Monthly Archives: March 2010
Pompeii snack bar rises from the ashes after 2,000 years - Features, Food & Drink – The Independent
THE LAST patrons who stood at the L-shaped counter of Pompeiis best-known snack bar eating the house-speciality – baked cheese smothered in honey – had to leave in a hurry owing to violent volcanic activity. But after an unforeseen break … Continue reading
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com.
Paris from the Eiffel Tower
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Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe | Video on TED.com
Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe | Video on TED.com.
Customisable window collects solar energy – Springwise
Aesthetically pleasing as they may be, windows are typically a drain on a buildings energy efficiency. Enter Smart Energy Glass, a new innovation from Dutch Peer+ that turns windows into solar energy collectors with a customisable appearance.Not only are Smart … Continue reading
Over half your news is spin – Crikey
Over half your news is spinToday Crikey launches an investigation six months in the making. Spinning the Media is an investigation in conjunction with the University of Technology UTS Sydney into the role PR plays in making the media.Under UTS’ Australian … Continue reading
A postmortem on Lehman Brothers: Oh, brother | The Economist
IT SOUNDS distinctly unpromising. A nine-volume, 2,200-page report by a court-appointed examiner into the causes of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, published on Thursday March 11th, has a table of contents that lasts for 38 pages. Its most exciting finding relates to … Continue reading
Interview with Defense Expert P.W. Singer: ‘The Soldiers Call It War Porn’ – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International
This happens very rarely in history. These developments force us to ask questions of right and wrong we never had to think about before. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Which questions? Singer: For example the question of the public's relationship to war. The … Continue reading