"For 30 days, from October 10 until November 8, Yahoo! users worldwide can contribute photos, writings, videos, audio ”” even drawings ”” to this electronic anthropology project. A mosaic of revealing snapshots will be sealed and entrusted to Smithsonian Folkways... View full entry
Libya has reached an agreement with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive laptop computers for all of the nation's 1.2 million schoolchildren.aljazeera View full entry
This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to a Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and a ....bank? Yes, Grameen Bank become the first bank to receive the Peace Prize this year for its efforts in implementing Yunus' idea of microcredit to fight poverty. Google Round-up View full entry
Must be a life-altering work held up by no more than six alphabet magnets. Mcsweeney's View full entry
And with the Big Collectors roaming around London thanks to the Frieze, 'Everybody' tries to do their best to take advantage of the situation. From little know artists installing their work on the bus stop outside the fair (last year), to Rem Koolhaas and H.U.Obrist timing their second marathon... View full entry
Frieze art Fair opens today in London under a new structure designed by Jamie Fobert Architects. Everything must be sold / even invisible sculptures. View full entry
For a little less than an annual smoking habit, you can be briefed by Israeli spies, visit a West Bank checkpoint, tour the Lebanese frontlines, and travel in light aircraft over northern Israel. Reuters View full entry
Late last month the London Review of Books staged a debate on the controversial paper called The Israeli Lobby (PDF). The debate took place at the Great Hall of the Cooper Union with panellists were Shlomo Ben-Ami, Martin Indyk, Tony Judt, Rashid Khalidi, John Mearsheimer and Dennis Ross, and the... View full entry
TV Tokyo is offering viewers bored with just watching TV shows from the comfort of their couches the chance to become involved in the production of its talk show Kamburia Kyuden. yomiuri View full entry
Oxfam estimates that some 1.8 million earthquake survivors in northern Pakistan will face a second winter in makeshift shelters. csm View full entry
The Vidstone Serenity Panel is the first personal memorial monument product of its kind. Utilizing solar-power technology and a weatherproof LCD panel it provides families the option of viewing a personalized video tribute right at their loved one's final resting place. Vidstone. "Their unique... View full entry
It looks like something from the bowels of the Starship Enterprise: a raised platform comprised of identical geometric squares in a blackened room. A holodeck, perhaps?... No, PAMELA (Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory) has been set up by the British Engineering and... View full entry
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Rising consumption of natural resources means that humans began "eating the planet" to death yesterday. BBC View full entry
In case you missed my comment to John's Pet Shop Boys news post the other day, we have a little trivia question for you. First one to answer correctly (one guess per person, Archinect crew can't participate) wins a new, limited edition Architecture Sucks t-shirt (to be announced next week). Post... View full entry