AltWeeklies Wire
Three Reasons to Hate Facebooknew
Poking is just the beginning.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
02-13-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Maybe All Clones Should be Labelednew
Some are debating whether they will eat cloned meat, but do they know a fertility researcher and a biotech company investor are busy cloning themselves?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-23-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Return of Blog Anxietynew
Instead of taking the Metafilter ethos mainstream, many blogs are leaving it behind.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-16-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Lesk's Lawnew
Content outruns storage because humans store things capriciously and illogically.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-09-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Technology in Wartimenew
In a time of war you can't enjoy a party game without thinking about your game console being used to kill people.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
01-03-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Humans Are Dogs & Even Monkeys Can Do Mathnew
Two new studies of animal intelligence caught my attention last week because they prove that humans are no better than dogs and monkeys. This is something I've always felt to be true on an anecdotal level, and now cognitive science backs me up.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-19-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Consumerist Crap for the Holidaysnew
If the holidays are a time of reflecting on the past and the future, you might as well hang out with your friends and play Guitar Hero on the Wii. After all, donating to cool charities and supporting local artists is something you should be doing all year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-12-2007 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
Are You My Genome Friend?new
Home genomics: just another self-help scam?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-28-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Mapping the Unmappable: Visualize Global Censorshipnew
The weirdest (and saddest) map mashup ever is the Access Denied Map. This ever-growing online map highlights countries whose Internet-filtering governments won't let their citizens access the Access Denied Map.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-21-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Carbon Indulgencesnew
Carbon offset fees may be new, but the underlying notion goes back to the Middle Ages, when the Catholic Church sold wealthy people indulgences to offset the spiritual cost of their sins and assure a place for them in heaven. And yet at least the kids in 1380 knew that indulgences were bullshit.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
11-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Consumer Biotech Revolution is On the Horizonnew
Predicting the future of the home-tech phenomenon.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-31-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
When Science Attacks!new
The two scandals that rocked the sci-tech world last week reminded us that bad research and implementation can kill.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-24-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
On Jacking Off a USB Devicenew
Her name is Moaning Lisa, and I fondled her at Arse Elektronika, a conference in San Francisco devoted to pornography and technological innovation.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-17-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Curious Case of IM Etiquettenew
What's great about IM's away flag is that it gives you plausible deniability if you don't want to talk to somebody who has messaged you -- after all, you might really be away.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
10-10-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Inside the Internet Archive's Blood and Gutsnew
After agonizing over how to deal with the archive's growing collection of war videos and consulting with experts, founder Brewster Kahle has come up with a solution that satisfies both his archivist and populist sides.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-26-2007 |
Tech
