I met travel writer Navjot Singh a few weeks ago at the Creating Value through Web 2.0 presentation that I took part in. I’m always taken by people with fusion lives so as we were chatting, it was fascinating to me to learn that he is a …
It’s pretty easy to dismiss the Harry Potter video games as typical licensed pap, but the one based on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix took a much more interesting approach. By mixing the Harry Potter world with the gameplay …
Moon & I are music freaks. We met at music school, we send each other mixes all the time (and by “we” I mean Moon sends me mixes)
It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time once again to see what is on sale this week.Which is to say, not very much. If you were thinking about grabbing Wheelman, Best Buy has you covered at thirty …
I have two bizarre obsessions on this blog: global warming and the progress of robotic and computer science toward “lifelike” robots/machines. Here’s why I am obsessed with these things: they are false religions which will ultimately …
Alistair Darling has warned the UK’s banks that he will take action if they are found to be charging small and medium-sized firms too much for loans.Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, the chancellor said he was “extremely …
NEW YORK — An animal -rights group has released a video showing what it says is the abuse of Ringling Bros. circus elephants. Sunday, July 26, 2009.
Panda Internet Security 2009.
In apparent despair at the levels of music piracy in Nigeria, a collection of music industry groups are hoping to attract the attention of the country’s president by taking drastic measures. They hope that broadcasters will soon run a …
The New York Times is running on its editorial page a rundown of the health care reform packaged called “ Health Care Reform and You,” which explains very clearly exactly who wins and who loses if the bill in something like its present …