Photo credit: / Creative Commons Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel Freedom has been lauded for it’s critique of middle-class American family life. There is another theme, however, that has slowly begun to attract attention: The place sustainability issues in pop culture…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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December 7, 2010 No Comment
We long been proponents of subscription music, but it’s always a rocky relationship: Rhapsody ‘s excellent selection but bad app and terrible web player (you call that a bitrate?), Zune ‘s beautiful UI but Windows-only-ness, and Spotify ‘s continued inability to work in the US. Eventually, this particular writer drifted over to MOG, which was initially a $5 a month web-only service, best known for its high bitrate and decent selection, with a more recent move to Android and iPhone apps (including offline play) for a still-palatable $10 a month price. Unfortunately, all this time we’ve had to put up with the indignities of a pop-up, window-based Flash player for our main MOG experience, which crashes any browser on a Mac at least once a day — like most Flash things on the Mac. Which brings us to today: MOG is a featured app on Google’s new Chrome Web Store , and once “installed” it offers an all-new luscious, speedy, HTML5 UI for MOG. Better yet, the web app also works in Safari at mog.com/chrome. Under the hood there’s still a “headless” Flash playback element for DRM purporses, but everything else is a vast improvement. The only thing that could make us happier would be some sort of exfm-style Chrome extension for adding music we discover on the web to MOG playlists. You know, as long as we’re getting lifelong dreams granted like this, might as well go for broke. MOG hits the Chrome Web Store, cools our Flash fever with a nice cool HTML5 washcloth originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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At the moment, I can’t think of a profession I’m less envious of than that of the American climate scientist. Consider: The climate science community’s years of meticulous study, research, data collection and modeling — not to mention its cautious, much-deliberated-over policy guidelines — are met with what? Certainly not our thanks. Nope, instead, climate scientists… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The WikiLeaks founder has been denied bail on the grounds that his ties to the community are weak and he has the means to flee the UK. Assange, who was arrested Monday by appointment in London, is wanted in Sweden on sexual assault charges that he categorically denies. The Guardian: The 39-year-old Australian, who denies the allegations, was driven away in a white prison van after an extraordinary one-hour hearing at City of Westminster magistrates court. The district judge, Howard Riddle, ruled there was a risk Assange would fail to surrender if granted bail. Despite Jemima Khan, former wife of Pakistan cricketer Imran Khan, the campaigning journalist John Pilger, the British film director Ken Loach and others offering to stand surety totalling £180,000, the judge said Assange’s “weak community ties” in the UK, and his “means and ability” to abscond, were “substantial grounds” for refusing bail. Read more Related Entries November 18, 2010 Britain’s Modern Bride November 12, 2010 A Doctor in Your Pocket
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People with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder have a better chance of quitting smoking if their PTSD therapy is combined with clinical treatment for fighting their nicotine habit, new research indicates.
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On Tuesday, Elizabeth Edwards, who fought a very public battle with her husband John Edwards over his private life even as she fought cancer, died of the disease in North Carolina. The former presidential candidate and Elizabeth separated after the revelation of his affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter and remained estranged until her death. The Washington Post: She was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007. O, the Oprah magazine, called her “the most refreshing political spouse since Eleanor Roosevelt.” A Washington Post profile of Mrs. Edwards was headlined, “A Shoo-In For ‘Regular Person.’ ” The headline on a Frank Rich column in the New York Times was “Elizabeth Edwards for President.” Unlike a traditional political spouse, however, she refused to appear with her husband when in August 2008 he publicly admitted to having repeatedly lied about having an affair with campaign aide Rielle Hunter. After her husband admitted fathering a child with Hunter, the Edwardses separated. She had learned of the affair in early 2006 but stayed silent about it in public and campaigned for him, a tactic that annoyed some of her supporters, who noted that the Edwardses ran as a couple, telling the story of their romance and renewing their wedding vows on their 30th anniversary in 2007. Read more
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A former professional wrestler chases down a suspected thief in Colorado, nabbing the 19 year old until police arrive. (Dec. 7)
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Taylor Swift goes for an ethereal look in her new CoverGirl NatureLuxe ads. She says beauty is owning your own individual style. (Dec. 7)
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Palm / HP’s Jon Rubinstein is just about to take the stage at the D: Dive Into Mobile event. Will there be talk of past failures? Future triumphs? Will he break out a rumored device? Will he breakdance? Only the liveblog knows for sure… so keep reading after the break! Continue reading Jon Rubinstein live from D: Dive Into Mobile Jon Rubinstein live from D: Dive Into Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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