Watch and get angry:
Waiting for Superman (YouTube Trailer)
Interview with the Director (YouTube)
Octoberfest 2010 – the casualties (Life Magazine Slideshow)
The plastic bottle battle – the French way:
Marginal Revolution: The culture that is France
In the latest in a series of unusual efforts to make Paris green, the city is now offering residents free sparkling water to try to wean Parisians not from red wine, but from overconsumption of plastic bottles.
It comes from a water fountain and the idea already has been tested in Italy:
“We chill the water between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius,” said Philippe Burguière, the spokesman for Eau de Paris, “and then we inject carbon dioxide into regular tap water to make the bubbles thin and tasty.”
MI6 ‘used bodily fluids as invisible ink’ – Telegraph
How a Remington typewriter was made in 1935 (YouTube)
Salt Peanuts (YouTube)
Just read an article re: Foursquare – it’S pretty spooky what people can do with such a service. Here’s the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jul/23/foursquare
Thank you for sharing the glass harp vimeo…. Will they be part of your next tour? :)
Yes, it should make us all very angry the facts about the education system in the USA. Watching that video though brought tears to my eyes.. We all need to step out and help our schools to help our children to help the quality of life.