September 2011
Underground Cities: 3500 Years of Cappadocian Cave... →
200+ underground villages and tunnel towns complete with hidden passages, secret rooms and ancient temples and a remarkably storied history of each new civilization building on the work of the last.
August 2011
Alaska Steamship Company →
Regular monthly boat service from U.S. ports to Alaska began in 1867 following the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
June 2011
Readux: Reading in Berlin →
Berlin-based literary website with reviews, interviews, articles, and opinion on German and French books and events.
Andrew Sloat: A short film about Winterhouse made... →
A short film about Winterhouse, the studio of William Drenttel and Jessica Helfand. It was made for the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame in 2010. Film written and directed by Andrew Sloat.
April 2011
Hoppla, wir haben die Hölle angebohrt! -... →
In den siebziger Jahren bohrte ein Forscherteam im Norden Russlands das tiefste Loch der Welt.
YouTube To Get Curated With Channels [REPORT] →
In recent months, we’ve been hearing growing rumors about YouTube adding more curation and original content, and now sources are saying that the video…
March 2011
Sorry, Steve: iPhone 50 Percent Slower Than... →
Android phones whisk users across the web in two-thirds the time that the iPhone takes, according to a study that compared the two top mobile OSes’ performance when downloading web pages.
Warner Bros. To Offer Movies Directly On Facebook →
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution (WBDD), a market leader in video-on-demand and electronic sell-through, today announced it will begin testing an offering of selected movies for purchase or rental…
TechCrunch Review — The iPad 2: Yeah, You’re Gonna... →
In January 2010, shortly after its unveiling, I first got my hands on an iPad. My initial reaction? “The iPad is like holding the future.” And that’s funny because here we are, just a…
Libya Finds New Way To Cut Off Internet →
Here we go again: After a six hour shutdown about two weeks ago, traffic monitors are once again reporting that Libya has lost internet connectivity, most notably that search queries to…
Hollywood's conservatism: why no one wants to make... →
Noting that this year’s film lineup sports “four adaptations of comic books. One prequel to an adaptation of a comic book. One sequel to a sequel to a movie based on a toy. One sequel to a sequel to…
February 2011
A New Dance Boom? →
“In ballet circles, a tantalizing question has generated much excitement and speculation: Is Black Swan the new Turning Point, the 1977 film that helped to popularize ballet and ushered in the high…
Facebook Accidentally Censors Art - AllFacebook →
Facebook Accidentally Censors Art AllFacebook Now, the social media site is being reprimanded by the New York Academy of Art for “being the final arbiter — and…
60 Excellent Free 3D Model Websites →
A free 3D model definitely can save your budget and deadline.
Online Video-Viewing Up 45 Percent Over Last Year →
“Overall, Nielsen reported that time spent watching online video rose 45% from a year ago, although the number of viewers increased only 3.1%. Viewers streamed 28% more video and spent 45% more time…
Apple’s New Subscription Model & What it Means... →
As promised with the release of The Daily, Apple has formally launched a new subscription feature for content publishers. This means that magazine and…
Stolen Heritage: Two Gilded Tut Statues Among 18... →
Highly important missing object is limestone statue of Akhenaten, which belies Zahi Hawass’ previous assumption that thieves sought only gold…. - CultureGrrl
WikiLeaks to sue defector who wrote tell-all book →
From The Independent: “WikiLeaks says it will take legal action against a former key member of the website who left after a bitter fallout with founder Julian Assange and went on to set up a rival…
Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The... →
“Within two years, youâre going to read something about me in a scandal that looks like it has nothing to do with the church.â
Emotional Plea from Iranian Director: Berlinale... →
The 2011 Berlin International Film Festival opened on Thursday evening with a strong message of support for the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who is facing six years in prison in his native…
Last.fm on Mobile and CE Devices to Become... →
Come February 15, Last.fm fans will no longer be able to use the service’s radio feature on mobile apps and home entertainment devices for free. …
Facebook Has Already Trademarked ‘Face’ In Europe... →
I was aware that Facebook is close to trademarking the term ‘face’, at least in relation to online social networking and related activities, in the United States. But as far as I know, nobody…
Der CIA-Zauberer →
Zu den bizarrsten Geschichten des Kalten Kriegs gehört die streng geheime Zusammenarbeit der CIA mit John Mulholland, dem amerikanischen Star-Magier der 50er Jahre.
Stream the Streets’ Fifth and Final Album,... →
The Guardian has Mike Skinner’s contractually obligated last album, and their verdict is: “It’s really rather good.” But judge for yourself, of course. [Guardian UK] Read more posts by …
January 2011
ARAB WORLD: How Tunisia's revolution transforms... →
The effects of the Tunisian revolt are reverberating around the Arab world. The effects are being felt most immediately in Egypt, but other societies are simmering as well.
