Ciencia y diversión en medio de la telebasura

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Cuando algun fin de semana me he quedado con algun rato muerto, o simplemente quería descansar las neuronas, encendía la TV. Y me costaba mucho encontrar algo potable, cosa que no me sorprende viendo que programas se llevan la mayor parte del share.

Pero, desde hace dos semanas, ¡oh, sorpresa! He encontrado un espacio televisivo que puedo ver desde que empieza hasta que acaba, entretiene, ¡¡¡y está relacionado con la ciencia!!! En estos tiempos que corren esto es un milagro.

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Free web services using free software

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Blogs, wikis, forums, photo galleries… this kind of webs, driven by a single person (or a reduced number of people) is increasing their numbers. A “short” time ago only companies used the web to advertise their services, while home users simply used the mail, newsgroups and IRC. Internet became popular, and everybody was able to publish his own web page. Internet evolved (and is still evolving, of course), and “social” services appeared: places where to share your phtographs, or your oppinions, or any idea that can be written, with anybody interested on it.

Now, there is a place where all these social tools can be found together.

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