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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Architecture

Someone's thinking big…

Due to open Jan 1, the Grand Canyon Skywalk juts out about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft above the Colorado River.

Nov 19, 2005
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Art

Museum Watch: Darwin in NY, Comics in LA

Two highly anticipated museum exhibits open this weekend: Darwin in New York, and Masters of American Comics in LA.

Nov 18, 2005
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Design

$100 (lime green) laptop unveiled

Nicholas Negroponte unveils his famed $100 (lime green) laptop for the developing world.

Nov 18, 2005
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Entertainment

Earth to America

This Sunday, the comedy event “Earth to America” will air on TBS, featuring comedians Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Ben Stiller ...

Nov 18, 2005
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Architecture

The roots of green design

Following the thread of green design … today’s New York Times profiles Sim Van der Ryn, the Bay Area-based pioneer in sustainabl...

Nov 17, 2005
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Film

Great Entertainment … in a 60-second spot

Those of you who attended TEDGlobal will remember this mesmerizing TV commercial, directed by Spike Jonze for Adidas. A new Nike spot remind...

Nov 17, 2005
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Art

Georgia O'Keefe: Software muse?

Was the Firefox logo influenced by the eerily similar Georgia O’Keefe painting, “Goat Horn with Red”?

Nov 16, 2005
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Business

An astonishing sentence…

The Wall Street Journal reports that top Web portals are selling out their ad space months in advance.

Nov 16, 2005
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Architecture

How green is your roof?

At TED2005, William McDonough dropped jaws with imagery from the world’s largest “living roof,” which he designed for the ...

Nov 16, 2005
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