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Archive for April, 2012

Why Dont Americans Walk More

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Tom Vanderbilt asks why Americans dont walk more.
In America a pedestrian is someone who has just parked their car.

The Descriptive Camera

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The descriptive camera spits out what the description of a photograph rather than, well, a photograph.
After the shutter button is pressed, the photo is sent to Mechanical Turk for processing and the camera waits for the results. A yellow LED indicates that the results are still “developing” in a nod to film-based photo technology. […]

John Digweed on the State of EDM

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How will you ever educate the crowd if you just spoon-feed them what they want with the same records week after week, night after night? I think it’s a bit of a shame that people don’t want to be surprised musically when they go out, just wanting to hear what you already know and hear […]

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TED Talk: How to Buy Happiness

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How to buy happiness. How to be really happy? Give away the money.

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New York Historical Shots

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New treasure trove of old historic New York City shots unveiled. Compare this shot, taken in 1908, with mine, taken 100 years later from the same location.

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