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Teaching Kids About 9/11
Like so many other people, on the anniversary of the September 11th tragedy, I’ve told my own version of what I remember from that horrible day. For the last few years that version has included the concern I had about where my wife – pregnant with our first child – was as events unfolded. It [...]
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Animated Conversations
Making Media: XtraNormal I blame the Disney Channel – of all companies – for the downfall of the TV cartoon. That may be unfair, but it’s a consistent source of disappointment to see fine, witty animation get pushed aside by not so fine live action shows where pre-teens get sassy with adults. I wish for [...]
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Making Media, Telling Stories
When most people talk about children and media literacy, it’s usually couched in the language of censorship and danger, teaching children and parents what not to watch or play with on TV, gaming systems and the internet. No real argument there. There are certainly many land mines to avoid when children spend so much time [...]
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4 Must-See Thailand Beaches
Author: Megan McDonogh (We Blog the World) Thailand has it all: ancient ruins, holy temples, elephant rides, world-class parties, and so help me Buddha, the very best, cheapest street food I have ever tasted. There is one other thing you will encounter while touring here though: other tourists. Tons of them. When we travel, many [...]
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Hidden Lessons in Design
For as long as I can remember I’ve had a strong passion for design –as art, as theory, as an unsung but essential part of life. That probably came from watching old movies, especially those in black and white, and being much more intrigued by light, shadow and movement than the actual stories. From [...]
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Democracy in Art
Whether you enjoy Artomatic, Washington DC’s (somewhat) bi-annual, un-juried arts event, is almost totally based on your definition of “Art”. If Basel and Soho are the places you look for artistic inspiration, the Artomatic will disappoint you – greatly. But if you’re the type who regards freedom of expression as a form of art itself, [...]
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Always 84 Degrees
Always 84 Degrees It’s perpetually summer inside a Great Wolf Lodge. Eighty-four degrees to be exact. That’s a big selling point for this chain of indoor water parks that does gangbuster business all year-round, particularly during cooler months when a trip to the beach is too far and a real Spring Break is unrealistic. That [...]
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The Lost Art of Finding Out
A while back when all the big internet companies were protesting piracy legislation, Wikipedia, among other sites, made a bold decision to go dark for a day. And in every school in America, some teacher was rejoicing. If only for a moment. That’s because for all of the wonderful things that the internet has brought [...]
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The Search for Imperfection
I’m going to admit something that most parents never will. I’m just a bit envious of kids’ lifestyle. Nothing makes me happier than to provide for them the kind of childhood I wish I could have had, but I’d be lying if every now and then I don’t regret not having it. Travel, organized sports, [...]
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New Gadgets: Too Smart or Not Smart Enough?
I own a brand new “Smart TV”. I love it and it’s wonderful, but if I’m completely honest, it ain’t really that smart, at least in my definition of smart. Sure, it does a lot of things – surfs You Tube, gets met to Twitter and Facebook, streams movies, music and games, lets me download [...]
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CES: One Tablet Per Child
Flashback four CES shows ago: I’m sitting at a bar in the Venetian next to an executive from chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), who (after a few beers) begins decrying the retreat of Bill Gates and Microsoft from a partnership to mass produce the much celebrated $100 laptop, The XO. The one designed for the One Laptop Per Child program [...]
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CES2012: Keeping Tabs on Fluffy via GPS.
I have a friend and mentor who is in the business of selling leg monitors to law enforcement agencies (think Lindsey Lohan). For years, the monitors were big, clunky and only functional when accompanied by a monitoring station that was attached to a telephone. But a few years back when the monitors switch to a [...]
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Exhibit: Art of the Videogame
Added on 27 April 2012
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As the Washington Post and other art critics have already noted, the recently opened Art of the Videogame exhibition at DC’s Smithsonian American Art Museum – as presented – is only an art exhibit in the broadest sense of art, meaning craft, technique, purpose. Not that there isn’t significant art and design in videogames, it’s [...]
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- The Search for Imperfection
- Exhibit: Art of the Videogame
- A Taste of Old Baltimore
- CES: One Tablet Per Child
- Baltimore’s Own “Miracle”
- Manifesting Your Travel Dreams
- Christmas in Puerto Rico
- The Lost Art of Finding Out
- Democracy in Art
- Always 84 Degrees
- Rediscovering Baltimore (Sort of)
- Fancy Foods & Global Treats
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