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2010 Was One Of Best Years Ever For The Art Market →
“Their spending spree meant that Christie’s, the world’s largest auction house, announced yesterday sales of £3.3 billion ($5.3bn) last year, a jump of 53 per cent on its 2009 performance and the…
So warm wie seit mindestens 2000 Jahren nicht →
Klimawissenschaftler stellen eine erhebliche Erwärmung des Zuflusses in die Arktis fest.
PirateBox: anonymous, stand-alone wireless... →
David Darts sez, “I’ve just created a self-contained mobile collaboration and P2P file sharing device called the PirateBox.PirateBox is a self-contained mobile collaboration and P2P file…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Fan Page Hacked →
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook fan page seems to have been hacked, with the hacker posting a message calling on the company to transform into a “social…
Is MySpace Giving Up Its Space? →
Just after firing 47 percent of its employees, News Corp is also considering the option of selling MySpace. The unwillingness to bear the continuing loss of the site is a main factor for…
Twinslator: Translate your twitter's tweets →
Top 10 Photojournalists →
TopTenz has a list of ten (of course) photojournalists whose names you might not know, but they brought us pictures you will always remember. Many of them risked their lives for those…
Banksy for Greenpeace →
Luxist reports, “A piece of art that controversial artist Banksy created for Greenpeace will be sold at Bonhams London along with other of his work at the Urban Art auction on January…
Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins: A tale of jealousy,... →
Here’s an excerpt from the 1990 punk melodrama Kiss Napoleon Goodbye directed by Babeth Mondini-VanLoo (who filmed Teenage Jesus & The Jerks in the 1970’s) and written by Lydia Lunch. It…
Why Marketing Threatens the True Promise of Social... →
I just wrote this for Mashable:
Social media is everywhere, and finally accepted as much as, well, as much as the Internet itself. Sadly, though, in reaching this level of ubiquity, we have ended…
The Royal Academy's shameless self-promotion →
Press materials for the RA’s Modern British Sculpture show make a point of plugging work by the gallery’s president. Is such self-serving behaviour acceptable?
The Royal Academy has something…
December 2010
What Exactly Is the Modern Arab Art in Qatar's... →
“Modernist art for public display in the Middle East has long been something of a paradox. Painting is not part of the Arab tradition and museums are a Western invention. Arab art from the 19th and…
Delhi To Get Its Own Version Of Tate Modern →
“A decommissioned power station in Delhi, the Indian capital, is to be converted into an art gallery modelled on London’s Tate Modern.” The Guardian (UK) 12/29/10
France Increases Funding for Arte TV, Europe's... →
“France’s government is trying to find ways to cut public spending amid Europe’s deepening economic crisis, but a state television channel has been spared the knife. Indeed, the channel, Arte
will…
Iranian Director Banned From Making Films for... →
Jafar Panahi, the 49-year-old Iranian director who has won prizes at the Cannes and Venice film festivals and made the films The White Balloon, The Circle, Crimson Gold, and Offside, was…
US Voters Grossly Misinformed →
Misinformation and the 2010 Election - A Study of the US Electorate. The key findings of the study are: 1. Perceptions of Misleading and False Information An overwhelming majority of voters…
Lost footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey found →
While conducting research for a now-cancelled documentary on the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Warner Brothers found 17 minutes of “lost footage” from the film, perfectly preserved in a…
Facebook Adding Facial Recognition for Easier... →
Facial recognition—it’s not just for desktop photo organizers anymore. Now Facebook is rolling out friend photo tagging based on facial recognition, so you’ll see suggested people…
2010, the year in film →
I’m perpetually amazed by mega-edits like this one from @genrocks, which combines pieces of 270 movies from this past year. Who has the time to do this? Are there pharmaceuticals…
Wojnarowicz-Gate Continues, Early Draft of... →
The discussion over the National Portrait Gallery‘s decision to bow to political pressure and pull David Wojnarowicz‘s piece “A Fire in My Belly” still continues, being as it’s likely…
Can’t get to the Shanghai Biennale? First day in... →
BIENNALES ASIAN ARTISTS ART EVENTS INSTALLATION ART
Art Radar was at the Shanghai Biennale in November this year. We took a ton of photos and have selected ten of the best to help…
New Virus: Watch Out for Goo.gl Links on Twitter... →
Twitter users, there’s a new worm going around. Beware of bad Goo.gl links (like the one pictured above). It spreads when you click on the these links, so don’t click if you see a…
EmbedPlus Adds Extra Video Controls to YouTube... →
Embedding YouTube videos is a pretty useful feature, but it only gives you basic player controls. With EmbedPlus, you can start your videos at a certain time, skip self-defined…
New Facebook Profiles Now Available [SCREENSHOTS] →
Well, that was fast! The new Facebook Profile Pages are now available to try out — Facebook has just heralded their arrival via Twitter, mere hours…
WikiLeaks Now Has Hundreds of Mirrors →
WikiLeaks is currently not available at WikiLeaks.org. It recently lost its DNS service provider, and the site itself has been battered by DDoS attacks…