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December 20 to 31, 2005
The New York
times
' 2004 year in pictures...
April 18 to 24, 2005
Suspended animation gets one step closer to reality: http://www.
times
online.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1579497,00.htm...
The EU last year fined Microsoft $700 million for abusing its near-monopoly in the software industry. Meanwhile, an EU Commissioner who could affect the amount of these fines was invited to a lavish...
"By approving liquid marijuana, the Canadian government has just certified that virtually everything our own government has been telling us about marijuana is wrong"...
April 11 to 17, 2005
New physics chips are taking reality simulation to the next level: http://seattle
times
.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002237485_btvideophysics11.html?syndication=rs...
Efficient hydroponic growing - did you know that clorophyll runs on red light? Lettuce matures three
times
faster when growing under red LEDs, which also cut electric bills by 60%...
April 4 to 10, 2005
China spends three
times
the world average on energy to produce $1 of gross domestic product - and 70% of its energy comes from coal. Because the U.S. isn't in the Kyoto accord, imported Chines...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
A new solar-powered street trash compactor is only four feet tall yet can hold ten
times
more trash than an average garbage bin. It also signals when garbage pickup is needed, eliminating unnecessar...
March 21 to 27, 2005
This was a top item in news all over the world this week: Banksy, an artist mostly known for his quality graffiti work, snuck into New York's most famous museums and affixed his anti-war work to th...
The beneficial powers of darkness and listening to one's body clock: http://www.taipei
times
.com/News/edit/archives/2005/03/20/200324705...
March 14 to 20, 2005
Towards tolerance - "Under armed guard, a woman broke with more than a thousand years of Islamic tradition to lead men and women in a prayer service yesterday in Manhattan"...
Breast-enhancing bubble gum is popular in Japan these days: http://
times
ofindia.india
times
.com/articleshow/1056493.cm...
March 7 to 13, 2005
Andrew Sullivan observes how the iPod is isolating society. Well, how about allowing others to listen to your iPod wirelessly, Apple? Unite the world with music...
Every U.S. soldier in Iraq gets one of these handy guides to Iraqi culture. I think every American should, too: http://graphics8.ny
times
.com/images/2005/03/05/weekinreview/nwr_IRAQIS_050306.gi...
The blogosphere's raving about 27 year-old Maya Arulpragasam, daughter of a Sri Lankan revolutionary, who's mixing terrorist themes with pop art and music and causing an stir among critics as well a...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
The inspiring story of Pakistani woman Mukhtaran Bibi. Gang-raped by her neighbors, she started two successful schools in the midst of her now-free attackers...
15 celebrities drove hybrid cars to the Oscars: http://www.wash
times
.com/upi-breaking/20050225-041043-9514r.ht...
February 21 to 27, 2005
In a panel at a Web conference in 1995 I talked about the inevitable rise of instant stardom and its perils, once the Web got popular. Here are some of the latest subjects - a very funny online vide...
Here's a brilliant business and innovative social practice - I haven't heard of any historical precedents for this social role. The business is "Wingwomen", where shy bachelors pay $50 an hour fo...
February 14 to 20, 2005
The Weekly Gloom and Doom http://www.
times
online.co.uk/article/0,,3-1489955,00.htm...
February 7 to 13, 2005
Dubai is building the world's biggest waterfront development - it's 2.5
times
the size of D.C....
A quarter of the economy's growth is taken up by healthcare spending: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/la
times
ts/20050209/ts_la
times
/healthcarecoststakebigbitefromeconom...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
It's sad how behind the
times
car stereo manufacturers are when it comes to portable digital music. All I want is a cheap $50 preamp with a minijack line-in and perhaps a USB port to stick my shuffl...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The Bush administration OKs drilling for oil in rare grassland in New Mexico, despite objections from the state's governor, who used to be the Secretary of Energy in the Clinton administration. Thi...
January 17 to 23, 2005
I had the pleasure of listening to XM Satellite Radio all week (which was bundled with my Alamo rental car) while working in Mountain View, CA. It sounds great and the music choices are wonderful...
I went to the Palo Alto Apple Store, which until 1995 used to be Swain's House of Music, where the Grateful Dead played a few
times
and where it's rumored that Jerry Garcia bought one of his firs...
The American Heart Association says that over 10% of U.S. children between 2 and 5 are obese: http://www.earth
times
.org/articles/show/1063.htm...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Nothing lasts - Buddhist monks who have meditated on corpses find themselves well-suited to help with cremating thousands of tsunami victims. "We just sort of live in denial of the fact that we hav...
More on Michelin's air-less tire, which lasts two to three
times
longer than conventional tires...
December 6 to 12, 2004
"One billion children affected by poverty": http://www.daily
times
.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_11-12-2004_pg7_3...
Homeless Iraq vets are showing up at shelters: http://washington
times
.com/upi-breaking/20041207-121848-6449r.ht...
