Comments on: Pornomisery http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/ An Irreverent Look at the Glocalized World Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: oso http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/comment-page-1/#comment-224800 oso Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:31:06 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/#comment-224800 Xolo, Postcards from Hell certainly sounds like it fits the genre. I've been wanting to read A Long Way Gone for a long long time. Radio Open Source did a <a href="http://www.radioopensource.org/ishmael-beah-boy-soldier/" rel="nofollow">good show with Beah</a> and I saw him briefly on CSPAN Books. It sure wouldn't hurt to ask Beah to contribute to GV. You never know. Sierra Leone looks like a strong candidate for a Rising Voices outreach project. In the meantime, <a href="http://www.switsalone.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sweet Sierra Leone</a> is a good source. Medea, DotSub is a very cool idea. But having to both transcribe and then translate each of the videos is pretty labor intensive. Xolo,

Postcards from Hell certainly sounds like it fits the genre.

I’ve been wanting to read A Long Way Gone for a long long time. Radio Open Source did a good show with Beah and I saw him briefly on CSPAN Books. It sure wouldn’t hurt to ask Beah to contribute to GV. You never know.

Sierra Leone looks like a strong candidate for a Rising Voices outreach project. In the meantime, Sweet Sierra Leone is a good source.

Medea,

DotSub is a very cool idea. But having to both transcribe and then translate each of the videos is pretty labor intensive.

]]> By: medea http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/comment-page-1/#comment-224724 medea Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:30:35 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/#comment-224724 I´ll see what I can do about those videos :) I´ll see what I can do about those videos :)

]]> By: xoloitzquintle http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/comment-page-1/#comment-224720 xoloitzquintle Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:11:42 +0000 http://el-oso.net/blog/archives/2007/06/11/pornomisery/#comment-224720 In Italy they had a "documentary" news show about Africa called "Postcards from Hell" with the accompanying images to match the title. Just finished reading the book "A Long Way Gone". You should try to get Beah to write for GV. In Italy they had a “documentary” news show about Africa called “Postcards from Hell” with the accompanying images to match the title.

Just finished reading the book “A Long Way Gone”. You should try to get Beah to write for GV.

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