www.guardian.co.uk:
Once a place to escape to, the suburbs became a byword for conservatism. Owen Hatherley on a surprising exhibition at the London Transport MuseumA couple of years ago, I temporarily moved out of south-east London, where I have lived for 10 years, into a strange, exotic land. Flat-sitting in East Finchley might not sound ful (Read More)
The Guardian:
As a group representing professional women working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, social sciences, medicine and health in a leading UK university, we found your report on the lecture by Jill Berry, president of the Girls' Schools Association (Girls 'need to be realistic' about careers, 14 November) utterl (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here's the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, My name is John Devor and I'm the co-owner of a small Mac shareware company named The Little App (Read More)
The Guardian:
It's been labelled derisory and unperformable, Monty Python lampooned it, even its fans admit it's ridiculous. But the neglected 1950s musical Salad Days isn't mere escapismOutside, it's overcast and autumn and engineering works on the tube. Inside, it's "sunshine and summer and falling in love". Outside, it's youth unemplo (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
by Alex Leff, GlobalPostLIBERIA, Costa Rica -- Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.The Costa Rica-born physicist speaks nonchalantly about the day humankind will have moved entirely to outer spa (Read More)
National Review Online:
The “reformers” in the White House and the House of Representatives have made all too plain their vision of the federal government’s power to coerce individual Americans to make the “right” health-care choices. The highly partisan bill the House just passed includes severe penalties for individuals who do not purchase insur (Read More)
mocoNews.net:
As this is being written, negotiations between MySpace Music and social music startup iMeem are still underway with issues including how much staff would make the move (possibly engineering and sales), whether cofounder and CEO Dalton Caldwell would come along a la iLike’s Par (Read More)
All Things Digital:
Going, going, gone: The last of the Web 2.0 music are dwindling away. The latest is Imeem, which in the process of being purchased by MySpace, I’ve confirmed.Haven’t heard a purchase price yet, but I wouldn’t expect much, given that this deal, like the iLike purchase MySpace made earlier this year, is an “acqhire” — News Co (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Frank Furedi launches an excoriating attack on our education system and its failings, says Rafael BehrA few years ago, I visited a school in Leicester that inspectors had declared to be outstanding in the provision of classes in "citizenship". This was a subject only recently invented by government in response to nagging na (Read More)
The Guardian:
Frank Furedi launches an excoriating attack on our education system and its failings, says Rafael BehrA few years ago, I visited a school in Leicester that inspectors had declared to be outstanding in the provision of classes in "citizenship". This was a subject only recently invented by government in response to nagging na (Read More)
feeds.feedburner.com:
Some products offered online for free are outright cons.
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ABC News: HomePage:
Some products offered online for free are outright cons.
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The Guardian:
Simon Hoggart (7 November) describes his fascination with being shown the stunning graphics of a new video game called Grand Auto Theft, with "a control panel roughly as complicated as on a jumbo jet". "No wonder people spend hours a day on these things", he concludes, "it feels so much more real than reality." "We also do (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
The UK citizenship test looks like crude social engineering – and is an appropriation of rights that existing citizens shouldn't acceptThe American pledge of allegiance and citizenship test emerged from the swell of a civic movement – born first in Baptist halls and community classrooms, and only later laid down in law. The (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Supermarket chain announces plans to change freezer technology to avoid use of polluting F-gasesSainsbury's, Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain, will tomorrow announce plans to cut its carbon footprint by one-third by 2030, by changing its fridge technology.The retailer will stop using so-called F-gases, pumped throu (Read More)