a copy on Vinyl at The Great Treasure Hunt of Boone The album itself has a fascinating history, pioneering and spurring adoption of new recording techniques. Each of these links are worth the read though it seems like a lot of info for just one album.

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

• Internet Beatles Album - The Sgt. Peppers Album
• Rolling Stone : 1) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Wikipedia

Marie Sioux I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. I like it for Marie’s ethereal voice, the delicious acoustic guitar, and the surreal lyrics.

• YouTube - Marie Sioux, Wizard Flurry Home

Krister Linder “Downtempo Alternative.” This music is uplifting and creative. Listen on MySpace.com

• Krister Linder - MySpace

Content Management Systems and Operating Systems

I am a big fan of open source software and operating systems. I’m typically also an early adoptee and I have to tell you that the upcoming version (1.10) of the TikiWiki CMS looks good.

• tikiwiki.org — Home of Tiki Groupware/CMS

Ubuntu has a new release this Thursday, Hardy Heron. I have experimented with Ubuntu since the Breezy Badger release and began to use it as my primary desktop when Dapper Drake was released. When I got the new hard drive I put Gutsy Gibbon on it and never bothered with Windows again.

I installed the Hardy beta release about three weeks ago. It’s promising. The outstanding Compiz 3d cube effects finally work with my old hardware. Backwards compatibility is an admirable selling point.

• Linux examined: Ubuntu Hardy Heron

Last is this great article on understanding htaccess.

• new earth online / Understanding Apache htaccess: Introduction to RewriteRules

Food and Agriculture

I’m here in the heart of corn country, home of Monsanto and factory farming. Both are important contributers to the local economies but are they worth the cost? Fortunately, the local and organic food movements are strong here too.

Here are a few links regarding agricultural policy and local food security.

• Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher
• Green Vertical Farms In The New York City | EcoFuss
• Percy Schmeiser - Heartbreak in the Heartland: The True Cost of Genetically Modified Crops

Disabilities

Capacity building, rehabilitation, and community involvement with disabilities in Cambodia.

• Collective Lens: Enabled in Cambodia

Health and Environment

Here are links in regard to Earth Day, global warming, an excellent acupuncture knowledge base, and a possibly controversial topic.

• Naturopath.ca, natural living blog
• How to Win the War on Global Warming - The Environment - TIME
• Acupuncture &TCM Links
• Did Jesus heal using cannabis?

Politics and Rights

This week I have The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a story about people breaking the law to exercise their rights, Information some of those lawbreakers might wish we had, and some history of Tibet.

• Know Your Rights 2008 | UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
• CU’s 4/20 smoke-out draws crowd of 10,000 : CU News : Boulder Daily Camera
• The Power of the Jury | Political Bunker
• Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth

Art and Science
Haltadefinizione obviously means high definition and here you can zoom way in on The Glory of Saint Ignatio. Next, learn about the Earth’s magnetotail and its effect on the moon. Finally, I leave you this week with an illustrated factbook on Leksand and Dalarna.

• Haltadefinizione - La Gloria di SantIgnazio
• The Moon Gets A Lashing From Earths Magnetotail
• EGC2008 - Facts about Leksand and Dalarna