What does ”friend” stand for in a world connected by a series of tubes?  This has been an ongoing debate for the better half of a decade, but the growth of Facebook has reignited the burning question of what it takes for me to consider you a friend (or the other way around).
The most recent post I have seen […]

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The New York Times reports the town of Smyrna, Tennessee has posted life-size, corrugated plastic cutouts of cops holding speed guns at busy intersections in town:

From the AP report:
The idea for the posed patrolman came from Jim Gammon, whose sign company sits on busy Front Street. He suggested it as a way to slow drivers […]

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A great reportwas broadcast on NPR yesterday regarding everyone’s favorite, 3-million-year-old, hominid fossil Lucy.
It turns out Lucy is going on tour and will be exhibited in Houston starting next week.
One would think this would be similar to any other historical artifact running the American-museum circuit, be it Ramses’ tomb or Elizabeth’s carriage, but the very idea […]

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Way, way back in 2003, a football club went under new management. 
The amateur club based in a suburb of Helsinki, PK-35, was suffering from a losing streak that disappointed its loyal fan base.  Realizing that something had to change, coach Janne Viljamaa decided to give control of the team up to the fans.
Viljamaa still acts as coach, at […]

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Jeff Berg of the Interpublic Emerging Media Lab posted a great article on the growth of Facebook applications (3,000 and counting) that have been developed by third-party developers since the system went live a few months ago. 
One stood out: Interactive Friends Graph
 
As you can see, my entire network (not that big, really) is posted in […]

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