Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
by Lee Siegel: Jeff Trachtenberg talks with Lee Siegel, author of “Against the Machine,” who argues that the Internet has become a tool of commerce that devalues creativity, fair play and intimacy.
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WSJ’s Andy Jordan hangs out with diehard videogamers at an all-night LAN Party, where the trash talking, and the caffeine, flow freely.
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GodTube features viral videos with a Christian message.
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Some Eden Prairie students have been suspended from sports and extracurricular activities after school officials saw Facebook photos of students who appeared to be partying.
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Amy Winehouse is currently relaxing at Bryan Adams’ Caribbean villa, where she has developed a potentially fatal new past time - swimming with sharks. The 24-year-old jazz diva has spent the past week at Bryan Adams’s luxury villa in Mustique
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Hospitalized with 5150 hold legal code(allows a California hospital to hold a person involuntarily due to psychiatric concerns): Pop singer Britney Spears was carried out of her home on a stretcher after an argument with her ex-husband.
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David Anderegg
: Making fun of nerds is bad for our children, and bad for America.
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Paul Lin takes a look at Wine Cellar Sorbets, a specialty sorbet maker looking to take its wine-based treats national.
When it comes to the perfect Christmas tree, what’s better?
An investor from New York snapped up a rare bottle of 1926 Macallan Scotch Whisky for 54,000 dollars at an auction at Christies, in New York.The auction was the first of its kind in the city since the prohibition of alcohol ended in 1933.
Japanese giant Toyota unveils a violin-playing robot in the race to develop the first truly practical range of machines. The Japanese car maker says it plans to create robots with practical uses in factories, hospitals and people’s homes within the next few years.
‘No. 1 Perfume’ is officially the world’s most expensive Perfume in the World
A Faberge egg fetches $18.5 million at auction setting three new records in the process. The price tag is most ever paid for a piece by Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge. It is also a record amount for any Russian art object and any timepiece.
Trinkets for sale at the fair included a $500 bottle of vodka, a diamond-encrusted Mercedes and a coffee table carved out of mammoth tusk.
The $25,000 “Frrrozen Haute Chocolate” has officially become the most expensive dessert on the planet. The indulgent delicacy is being offered at Serendipity 3 Restaurant in New York City’s Upper East Side. The dessert is made with a blend of 28 rare and exotic cocoas from around the world.