Life After People : The Architecture of Deconstruction

Posted on January 15, 2008 by danspira

Segue from my previous post:  This month the History Channel is premiering a special called “Life After People” where a group of engineers, artists and visual effects technicians have created simulated long term decay scenarios for large, well-known structures such as the Golden Gate Bridge or the Sears Tower.  PREVIEW HERE: http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=57582&display_order=1&mini_id=57517 The emphasis of [...]

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OLPC vs Intel vs Microsoft

Posted on December 11, 2007 by danspira

Just got this dispatch from the India office: Date: Dec 11, 2007 2:03 AM From: Daniel Spitzberg Subject: less sweet this is less sweet, but, perhaps bittersweet? crisis = opportunity? http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/11/28/a-lesson-for-bop-technologists-put-the-business-model-first somehow, bill gates’ “computer in every household” technology-push lifted off the ground. i guess context is everything.. and the 100$laptop needed to define “household” [...]

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XO Laptop by OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), “Give One Get One” Launches Today

Posted on November 12, 2007 by danspira

The folks at OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) are a class act.  Today their “Give One Get One” (G1G1) program launched, where for the masterfully engineered price of $399, you get to donate an XO laptop to a child in the developing world (who will hopefully not carry the thing on their head as their elegant-yet-silly graphic [...]

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XO Laptop : The Next Status Symbol?

Posted on October 4, 2007 by danspira

Although I was a die-hard Mac user for many years, I eventually (circa 2001/2002) abandoned my collection of one-button mice and caved into the Windows culture… and not a moment too soon, because right around that time Apple came out with the iPod and was becoming popular again. So did I budge?  Nah.  Ever the contrarian, I resisted going back. [...]

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Greenwashed

Posted on April 27, 2007 by danspira

BusinessWeek recently had an interesting article titled “Are You Being Greenwashed?” by Sarah Rich (BusinessWeek, March 29. 2007).   (Thanks Nabeel for posting that link.)  The author picks up where Kim Severson left off in her Greenwashing piece for the New York Times, “Be It Ever So Homespun, There’s Nothin Like Spin“ (New York Times, January 3, [...]

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HomeDepot Eco Options : The Paradox of Suburbia

Posted on April 20, 2007 by danspira

I just stopped by the local Home Depot and saw an end-of-aisle promotion for their new Eco Options campaign.  The other half of the end cap was a sale on bulk size Round-Up(tm) weed control / vegetation annihilator.  It was surreal to see these things next to each other, almost like a Dada art installation by the store planners.  [...]

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