AltWeeklies Wire
Jon Daniels, the Boy Blundernew
Is baseball's youngest general manager man enough to rebuild the Texas Rangers?
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
07-16-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Inside the Strange World of Video Game Testingnew
The "dream job" of being a video game tester may sound like a way to get paid for doing exactly what you'd choose to do in the middle of the afternoon on your own living-room sofa, but the reality is very different.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
07-16-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
PETA's Misguided Attack on Michael Moorenew
By attacking Moore in a predictable, mean-spirited fashion, PETA once again makes itself seem childish and ridiculous -- and less relevant than ever.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
07-16-2007 |
Commentary
Chicago's Screen Scenenew
The city's screen printers discuss their work and each other.
Chicago Reader |
Liz Armstrong |
07-16-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
How Matt Allen Gets Levi's and the White Stripes to Buy You Ice Creamnew
Over the last three years, he's has trekked more than 35,000 miles in a 1969 Chevy Step Van to hand out free ice cream at the country's largest music festivals.
Chicago Reader |
Austin Powell |
07-16-2007 |
Culture
Blah Blogs Morph into Useful Resourcesnew
At what point does a blog become an online specialty magazine, a news service, an information conglomerator, a collaborative wiki created by devotees, or an annotated archive of rare audio or video?
The Georgia Straight |
Dave Watson |
07-13-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Kayaking the Salton Seanew
California's largest inland lake sits 228 feet below sea level in the Colorado Desert.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Chuck Graham |
07-13-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Ecoholic: Saving the Earth, One Question at a Timenew
Getting to the bottom of cloth diaper debate.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
07-13-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Save Internet Radionew
A bill in Congress could stop a federal agency from killing off a great musical resource.
Monterey County Weekly |
Stuart Thornton |
07-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Nobody's Perfectnew
Barry Bonds is a baseball hero, even if he did cheat.
Monterey County Weekly |
Eric Johnson |
07-12-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Googlin' Border Guardsnew
Online searches are new, and problematic, tools in country-crossing.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
07-12-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
iNsurable: State Farm Has iPhone's Numbernew
Big insurers, at first, refused to cover the nifty but expensive Apple iPhone.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-12-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
It's a Grilling Good Timenew
Pizza isn't just for the oven anymore.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
07-12-2007 |
Food+Drink
Building a Meat Saddlenew
It's all in the name of the upcoming Mongol Rally, an inane adventure in which entrants race crappy cars across a quarter of the globe.
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
07-12-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The Seedy, Startling World of Virtual Economiesnew
On the margins of he online gaming industry lie shady characters, seedy deals and real-world crime that comprise an illegal market with a net economic activity of $2.9 billion annually.
Columbia Free Times |
Ron Aiken |
07-11-2007 |
Tech
