Dear Google and Yahoo: Track Me, Please.

"Targeted advertising is not a perfect science. But it is a far better option than whatever it was that we had “way back when.” And as for matters of privacy, a tired old adage comes to mind: it’s all relative. As you have probably been made well aware already, the...

Man Utd 0-2 Coventry

"Championship side Coventry sprung a major surprise by sending a re-shuffled Manchester United crashing out of the Carling Cup at Old Trafford. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson changed his entire team from Sunday's win against Chelsea and paid the price. Coventry, backed by...

Hacking Ikea

"Winnie Lam was thinking about food when she made her Chocolate Sundae Toppings footstool, fashioned from a few bags of cotton pompoms hot-glued to an Ikea stool. “It came from staring into a bowl of ice cream one day,” said Ms. Lam, 31, who lives in Mountain View,...

Lotus, our own Phoenix

"Lotus, our own Phoenix I thought I was done with dry lotus images but then I found this image and I like it too much to not post here. This image personifies the nature of the lotus. Every part of this flower is useful, the stem is edible, and the seed head that looks like...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

Vending Machine Videos at VideoSelf

"I am a sucker for a good old fashioned video store. I like to browse and wander and then walk out with far more movies than I had planned. The art of the find is half of the fun. Aside from Classic Video and maybe a handful of others, the state of video rental places in...