"US Army plagued by desertion and plunging morale": http://www.
times
online.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-3-1397131-3,00.htm...
November 29 to December 5, 2004
Amazon.com is selling more electronics than books: http://seattle
times
.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002105349_amazon01.htm...
"Fallujah is the new Guernica": http://www.a
times
.com/a
times
/Middle_East/FL02Ak02.htm...
November 22 to 28, 2004
New technology helps people from having their pictures taken by unwanted photographers: http://www.
times
online.co.uk/article/0,,2-1353482,00.htm...
A ten-year-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear the image of Virgin Mary sold for $28,000 on eBay: http://seattle
times
.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002102840_sandwich28.htm...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The GOP seeks a ban on RU-486, the "abortion pill": http://washington
times
.com/national/20041117-113118-4593r.ht...
November 8 to 14, 2004
BTW, this site ("MasaManiA") can be hilarious due to the punk attitude and broken English but is also some
times
highly politically incorrect and not worksafe. You've been warned...
October 25 to 31, 2004
Yes, the U.S. knows where Osama is. And he's still getting "only" $1 million a year from his family: http://
times
ofindia.india
times
.com/articleshow/898084.cm...
"Technology used to track down Al-Qaeda terrorists is being offered to employers as a means of stamping out... abusive behaviour in the workplace"...
October 11 to 17, 2004
A design analysis of Kerry and Bush's campaign logos. I agree, the Kerry design looks wimpy and old school: http://graphics8.ny
times
.com/images/2004/10/08/opinion/20041010_oped2_lg.gi...
September 13 to 19, 2004
China's a new "hotbed of research" too: http://www.ny
times
.com/2004/09/13/technology/13china.html?ex=1252728000&en=c97bdebfc8ebba94&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan...
About the horrible pollution and cancer-causing rivers in China: http://www.ny
times
.com/2004/09/12/international/asia/12china.html?ex=1252641600&en=195e0c8a98b98708&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Protesters use texting, microradio, and other technologies now: http://www.la
times
.com/news/politics/la-et-carpenter27aug27,1,7839459,print.story?coll=la-home-politic...
August 22 to 29, 2004
Microsoft's Spanish version of Windows XP translated "woman" as "bitch". Users unamused: http://economic
times
.india
times
.com/articleshow/msid-823975,curpg-1.cm...
August 15 to 22, 2004
The first invisible barcode system, using spray-on DNA-encapsulated inorganic nanomaterial (whew): http://
times
.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200408/kt2004081219261211810.ht...
The search for the elusive blue rose: http://www.la
times
.com/technology/la-sci-bluerose13aug13,1,5778837.story?coll=la-headlines-technolog...
Doctors discuss the link between birth month and illness. February babies have a higher risk of schizophrenia! http://seattle
times
.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002011657_birthmonth21.htm...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
In the meantime, check it out. I've got searching, archives, topic filters, and an RSS feed for syndication. You can search for things like "ny
times
2003 tech", which searches for all technology item...
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...
What the U.S. can learn from South Korea, where broadband is cheap, over 10
times
faster, and is transforming government and society with telemedicine to the house, video on demand, and a lucrativ...
July 19 to 25, 2004
An LED research breakthrough may lead to LEDs replacing lightbulbs in five years: http://www.ee
times
.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2560014...
Verizon debuts Fios, its broadband-over fiber service, 30
times
faster than DSL...
The demand for larger luxury garages in homes is increasing: http://query.ny
times
.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE3DC143AF93BA25754C0A9629C8B6...
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 cultures are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
June 21 to 27, 2004
A teacher fed up with the high cost of (Cisco Academy's computer training) textbooks makes his own equivalent textbooks and puts them online for free...
June 14 to 20, 2004
What does the military have to say about humanity? Here's a booklet carried by Vietnam soldiers which they were told to keep at all
times
...
June 7 to 13, 2004
The box house - off-the-grid modern architecture for $70,000: http://www.ny
times
.com/2004/06/10/garden/10MURC.htm...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
Never mind the news you've read last week about the lack of sex in Japan. I'm curious about "hikikomori", a contributing condition affecting one million teen boys - they never leave their rooms...
May 17 to 23, 2004
5) Things are tough enough. $45,000 is poverty level in Los Angeles: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&e=7&u=/la
times
ts/20040518/ts_la
times
/thoughfarfrompoorafamilystrugglesdail...
Seattle's new public library looks quirky outside but is astounding inside. May make you rethink the role of (public) architecture. And check out the great VR movies...
April 12 to 18, 2004
A study shows that the most dangerous music to play while driving is "Ride of the Valkyries". Also, go light on the techno: http://www.sun
times
.com/output/news/cst-nws-tunes15.htm...
April 5 to 11, 2004
"Disaster looms if Greenland's ice cap melts" http://www.sun
times
.com/output/news/cst-nws-ice09.htm...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
Microsoft reports that 16 million PCs were affected by the recent MSBlast virus, ten
times
more than previously thought...
