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1930s train travel
Seeded on Sat Sep 1, 2007 3:36 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)
What is the difference in price between train tickets in Australia in the 1930s and now? what was in like to travel on a train in the 1930s?
Building social capital through heart circles
Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:34 AM EDT (The Sentient Times)
We've lost the feeling of being part of a community but Heart Circles can help us return to our inner core and build rich relationships with other people. Heart Circles help you get back in touch with who you are and help you be more authentic.
MySpace ghosts: frozen in time
Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:31 AM EDT (CBS News)
We all know about MySpace, but did you know about MyDeathSpace.com? We have digital biographies, which celebrate the actions and faux paux of the living, so why not a site that leaves behind a trace of someone who has gone, with digital eulogies?
The wealth of nations explained?
Seeded on Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:29 AM EDT (Science)
Network theory is giving economists a new way of understanding why some countries are wealthy. Seems that exporting related products is the key. If you specialise in one area, like oil production, you can't easily redeploy the capability to textiles.
Dumbed-down history
Seeded on Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:08 AM EDT (City Journal)
A look at the history exams from 2 countries: USA and Australia. Are history exams just too easy these days? Are we spoon-feeding learners?
How do you say "Big Brother" in China?
Seeded on Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:05 AM EDT (The News Tribune)
12.4 million people in China will be given identity cards. They will track name, address, work history, educational background, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical insurance status and landlord's phone number and...reproductive history.
Social networking: what's your perspective?
Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:27 AM EDT (Social Computing magazine)
Cyberspace is full of social networks - but there are different perspectives or lenses through which you can look at them. What's your perspective?
Fakes, smugness and denial
Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:37 PM EDT (The Guardian)
What are the ethical implications of buying fake designer name brands? Is contemporary society in denial - by buying fakes do we fund terrorism? And is green consumerism simply another version of rampant consumerism?
Sydney's ghost train network
Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:33 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald )
Sydney Aust has an underground train network - a transport vision that was abandoned over 100 years ago. Tunnels lead nowhere, but the infrastructure appears to be there - maybe to expand Sydney's rail network?
The curious case of lost NASA tapes
Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:09 AM EDT (Wired)
This is one giant stuff up for mankind. It appears that NASA has lost the original images of the 1969 lunar landing. Did the world see grainy, fuzzy images? and if so, where are the missing tapes showing the original, sharp footage?
Australia creates wildlife corridor
Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:10 AM EDT (Reuters)
Australian State and Federal Governments have agreed to create a 2,800 kilometre wildlife corridor. With global warming, the preserved areas will function as protective ecosystems.
Pack the cat Sydney!
Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:08 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Sydney-siders have been advised to prepare for a terrorist attack or disaster by preparing a Go Bag, which includes packing a cat!
Vanished places; remembered spaces
Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:06 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Physical places may vanish; but your memory of them doesn't. And so you carry around in your head a whole map of long-gone geographical places and perhaps memories of people who died many years ago. A vignette on how remembered places can affect you.
Understanding Pottermania
Seeded on Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:05 AM EDT (own opinion)
There are some people who haven't ever read Harry Potter and don't really understand the phenomenon. This is one person's account of trying to understand what all the fuss is about.
Digital Divide: Digital Biographies
Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:46 AM EDT ( UK Online Centre's Reading Room)
61% of the UK population is digitally connected; 39% is digitally excluded. What does it mean to be digitally excluded? And whilst some are excluded, others are sharing their digital biographies with little thought for privacy and future repercussions.
Is Your Printer Spying on You?
Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:50 AM EDT ( Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Did you know that some colour laser printers contain "invisible yellow spy dots"? - a hidden code that silently reveals information such as the serial number of your printer, date and time printed, make and model of your printer & what you print.
Can planets produce bling?
Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:15 AM EDT (New Scientist)
There are no diamonds to be found on the remote planets of Uranus or Neptune.Why not? A girl's only hope to find diamonds is apparently a white dwarf star.
Who stole the crown jewels
Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:17 AM EDT (BBC News)
A 100-year old mystery remains unsolved - who stole the Irish Crown Jewels? This is a real life story that rivals any Agatha Christie plot!
Lessons for modern living
Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:15 PM EDT (BBC News)
What lessons do 17th Century Welsh farmers have for us in the way of "green practices"? Five historians and archaeologists ditched 21st Century living for one year and adopted the farming life of 1620s Wales - they have 9 lessons for us.
Facebook for dogs and cats
Seeded on Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:13 AM EDT (Facebook)
Social networking for dogs and cats is here - Dogbook and Catbook - available through Facebook (new applications section) and really isn't for dogs and cats as such - more for their pet obsessed owners.
When robots go wild
Seeded on Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:11 PM EDT (Wired)
News about the world's first robot/artificial zoo, Robotarium X in Portugal. Do the robots live in harmony or are there signs of aggressive behaviour?
Big brother or little sister?
Seeded on Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:09 PM EDT (NZ Herald)
How many public webcams follow you around on a daily basis? This is one person's investigation into the ubiquity of CCTV cameras in contemporary society, including in a day care centre.
Old crafts disappearing
Seeded on Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:06 PM EDT (Wired)
The Musalman is the world's last remaining handcrafted newspaper. The pages are prepared by master calligraphers, writing in Urdu - both the language & the art of calligraphy are threatened by the digital age.
2,000 years of human culture
Seeded on Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:02 PM EDT (Wellcome Images)
Wellcome Images has just released under CCL images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine.
Plummeting to the depths
Seeded on Sat Jul 7, 2007 2:51 AM EDT (Thinkingshift.wordpress.com)
Three stories that show how our contemporary society is becoming increasingly callous and selfish. One story from the US; one from New Zealand; and one from the UK. How do we halt the moral decline of society?
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