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April 18 to 24, 2005
Did you know that half of all schoolchildren in France are bloggers (bloguers)? Score one for "vocal civic discourse": http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,67273-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Anti-War Sentiment in Popular
culture
March 14 to 20, 2005
A nice quote from the Molokai land flap mentioned last week: "The controversy is hard to explain from the Western perspective that land is something to be bought, owned and sold to make profit.....
March 7 to 13, 2005
Every U.S. soldier in Iraq gets one of these handy guides to Iraqi
culture
. I think every American should, too...
Half of the world's 6,000 languages will disappear in less than a century, leading to "grave consequences for biodiversity" says the U.N.. Most people use one of only 8 languages...
February 21 to 27, 2005
A great article about NASA's programmers and the
culture
and systems that encourage software development as if engineering mattered. Their code is 99.9% bug-free. Their lessons can be applied t...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The first feature film to be delivered via wireless internet technology was shown at the Sundance Film Festival: http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,66380,00.htm...
This Target ad is a clever look into how design shapes our
culture
and environment...
January 17 to 23, 2005
"Study: Watching Fewer Than Four Hours Of TV A Day Impairs Ability To Ridicule Pop
culture
...
License to sit - this art piece reflects on our ever-growing "
culture
by permission"...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The band Wilco had so much success with giving away their first album online, they've done it with their second. Here's an enlightening interview...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance
culture
for Documentary Filmmakers" - the film "Tarnation" may have cost $200 to make, but it cost $500,000 to clear the rights for it. Stric...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Digital print-on-demand bookmobiles are helping out kids in Third World countries: http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,64627,00.htm...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell below most competitor destinations in offering good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the islands a...
September 5 to 12, 2004
How can arts and
culture
transform a neighborhood? The documentary "Downside UP", about the largest museum of contemporary art in the U.S. and how it transformed an 80 percent vacant town into ...
August 8 to 14, 2004
About the new online TV-show swapping
culture
...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
They're not inspiring. The difficulty in developing a pat symbol for higher learning in Hawaii is a symptom of the loss of core, uniquely Hawaiian values and
culture
. Logo makers should look into th...
Cheap projection technology is giving rise to "guerilla drive-ins". This is a symptom of this generation's need for commerce-free, authentic
culture
and socializing...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
An article on those trying to get China to eat more vegetarian and less things like sparrow chicks, snake heads, and badgers. Old
culture
s are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
May 24 to 30, 2004
An S.F. gallery closes after its owner is assaulted for displaying a painting depicting the abuse of Iraqi soldiers by American troops. And this in the typically "counter
culture
" North Beach area too...
A legend in urban design, octogenarian Jane Jacobs has written a new book analyzing North American
culture
called "Dark Ages Ahead"...
March 31, 2004
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
March 22 to 28, 2004
"Free
culture
...
Thanks to a new bill just drafted. Read the book "Free
culture
" first and then see if this makes sense to you...
March 15 to 21, 2004
A steep decline in "birds, butterflies and native plants" in Britain is alarming scientists: http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,62715,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Video game studies are making their way into college curricula - what is their form and impact on
culture
? What is a game...
February 16 to 22, 2004
"When I started in the music business, music was important and vital to our
culture
... that's all changed....
February 9 to 15, 2004
Borneo Forest Faces Extinction http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,62252,00.htm...
January 5 to 11, 2004
One Sri Lankan's take on globalism and its effect on world
culture
s (November 2003)...
Here on Oahu, Wallace Theatres (at Restaurant Row) is abandoning its art house movies (sigh)...
"Counterpoint: Downloading Isn’t Stealing...
A behind-the-scenes article on illegal online movie-swapping teams...
"U.S. Teens More Overweight Than Youth In 14 Other Countries...
Burger King customers told: 'You are too fat to have a Whopper...
A great two-piece story on a man trapped in a dead-end job at a customer service call center. "The Phones Don't Stop...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Is the American Dream over? Business Week said so, and so does this article. More proof that the rich are richer and poor are poorer. "The Death of Horatio Alger"...
"The fish that threatened national security"...
"Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting"...
December 22 to 28, 2003
"Japan's Empire of Cool: Country's
culture
Becomes Its Biggest Export...
December 8 to 14, 2003
Design reflects
culture
(or lack thereof). Here's proof... the Eyesore of the Month has been updated again. View these pictures and weep for America, my friend...
November 17 to 23, 2003
Those in Hawaii can now use the Forward Foundation's calendar to publicize events related to the arts,
culture
, technology, and environment at...
August 12, 2003
Slow news week. Most of the new good stuff popped up today. This week's theme: trends on the edge of
culture
...
July 28, 2003
The Star Wars Kid's parents sue... http://www.wired.com/news/
culture
/0,1284,59757,00.htm...
July 21, 2003
When 70% of a population of 11 million have high-speed net access, how does that affect the
culture
? Here's how it's affecting Korea.....
Just released last month, Second Life is perhaps the closest thing to wide-scale cyberspace today. A journalist is covering its own
culture
as it evolves...
July 16, 2003
"Why," you may wonder, "are you sending me email like this, Kev?" you may ask. I say: because you have a committed interest in keeping the world from being absolutely mediocre. Therefore an...
But perhaps the best commentary is from David Cross, who manages to skewer American "
culture
" at the same time.....