A try at a first post, for me. I have now entered the blogosphere. Fast Company‘s cover article for December is a good overview of what Wal-Mart is doing to our economy. It is more even-handed than many others very critical of WM, so perhaps more useful for discussion with frequent shoppers whom we all [...]
Posted by Steve in Uncategorized on November 20th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
Do you want to know the truth? Take the red pill for the truth or take the blue pill to keep on sleeping.
Posted by Deb in Uncategorized on November 19th, 2003 | 5 Comments »
Just put your lips together and blow… Back in the 1980s, I had a video about research into dolphin communication put together by Jacques Cousteau. In it, there was a section on Silbo, a whistling language used in the Canary Islands off Spain to communicate long distance (it was meant to show that you could [...]
Posted by Deana in Language on November 17th, 2003 | Comments Off
Beauty contestants… Poor things – they allow themselves to be displayed for the pleasure of the public, not realizing they’re being completely objectified (or in some cases, realizing but not caring). Only now it’s our cyber sisters being treated like…meat? Virtual meat?
Posted by Deana in Technology on November 16th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
As Strong Bad would say, “Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!” It looks like PBS is offering the entirety of a NOVA series on modern physics for online viewing. Even better, they’re offering it in a good-quality QuickTime stream with closed-captioning! Between this and the BBC’s Reith Lecture series on the human brain, the future [...]
Posted by Chris in Science on November 15th, 2003 | Comments Off
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