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If you missed the BBC’s excellent documentary about politically-driven fear of terror, The Power of Nightmares, or if you just live in an area not covered by their broadcasts,catch it onlinein its entirety (or you could always grab a better-quality copy from BitTorrent).

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Iraq Uncensoreddocuments the work of 7 independent photographers present during the current conflict. It gives an insight into life there that is rarely seen in traditional media. For example, who could have imagined anamusement parkin Baghdad with the view most of us have of that place from the outside?

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This sounds too good to be true and also like a million clueless lawsuits waiting to happen:Cyberskyis a P2P system for distributing TV broadcasts in near-real-time. It’s in closed beta right now but, once open, will allow anyone to broadcast through the network, and that includes traditional channels including Pay-TV. I really believe the future of the net is from content generated at the edges. The challenge will be persuading the carriers that the centralised assymetrical model is a dead end, not an easy task when facing control freaks.

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Another nifty contribution to the world of P2P distribution:prodigem. A web-based interface to which you upload your independently created audio or video, a torrent is then generated for your content, then seeded.

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Belgian newspaper De Morgen has won the award ofEurope’s best designed newspaperin the nationwide category. I wonder what criteria the jury based its decision on? De Morgen has always looked inconsistent to me, even bordering on being a work in progress. To their credit, they’re more adventurous with type than the other nationals who tend to go the traditional route and play it safe.

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Evenmanhole coverslook better in Japan.

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