We listen to a lot of podcasts, frequently several podcasts a day, but there are very few that we feel we just couldn't live without. One of our favorite "Can't live without it" podcasts is ArtaGoGo, an absolutely delightful podcast subtitled "Art Over Easy". So, it was wonderful to discover today that ArtaGoGo featured is the first page of Yahoo's beta Podcast directory.
For once I’m not going to talk about robots, I’m going to talk about Legos and to some extent about Lego Mindstorms, and about some adults having a great deal of fun with objects that most people think of as a child’s toy, because I think this definitely deserves to be shared.
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The internet provides an open forum for people to voice their opinions and concerns, to lobby and gain support, or to be ignored. It's true in the US and Europe, and it's turning out to be just as true in more conservative societies like Japan.
From the Japan Times Online website:
"The Rojin Party (Old People's Party) is not a real political party as such, but an online body whose supporters are united by their anger over current political events."
"Having been launched in April by writer and psychiatrist Shigeru Horiuchi, the group has thus far attracted more than 200,000 visitors to its Web site."
Shigeru Horiuchi
Founder of the Rojin Party
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
- Napoleon Hill
Timothy N. Hornyak: Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
Hornyak offers a detailed overview of Japanese robot development tracing the history of robotics all the way from the 1600's through today's modern, state-of-the-art wonders like Asimo.
Jennifer Ouellette
'Black Bodies and Quantum Cats' is the type of book that inspired me to study physics as a child and enabled me to develop a life long love of science and technology.
Synthetic Worlds : The Business and Culture of Online Games
Who would have guessed that the modal demographic for online gamers is 40+ year old women? Or that billions of real dollars change hands between gamers as they buy and sell virtual items?
Lawrence Lessig: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
The Search
How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
Satisfaction
The Science of Finding True Fulfillment - Listened to the author being interviewed on the NPR Science Friday show via podcast. Very impressive.
Do You Speak American?
A great and often insightful exploration of the 'American' language
Podcasting Hacks
Podcasting is revolutionizing the way we communicate and even the way we think
The Man Behind the Microchip
Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley - An excellent and extremely well written exploration into Robert Noyce and the industry he created that changed the world
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