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When Chip Conley posted his shirtless photos from the desert arts festival on his Facebook page, he heard about it from employees. BW's Nanette Byrnes writes about executives and social media
SolarCity lets clients lease a solar-power system instead of buying it, and save up to 15% a month on the combined electric and lease bill.
Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change. They are one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate change models. ESA's GlobAerosol project has been making the most of European satellite capabilities to monitor them.
Image 1: Desert dust blown from the Western Sahara towards the Canary Islands, seen in this 300-m resolution Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image. The wind can move between 60 and 200 million tons of fine dust up from the Sahara each year. Credits: ESAImage 2: An example of a GlobAerosol product: aerosol optical depth for the year 2007, derived from Envisat AATSR data. Credits: ESA
In its latest Game Design Challenge, Gamasutra sister site GameCareerGuide asked its readers to create a game design based around a photograph -- and now you can see what they came up with. The photo, seen above, depicts a firefighter scaling the face of a clock -- an image that's wildly open to interpretation and re-interpretation. The best entries, as chosen by the GameCareerGuide staff, are ...
This work/life frappe has created a blended experience in which it's harder than ever to compartmentalize. Public image should equal private reality.
Madisonians will find many opportunities to go old school this week. The calendar includes: the celebration of the "On, Wisconsin!" centennial; a production of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and a performance by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana; talks by Dan Ariely, Bill Ivey, and Lama Ole Nydahl; and, live music by Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Erin McKeown, Jeffrey Siegel, Enter the Haggis, Trampled ...
SANTA CRUZ -- When Eleanor Hamner heard about the Sept. 29 tsunami in the Samoan Islands, she recalled her father had sold some of his portable shelter tents to people in Guam.
The singer's genre-busting major label debut, 'For Your Entertainment,' drops Nov. 23, and it just might make him an American idol all over again. The singer's genre-busting major label debut, "For Your Entertainment," drops Nov. 23, and it just might make him an American idol all over again.
Alonzo Burks, 25, of Scovill Avenue, agreed to testify against two co-defendants in exchange for a chance at parole after 30 years in prison.
Hey, Spike! covers a variety of folks By Miles F. Porter IV One of the largest computer networks in Colorado is that of the Denver Public Schools. And one of its IT project managers is 1995 Summit High graduate Stacy (Martin) Moore, daughter of Gary and Debbie of Frisco. Stacy earned a bachelor's degree in writing and a master's degree in technical communications from the University of Colorado ...
"Cozy waterfront property, great view" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member Belltown TIGER LILLIES : Seattle’s Cabaret Festival kicks off tonight with the beautifully hellish Tiger Lillies . The UK trio uses accordion, ukulele, upright bass, saw, theremin, the tiniest adult drum set we’ve ever seen, and leader Martyn Jacques’ beautifully tortured falsetto to tell tales of doomed prostitutes ...
Living out fantasies in a controlled environment.
IT HAPPENED again this year. Halloween, like almost every other special day on the calendar, has become another kids' day. Add it to Christmas (loads of presents), Easter (Resurrection?
A character with Controlled Burn pose as the group moves down the Nevada Day Parade route today. This year Nevada salutes President Lincoln.
It's that time of year, when creepy kids (and a few scary adults) invade Belvedere Street in Cole Valley and show those amateurs who used to haunt the Castro how it's really done. Or as one wag put it: "It's Burning Man for kids." But whatever comparisons you want to make, it's a lot of fun. A few highlights above and more pictures here .
We were traveling along Route 80, and for once, Reno seemed almost ...
Cardboardia one of Black Rock Arts Foundation s 2009 Grantees! ...
Scott Beale / Laughing Squid We finally lost ACE Junkyard to ...
Sweetthang is the person who draws the lines in the sand Take ...
Decompression season continues: Just a quick note to remind you ...
It is Decompression season and my favorite time of year. This ...