by | Aug 13, 2008 | Los Angeles
from the LA Times STEVE LOPEZ: Los Angeles thwarts family in fight over graffiti Jacob Antonio Jr. Highland Park owners had a mural painted to deter taggers. But the city painted it over and the taggers are back. Steve Lopez, August 13, 2008 In today’s...
by | Aug 12, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from Boston Dynamics The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that...
by | Aug 12, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the The Times South Africa Henrietta Rose-Innes on the dark side of books Writers on reading Reading is, of course, a good and precious thing, and my career — and the existence of this column — is based on the understanding that people love to read, need to read,...
by | Aug 11, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from AFP via Yahoo News Flying piece of art causes museum chaos in Switzerland GENEVA (AFP) – A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a...
