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Debatewise, in partnership with IDEA and the British Council, are organizing a series of online debates to coincide with the hugely important climate change conference which takes place in Copenhagen this December.

We are forming a panel of 1,000 different people from 100 different countries. We will create motions for the panel based on issues which arise from the conference. Some panel members will create the pro and con arguments, other members will vote on the arguments so created. In this way we intend to provide a sense of what young people around the world think about what’s happening in Copenhagen.

We have been given 1000 Google Wave invites for our panel members so these debates can take place within Wave. This would be one of the first large scale focused tests of the collaboration benefits Wave provides and is a fantastic opportunity for a developer to sharpen their skills and get exposure for what will surely be a game-changing new technology.

Your thoughts on how best to execute this project are welcomed. To be clear, this is an open source project and the rewards a developer gets will not be monetary. At least not straightaway.

We could use your help,
Please contact me if you are interested.

-James Wilson

Since Wave looks like the next big thing, and quite possibly revolutionary, I have created a Google Wave subreddt and also a LinkedIn Group.

And in case you are wondering, yes, yes I am already thinking of new applications and extensions for it. :)

I just launched a new blog, "Freely Save the World."

Welcome to Freely Save the World, where I catalog sites that require minimal effort to make a real difference in the world. Click a button, view a page of ads, or play a game to donate rice to starving people. With sites like these, everyone can do SOMETHING to help!

Cross references each IMDB-linked movie in the page, inserts the ratings (graphical and textual), the description, the genre, right inline with the movie... Additional Features: optional color highlighting, ex: any movie rated greater than 7 mark it green or less than 5 mark it red. Custom HTML injected into Newzbin for a user interface to control the script. Allows sorting by rating. Remembers all your settings, updates instantly when you change any setting.

I've uploaded a YUI-compressed version to userscripts.org.

If you want, you may check out the the full (rough) source.

I am releasing this script under the GPLv2.

[Large] Screenshots:
- Without Script
- With Script

The Sunday morning after I posted the Freshbooks vulnerability, the founder calls me and wants me to talk to one of their developers about helping them fix their security.

By Sunday night, they patched these flaws.

Great work Freshbooks!

Watch in this screencast where I show how easy it is to get escalation of privileges on Freshbooks.
I log in as a client who has received an invoice (bill), and I proceed to delete that bill, even though I should not have that ability.