Virtual Worlds, Architecture
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Where’s Frank Lloyd Wright?: Architecture in Second Life – Kotaku
“The Farnsworth House may be one of the most iconic pieces of modern architecture, and it also happens to be fairly unsuitable for habitation: what better place for it than the virtual world of Second Life?”
The Digital World
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With tools on Web, amateurs reshape mapmaking | CNET News.com
“With the help of simple tools introduced by Internet companies recently, millions of people are trying their hand at cartography”
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BlackBerry on the Beach: You Call This a Vacation?
“By choice or perceived necessity, a staggering 27 percent of the workforce will pack their laptops, cell phones and PDAs along with their flip-flops, beach hats and sunscreen this summer”
Students, Education, Technology
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Emerging Technology – Desktops and Notebooks – Meet the XO [OLPC]
“Based on earlier looks I’d had of the $100 laptop, I expected to be impressed simply by the economy, low-power capabilities and wireless mesh features of the XO. But what I saw firsthand exceeded these expectations.”
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Human Space Flight (HSF) – Orbital Tracking
International space station tracking.
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SEMAA – Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy
from NASA
Old Friends
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Developer Spotlight – Scott Morrison
Interview with a former IBM Research colleague of me.
Music
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YouTube – JOAN BAEZ Blowing in the Wind 1963
Joan Baez performing the famous Dylan song that was done by many others as well.
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YouTube – Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind
Very early video of Dylan doing the song that put him on the map, so to speak.
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Kiss singer Paul Stanley suffers heart ailment – CNN.com
“Paul Stanley, a singer and guitarist with rock band Kiss, was forced to pull out of a show in California on Friday after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level”
