Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Roses in June from the Waldorf Court Garden

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Born in the (40s, 50s, 60s): Depression and Suicide Rates Climb

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The Washington Post looks at climbing suicide rates among the post-WW 2 baby boom generations and tries to assess why, here The article a...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Signs & Symbols: Adorable 'Cheerios' Ad Sparks Racist Backlash

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A Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial couple sparked such a vicious racism-fuelled backlash on YouTube that the comments section on...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

'Love, It's the Wind': Obscure Boomer Music for a Thursday

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The Wind (written by Bob Bruno) performed by Circus Maximus, an obscure gem from 1967. Circus Maximum, recorded on the Vanguard label, f...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Global Web: Air Travel and the Dynamics of Human Geography

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Michael Markieta's images depicting flight paths across the planet. There are currently more than 58,000 flight paths criss-cr...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Remember

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

The Ultimate Human Digital Divide

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 "..information and information technologies will never allow us to escape  the demands of our bodies,our institutions and the times in...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

"Things Have Changed"

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Monday, May 20, 2013

'Laydeeeee!' : The Clown Comes Home -- Jerry Lewis Takes Cannes

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Agnes C. Poirier in the NY Times on  "Most Americans don’t realize that for the French, Mr. Lewis represents an American archetype, a h...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Bob Dylan's 'Blind Willie McTell': Thirty Years On

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In May 1983, Bob Dylan at the piano accompanied by Mark Knopfler on guitar recorded "Blind Willie McTell" during the sessions for...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

'Do You Hear Me, Commander Chris?' Space is Definitely The Place

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Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut performed this music video of David Bowie's aboard the International Space Station, the...
Friday, May 10, 2013

The Internet and Its Discontents: Jaron Lanier and the iEconomy

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Who Owns the Future? By Jaron Lanier Simon and Schuster 2013 I can recall reading an article by Jaron Lanier, sometime way, way back, pr...

Coda: Print Your Own--Handgun? OH YEAH!

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Blueprints for 3D-plastic gun downloaded 100,000 times in 2 days before the U.S. State Department ordered the site to take down the weapon ...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Print Your Own --- Handgun?

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Andy Greenberg in Forbes reports on an attorney who is a gun-rights advocate who will be releasing plans for the creation of an all-plastic ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

'You Got Me Rockin': Rolling Stones in LA

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UK's Uncut reported that the Rolling tones played a 90 minute set at the Echoplex, a small club in LA's Echo Park neighborhood. Luck...