March 22 to 28, 2004
A reporter's journey through the massive, immaculately organized, and some
times
bizarre archives of the Stanley Kubrick estate...
March 8 to 14, 2004
But I always enjoy the European take on these news items - "Fat of the land is killing more Americans than cigarettes": http://www.
times
online.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1034026,00.htm...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Ozone Depletion Three
times
Worse Than Predicted...
February 23 to 29, 2004
Face recognition technology will be incorporated into the MPEG-7 standard, allowing one to retrieve a scene with a specific person in a 24-hour video in one second. Of course, this has far-reachin...
Video game studies are making their way into college curricula - what is their form and impact on culture? What is a game? http://
times
ofindia.india
times
.com/articleshow/522375.cm...
A surreal report of Arayanfest 2004, the latest "international" gathering of white supremacists: http://www.phoenixnew
times
.com/issues/2004-02-19/feature.html/print.htm...
February 9 to 15, 2004
A Swedish company has developed an environmentally friendly way to dispose of (and recycle) bodies. This is as opposed to the current methods, whose byproducts are polluting incinerators, toxi...
February 2 to 8, 2004
Nanotech thinkers fear the "gray goo" syndrome, where a nanotech product may go haywire and begin disassembling all nearby matter into goo, the nanotech equivalent of a nuclear meltdown. One smart gu...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
"Philips unit unveils "rollable" displays": http://www.ee
times
.com/sys/news/OEG20040126S002...
January 19 to 25, 2004
A filmmaker decides to make a documentary - he'll eat nothing but McDonald's food 3
times
a day for 30 days. The result? 25 more pounds, liver toxicity, high cholesterol, headaches, depression, an...
January 5 to 11, 2004
Well, better late than never... This week's hot topic: globalization and its wacky effects! Bangalore, India now has more high-tech workers than Silicon Valley...
"I.M.F. Report Says U.S. Deficits Threaten World Economy...
The New York
times
refused to run this article - the journalist posted it himself online instead. Here's a good idea to help offset online "sharing" - a $60 per year charge for broadband users...
A behind-the-scenes article on illegal online movie-swapping teams: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/la
times
_ts/20040107/ts_la
times
/secretmoviemoguls&e=...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Here's a panorama of
times
Square on New Year's Eve (QuickTime required)...
December 1 to 7, 2003
Are you a "pack rat"? "Facing jail because his house is filled to the brim, a hoarder finds hope in a woman with a talent for organizing...
November 24 to 30, 2003
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving... In honor, here's an article about why today's mass-produced turkeys taste so bland... http://www.ny
times
.com/2003/11/24/opinion/24MART.html?partner=MYWA...
"FBI Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" http://www.ny
times
.com/2003/11/23/national/23FBI.html?ex=1070427600&en=29ec279a46883de9&ei=507...
November 17 to 23, 2003
The first genetically engineered pet goes on sale - glow-in-the-dark fish (called GloFish)...
October 27, 2003
The rise of underground restaurants: http://query.ny
times
.com/search/article-page.html?pagewanted=all&res=9C00EFD9143EF931A25750C0A9659C8B6...
ChevronTexaco and Ecuador http://www.ny
times
.com/2003/10/23/business/worldbusiness/23texa.html?ex=1067572800&en=cc9b358b298a8763&ei=5062&partner=GOOGL...
October 20, 2003
Some interesting facts about Wal-Mart, which is making a push to open hundreds of new "supercenters"...
October 14, 2003
Spread of AIDS among Young ‘A Global Catastrophe’: http://
times
ofindia.india
times
.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=22572...
October 6, 2003
* It's powered by a Linux-running 78-processor supercomputer that can manage nine terabytes of data, 13
times
the size of the data in a two-hour digital feature film...
September 22, 2003
One local columnist is wondering about his schools switching to Windows from Mac: http://www.sp
times
.com/2003/09/17/Columns/Schools_will_give_kid.shtm...
"The Revenge of the Copyright Cops" http://www.ny
times
.com/imagepages/2003/09/16/arts/20030916_POPLIFE_IMAGE.html?8hpi...
Some young teens attitudes towards file sharing. Good take on the state of the next generation: http://www.ny
times
.com/2003/09/18/technology/circuits/18kids.htm...
September 15, 2003
The iTunes music store just sold its 10 millionth song! Yay! http://ny
times
.com/2003/09/07/arts/artsspecial/07STRA.htm...
September 2, 2003
The incredible story of an Estonian man who lived in the forest for eight years evading the Soviets: http://www.ny
times
.com/2003/08/23/international/europe/23FPRO.html?8bl=&pagewanted=all&position...
August 25, 2003
* The New York
times
(shut down...
July 14, 2003
Yes, you need to know about Mr. Winkle. He's the sensation that's sweeping the nation: http://www.la
times
.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-levine12jul12182423,1,5116434.stor...