AltWeeklies Wire
Your Devices Are Watching Younew
Digital media companies and advertisers are tracking your every move online, whether or not you know it or approve, says privacy expert Jeff Chester.
Seven Days |
Tyler Machado |
09-21-2011 |
Tech
Tags: Internet Privacy, Web Tracking
Jackass Sobers Upnew
Steve-O trades in stunts for stand-up.
LEO Weekly |
Brent Owen |
09-20-2011 |
Comedy
Hippie Mom Battles Grocernew
Caring about what our children eat is a good thing - up to a point.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
09-19-2011 |
Food+Drink
Food Trucks Prohibited, Says Oaklandnew
While cities around the country are embracing mobile food vendors, Oakland still treats most of them as scofflaws.
East Bay Express |
John Birdsall |
09-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food trucks in oakland
Ross Kressel Scandal at CofC Mirrored Reality TVnew
While it’s true that student government at the College of Charleston is not usually a televised verbal slugfest, it followed a pattern over the last week that any casual fan of Big Brother or Survivor would recognize — and on Tuesday night, cameras were rolling. In the Senate, as on the island, variations on one phrase kept popping up: "I didn't come here to make friends."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-15-2011 |
Tech
McPhee Exposes Nature’s Human Interfacenew
Of the many photography shows in Fotoseptiembre this year, one of the most compelling is Laura McPhee’s “River of No Return” on view at Southwest School of Art.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-15-2011 |
Art
Bodypainting Champions Banned From Facebooknew
Scott Fray and Madelyn Greco won the World Bodypainting Festival in Austria — and then got bounced by Facebook.
YES! Weekly |
Ogi Overman |
09-15-2011 |
Culture
Autumnnew
She has no idea how brave she is. But I do — barely a yard tall with a mouth full of baby teeth, and she’s fully prepared to handle whatever the world throws her way, on the bus, at school and everywhere else. She is good to go.
YES! Weekly |
Brian Clarey |
09-15-2011 |
Commentary
Fast Fall Flavorsnew
Tips and tricks to enjoy the season.
The Reader |
Summer Miller |
09-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Con Safo Artists Bring El Movimiento to Canvasnew
You may have seen this emblem marked in the corner of a mural or on street art: C/S.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
09-14-2011 |
Art
Corruption of a Chicken Farmernew
There's no way around the fact that if you eat meat, you have blood on your hands. When I worked on a farm, the long afternoons spent slaughtering chickens helped shape my belief that all meat eaters should, at least once, kill and butcher an animal. It's the only way to really comprehend what you're eating.
Charleston City Paper |
Ari LeVaux |
09-14-2011 |
Food+Drink
Spies Like Usnew
The slippery slope of stealth parenting.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
09-14-2011 |
Commentary
Coeur d'Alene Tribe Gets Back to its Food Rootsnew
Many tribes have limited access to land suitable for practicing traditional, ancient food ways. The net result is that Native Americans tend to produce little of their own food and have limited control over the kinds of foods imported into their communities.
Boise Weekly |
Guy Hand |
09-14-2011 |
Food+Drink
Attack of the Kevlar Tomatoesnew
Talking with Barry Estabrook, author of the new book Tomatoland.
Gambit |
Megan Peck |
09-12-2011 |
Food+Drink
College of Charleston Student President Faces Impeachment Over Tweetsnew
Call it a farce if you want, but student government at College of Charleston takes itself seriously. Exhibit A: The impeachment proceedings of President Ross Kressel, who is in hot water for comments he made on a private Twitter account.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-09-2011 |
Tech
