Technology and time poverty
Technology and time poverty: This article from Pacific Northwest Magazine at modern work life and how technology, urgency and multi-tasking are eroding much needed focus and contemplation. It’s a good article that raises several key points ultimately questioning if anything is actually getting more efficient and productive. “Suppose you tape two empty toilet-paper rolls and […]
Read MoreJenny Holzer's Project
Jenny Holzer’s Project: please change beliefs… ——— gotta love jenny holzer’s art.
Read MoreAnimal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy
Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy Scientists have begun blurring the line between human and animal by producing chimerasâ€â€a hybrid creature that’s part human, part animal. Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Second Medical University in 2003 successfully fused human cells with rabbit eggs. The embryos were reportedly the first human-animal chimeras successfully created. They were allowed to […]
Read MoreThings You'd Like To Say At Work, But Can't
Things You’d Like To Say At Work, But Can’t Things You’d Love to Say at Work, but Can’t 1. I can see your point, but I still think you’re full of shit. 2. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce. 3. How about never? Is never good for […]
Read MoreFrom ivory tower to academic sweatshop ….
From ivory tower to academic sweatshop ….: From ivory tower to academic sweatshop. After a few dot-com-era bumps, online education is back and bigger than ever. But so is corporate influence and bottom-line pressure. [Salon.com] ——- this is worth a read……
Read MoreArchitect Philip Johnson Dies at Age 98
Yahoo! News – Architect Philip Johnson Dies at Age 98 Philip Johnson, the innovative architect who promoted the “glass box” skyscraper and then smashed the mold with daringly nostalgic post-modernist designs, has died. He was 98. —————— he was one of my favorite architects.
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BleachSoft: http://www.bleacheatingfreaks.com/science/OB2/ ——- if you have spare time….
Read MoreBurns supper – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burns supper – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_supper ——— well today is the day
Read Moreoffice weapons of doom1
BleachSoft: http://www.bleacheatingfreaks.com/science/OB2/ ——- if you have spare time….
Read MoreYahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP
Yahoo! News – Top Stories Photos – AP: Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another […]
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