netwalker.nl » culture http://netwalker.nl exploring the web and random thoughts Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Open Source Food http://netwalker.nl/2007/09/01/open-source-food/ http://netwalker.nl/2007/09/01/open-source-food/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:38:56 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2007/09/01/open-source-food/ Open Source Food

Half a year ago Jon Yongfook Cockle and John F.G. Cockle – a father and son duo of food enthusiasts – created Open Source Food. Open Source Food came to fruition because they wanted to create a place for people who are not professional cooks but just love food.

We want to share, learn and improve ourselves with the help of like-minded food lovers. Open Source Food is a platform for that.

What a great initiative. I think knowledge about cooking and cultural heritage like recipes and menus should be in the public domain as much as possible. It also offers a large group of people, who otherwise might only consume (like open source software, netlabel music) the chance to contribute to the commons. On our food blog Vegalicious we have also chosen to publish all of our recipes under a Creative Commons license and some other blogs have followed our example since then.

]]> http://netwalker.nl/2007/09/01/open-source-food/feed/ 1 Save the Pavilions in Almere http://netwalker.nl/2007/03/11/save-the-pavilions-in-almere/ http://netwalker.nl/2007/03/11/save-the-pavilions-in-almere/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:35:04 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2007/03/11/save-the-pavilions-in-almere/ The pavilions in Almere are a museum and educational center for modern contemporary art. After more than 10 years, their existence is now in danger since the city wants to cut back funding and tear down the buildings. For our town of 160.000 inhabitants this would be a great loss. Just like the modern architecture, modern art is something that should have its place in our city.

Museum De Paviljoens

This weekend Museum De Paviljoens had an action weekend to raise awareness and gain support. We went there twice and took some photos, which you can see on Flickr. The current exhibition with work of Barbara Visser is excellent. Her art is mind boggling and inspirational. If you live in the area or visit the Netherlands, come and see it. It is only 30 minutes from Amsterdam and the exhibition is open until the 15th of April 2007.

After this weekend I would not only plead to save this museum but instead suggest that it gets a chance to grow larger.

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