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For recyling points and other env. related info in Scotland (yes including Aberdeen) have a look at Sort It sort-it.org.uk

“Sort It aims to provide you with useful information and practical advice on how you can Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste in Scotland. Sort It lists a wide range of local and national outlets, facilities and services to help you Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste.” (from the website.)

I especially like the maps and clear information about recyling points and such with a postcode search. Try it, get informed.

And if you like a spin around the town for FREE then lend a bicycle at Becycle becycle.org.uk a most brilliant initiative on Don Street in Old Aberdeen (you can find them via the Sort It website too).

Just thought I’d save that for the archives, perhaps I should write something of use too…There is a Link list, on the right hand side” that I call “Living List” it tracks/posts my del.icio.us links here. A small selection of what I think important or not, that I come across during “surfs up”.

OER is the new milennia for online educational resources a change in paradigms can be seen slowly changing from private information and copyright to open information and copyleft. Open courses and the exchange of coursematerial between educators and the possibility for students anywhere and whomever to take courses for free online is very important for us all to be able to reach a just society where everyone has access to the same level of education. On a global scale this movement for OER is very important, as it gives people in developing countries the possibility to utilize the resources and know-how of old from developed countries. However countries in Africa for example are working very vigorously at providing e-learning resources for their citizens developing new modes of e-learning as well as implementing state-of-the-art tecniques and technology to be in the forefront of this very important field.

Check out:

(in no specific order a random selection)

• http://www.oercommons.org/
• http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
• http://worldbridges.net/
• http://www.wikieducator.org/Main_Page
• http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/
• http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org
• http://oer.repository.ac.nz/
• http://ocw.mit.edu (close enough)

Opera being my browser of choice for a number of years now have these small goodies, widgets, that you can download for that ultimate desktop of internet experience. One of the nicest features is Widgetize with which you can for example make your favorite blog or feed into a widget to sit there right on your desktop.

My blog as a Widget:

My Flickr Photos as a Widget:

Start using Opera and enjoy the wonderful world of Opera Widgets.