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Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:33:00 -0500

Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:27:14 -0500

Quentin Skinner on Hobbes on the State

"No one should come to New York to live unless they are willing to be lucky."

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:12:33 -0400

“No one should come to New York to live unless they are willing to be lucky.” - E.B....

"I think youre the same as me We see things theyll never see"

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:19:41 -0400

“I think youre the same as me We see things theyll never see” - Noel Gallagher

Instead of swimming or hiking on your next holiday, why not try...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:21:02 -0400

Instead of swimming or hiking on your next holiday, why not try soaring through space? British entrepreneur Richard Branson’s firm Virgin Galactic wants to make it happen, but opinions are divided.

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Thomas, a bright-blue engine...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:08:23 -0400

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

Thomas, a bright-blue engine with a round face and big eyes, found adventure and life lessons on the mythical Island of Sodor with a team of engines that included the big, self-important Gordon, wise Edward, uppity James and pesky young Percy. Together they learned the values of friendship, teamwork, honesty and kindness to others.

Body Scanners at Airports The TSA says it protects privacy by...

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:21:00 -0400

Body Scanners at Airports

The TSA says it protects privacy by blurring passengers’ faces and deleting images right after viewing. Yet the images are detailed, clearly showing a person’s gender.

Alton Kelley Designer whose inventive psychedelic posters came...

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:34:00 -0400

Alton Kelley

Designer whose inventive psychedelic posters came to epitomise the Haight-Ashbury hippie movement of the late 1960s.

People Who Buy Glass Houses But will it work? Can historic...

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

People Who Buy Glass Houses

But will it work? Can historic Modernist homes be treasured, shown, and monetized like Warhols and Gauguins?

The drunk American A drunk American plowed into a bike race...

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The drunk American

A drunk American plowed into a bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.

Vagitarian Three times a week Finnish artist mimosa pale invites...

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:32:00 -0400

Vagitarian

Three times a week Finnish artist mimosa pale invites people to step inside her giant vagina bike taxi as a protest against male centric society.

Mind Reading Once it has been trained on an individual...

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:18:00 -0400

Mind Reading

Once it has been trained on an individual subject’s thoughts, the computer model can analyse new brain scan images and work out which noun a person is thinking about - even with words that the model has never encountered before.

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Thu, 01 May 2008 03:01:00 -0400

the presses have stopped but the press goes on Today marks our...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:01:31 -0400

the presses have stopped but the press goes on

Today marks our last edition as a traditional daily newspaper of the sort Americans knew in the 19th and 20th centuries. Starting tomorrow, The Capital Times will be a daily newspaper of the sort Americans will know in the 21st century.

Did Portishead kill trip hop? The moody British band is back,...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:58:00 -0400

Did Portishead kill trip hop?

The moody British band is back, but they’ve ditched sensual black grooves and embraced their inner goth.

What constitutes a book Philip Parker has developed computer...

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:00:00 -0400

What constitutes a book

Philip Parker has developed computer algorithms that collect publicly available information on a subject — broad or obscure — and, aided by his 60 to 70 computers and six or seven programmers, he turns the results into books in a range of genre.

Where do you get your green coffee? So where should you go for...

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Where do you get your green coffee?

So where should you go for the greenest coffee? The independents are getting their coffee from the same places aren’t they? What happens when the tiny independent stores go head to head in carbon terms with the multinationals?

You Have To Burn The RopeComputer games are getting so hard...

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

You Have To Burn The Rope

Computer games are getting so hard these days… A surprisingly simple and fun game by Swedish game designer Kian and singer Henrik Nåmark.

Woodsy Laptop Fujitsu will be exhibiting a concept all natural...

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:30:00 -0400

Woodsy Laptop

Fujitsu will be exhibiting a concept all natural woodshell laptop at the Salone Internazionale del Moble. Comes with a duck canvas expediton bag for that urban dirty hippie in you.

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