Newbie on Berkman Island
Arriving on Berkman Island, I met some people who were not enrolled in the CyberOne class. They were just standing around, talking, and did not seem offended that I asked […]
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Achromatic Colors@2006 MTV Music Awards
Achromatic colors were all the rage that the 2006 MTV Music Awards that took place in NYC. THe Pussy Cat Dolls proved it. First on the list: BLACK. Jessica Simpson, […]
Game firms swoop down on Tokyo to show wares
Now in its 10th year, the Tokyo Game Show begins on Friday at the Makuhari Messe exhibition hall in Chiba, on the outskirts of Tokyo. The three-day event will be […]
[IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW]Doctor fights for global health and rights
Every year, three million people die from HIV/AIDS, 10 times the toll of the Asian tsunami disaster. Yet Kim Jim-yong, a professor at Harvard Medical School, believes that most of […]
The digital camera gets easier to use as competition stiffens
Digital camera makers are coming up with new “intelligent” features to compete in a fierce marketplace. Unlike previous efforts in the camera industry to improve the hardware functions of the […]
Shake it online, and maybe find love
Koreans love both dancing and the Internet, so it’s no surprise many these days are doing both simultaneously. At the forefront of the race, “Audition” is the dance-game leader. In […]
the American wing
While I had loved the Egyptian wing and the Impressionist paintings as a child, as I entered my twenties, I fell hopelessly in love with glass and Louis Comfort Tiffany. […]
Online personas lead to an offline wedding
Due to the increasing convergence of online chatting and gaming, Internet games have long served as a form of cyber-dating. As gaming becomes a more integral part of the lives […]
D. Yvette Wohn 