"w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year by Merriam-Webster Inc. "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.reuters View full entry
The Guardian writers wrap up a year in culture and arts coverage... Guardian View full entry
Negotiators working on a new global climate deal in Bali scored their first success today with progress agreed on deforestation and how to help poor countries adapt to climate change. Officials said steps to protect forests were included in a new draft of the so-called Bali roadmap, and that they... View full entry
A Timeline of Giant Spheres | A Timeline of Miniature Writing | A Rock n' Roll Timeline | A Timeline of Modern Art | A Comparative Timeline: Elvis Presley's Life vs. US Involvement in South-East Asia | A Comparative Timeline: Karl Marx and Leatitia Casta | Back to the Future Timeline | A Timeline... View full entry
NY Magazine publishes it's end of the year best in culture (art, movies, architecture etc) issue. Via NYMag View full entry
Rising food prices are a threat to many; they also present the world with an enormous opportunity. Since the spring, wheat prices have doubled and almost every crop under the sun—maize, milk, oilseeds, you name it—is at or near a peak in nominal terms. The Economist View full entry
Marcel O' Gorman recently posted a fairly interesting essay on Ctheory. The text outlines the Motown-Detroit Techno legacy in relation to the Industrial and Informational paradigms. The essay also talks about tagging, urban exploration and the fabulous ruins of Detroit. View full entry
Hart Island, New York City’s potter’s field on the eastern edge of the Bronx, is a burial ground containing the remains of one-tenth of the city’s population. As the largest and densest grave in America, Hart Island has historically denied the public access to the records or the... View full entry
Greetings from the foothills of Everest. Myself and representatives of AMD and Nyaya Health (the Asia Open Architecture Challenge client) spent the last few days on site. Images, video clips and gps data will be uploaded in the next 2 days (on dialup in Nepal!). Two months + until designs are due. View full entry
Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the most important and controversial postwar composers who helped shape a new understanding of sound through electronic compositions, died at his home in western Germany. He was 79. NYT View full entry
'Tis the season, see if your neighbor donated to a political candidate and how much. Enter your zip and pull down a candidate. Brought to you by NYT. View full entry
A private art cave created for two art collectors in Napa Valley.. "it’s a cool and elegantly proportioned backdrop for the art, but it’s powerful in its own right. Two understated portals, flanked by panels of Cor-Ten steel that will rust to near-invisibility in the landscape, lead... View full entry
Tourism to the Arctic is booming and a new blockbuster film will only increase our fascination further. Elizabeth Day embarks on a cruise to Norway's far north and asks, can this magical place hang on to its mystique?observer, related archinect feature View full entry
"They started out watching me bust my ass, and I became part of their lives," Knievel said. "People wanted to associate with a winner, not a loser. They wanted to associate with someone who kept trying to be a winner." yahoo View full entry