Archive for the 'Society' Category

Images: Sign of the Time?

The picture below was taken at Colombia’s largest public university (Universidad Nacional “la Nacho”) in Bogotá. Every year after the university campus is painted white, the same graffiti reappear since the late 60′s showing heroes of the “revolution”. click on the image for the jump via Wooster Collective


Christmas shopping for the ultra-rich (1)

Christmas is approaching fast so we want to contribute our part and support a group of our society – often overlooked – but in real need. In a brief series we will provide some suggestions to those that are now discovering that this year again has already gone by while they still trying to find [...]


Formula 1: Win more then 90 races and get an island for free

After his last race in Brazil yesterday Formula 1 seven time world champion Michael Schumacher received a very special gift from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Dubai’s crown prince gave the retired race driver one of the about 300 islands in the archipelago of artificial islands, shaped like the continents of the Earth and [...]


Boy Scouts: Be prepared and earn merits with the MPAA

If you thought that the boy scouts motto “Be prepared” means loyalty, helpfulness, and being trustworthy you can add another one. More then 50,000 boy scouts in the Los Angeles area now can also earn merits through partnering MPAA organization with their “Respect Copyrights” badge. Activities for earning the badge include identifying 3 ways copyrighted [...]


Full length (updated: was) online: Who killed the Electric Car?

Those of us that did not get a chance to watch Chris Pane’s documentary “Who killed the Electric Car?” when it was released during June 2006 now, thanks to Google Video, got a chance to watch it in full length from our computers. Wikipedia and IMDb both provide additional information on the movie. We have [...]


Star Trek 40 years anniversary and Christies

Beam me up Scotty… Christies last week completed its first “official” auction of Star Trek items, with about 1,000 lots put up by CBS Paramount Television Studios, including props and costumes used in the TV shows and films. And Kirk you’re a Red Shirt when you didn’t get your hand on some of the alien [...]