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Tracking the origins of the cinematic framing of undersea environments in order to draw attention to the historical specificity of this view. Is SXSWi a Dream World? South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi) is a dream. A trade fair in a desert, a pilgrimage, a Mecca, where stories are created and products are launched. It is a sign, a referent, a display. For those who attend, it is cultural capital, it is membership of a club – the ‘have-beens’ [...]
GOOD Lamosca The average American is both overweight and spends more than 100 hours per year commuting, that vast majority of those hours being spent in a car.
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SoMe is a film about the rise (and fall?) of social media. Produced by web rabble-rouser and satirist, Loren Feldman , the film will feature Feldman’s signature puppet act (it will be cool, I promise) and interviews with and segments about web luminaries like:
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Brands that behave more humanly, including showing their flaws, will be awesome. FLAWSOME explores why consumers are more focused on brand attitude and behavior than ever before, with examples from brands like Four Seasons, Chevrolet, Virgin America, FedEx and more.Misc. Internet Advice
If you're a little too impatient to wait for the Absinthe jailbreak tool to make its way to Windows, good news, there's another option. The iPhone Dev Team has released Corona, a command line-based option for Mac and Windows 7 that will deliver Cydia to your iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1-running iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Obviously, you'll want to be comfortable with the terminal and command prompt but, if you can handle a little CTRL+c and CTRL+v action, jailbreaking your brand new iOS device shouldn't prove too difficult.
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