Skulduggery, Claim and Counterclaim – Foosball

by | Jan 13, 2013 | Culture Music Art

from Smithsonian The Murky History of Foosball How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th-century Europe to the basements of American homes? By Derek Workman A group of young Parisians playing foosball at a cafe in 1958. (Rue des Archives / The Granger...

Dim Sum For Dummies

by | Jan 4, 2013 | Culture Music Art

from BuzzFeed The Essential Guide To Dim Sum by Carolyn Phillips In the beginning, dim sum was a verb that merely meant “to eat a little something.” Cantonese dim sum culture began in tearooms in the latter half of the nineteenth century in the city of Guangzou,...

Rise of The Real Undead

by | Jan 2, 2013 | Culture Music Art

from WIRED Better Than Human: Why Robots Will — And Must — Take Our Jobs BY KEVIN KELLY Imagine that 7 out of 10 working Americans got fired tomorrow. What would they all do? It’s hard to believe you’d have an economy at all if you gave pink slips to more than half...