For some reason, it’s taken as an article of faith that predicting the habits of Internet users is akin to mapping the human genome. It’s not; there are a few basic rules of thumb
David After Dentist: The Inevitable Spin-off
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Darwin’s Bicentennial: A New Evolution Fight at the Site of the Scopes Monkey Trial
For more than 80 years, Dayton, Tennessee has had a monkey on its back. That monkey is the English naturalist Charles Darwin, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated on Thursday in hundreds of cities around the world
Being Green May Help Business in Bad Times
It hardly bears pointing out that during these days of 7.6% unemployment, when the business pages of the local newspaper look more like the obituaries, no industry is doing well — and that includes green business. Wind and solar manufacturers, starved for credit, are cutting back on projects and laying off workers
Geithner’s Challenge: Selling a Plan Without the Details
When three top aides to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were sent to brief members of the Senate Banking Committee staff on Monday at 6:30 p.m. E.T., they walked into a hostile environment.
Content, Once King, Becomes A Pauper
Up until very recently, perhaps as recently as six months ago, the prevailing wisdom among analysts who covered the media industry was that “content is king.” It is an inexact way of looking at what editors, photographers, actors, producers, and reporters create. Movies, TV shows, magazines, radio programming and high-quality internet content were viewed as having a significant intrinsic value. The best content can be moved from one medium to another, increasing its value even further.
‘Money from heaven’ leaves retiree empty
At first, the investment sounded too good to be true to Emiko, a 74-year-old retired elementary school principal. But she ached to grow her retirement fund so she could take any burden or worry away from her two children. So Emiko invested conservatively, only the equivalent of a few hundred dollars at a time
Clinton could name N. Korea envoy before Asia trip
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could appoint a special envoy for North Korea before leaving for Asia next week, senior administration officials told CNN.
Ex-presidents of Latin America urge legal marijuana
Former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called Wednesday for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics on the war on drugs, a Spanish news agency said. Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil made their announcement at a meeting in Brazil of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, the EFE news agency said.
Auto-Tune: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect
If you haven’t been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you’ve missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot of pop vocals suddenly sound great. Better than great: note- and pitch-perfect, as if there’s been an unspoken tightening of standards at record labels or an evolutionary leap in the development of vocal cords
Ron Jeremy: My Life as a Porn Star
If gold medals were handed out for making porn movies, Ron Jeremy would be the all-time champion. He has made close to 2,000 of them, including On the Loose: Viva Ron Vegas and San Fernando Jones and the Temple of Poon, as well as about 100 mainstream movies, such as The Boondock Saints with Willem Dafoe.