Monthly Archives: January 2009

Preserving Greatness with the Kindle

Posted on January 30, 2009 by

What is the value of a digital, virtual, collectible? Is something really rare and valuable if it can be digitally cloned with no difference whatsoever between the original and the clone?

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Yo Yo Ma Faked It

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

It was hard to believe Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman were actually playing live for the Obama Inauguration outside in the bitter cold, and now, today, the New York Times reveals — like the Obama invitations before it — … Continue reading →

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Insects in Performance

Posted on January 5, 2009 by

The Newark Museum has a wonderful new presentation — running from 1009-2010 called “Insecta Fantasia” — where bugs are manipulated in aesthetic ways to help bring understanding to nature and history.

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Cell Phones Sleeping with the Fishes

Posted on January 4, 2009 by

We already know 93% of students polled sleep with their cell phones, but did you know most people under 40 are being buried with their cell phones after they die?

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