Seems like nearly every day I get a notice in my in-box about a new conference, a new initiative, a new working group that will be looking at ways that traditional media can change with the digital times. For the most part, these programs have thoughtful people who sincerely want to help news (...)
Manifesto for Apes and Nature - mAn A Neuchâtel, en marge du festival « Sauvons les grands singes », un manifeste international intitulé mAn (manifesto for Apes and nature) est lancé pour sensibiliser les gouvernements à la problématique de la disparition de nos cousins primates et de leur habitat, la (...)
Everyone’s a producer — or so it seems with the availability of video-making tools for just about anyone these days. With the arrival of cheaper, more compact equipment and the rapid of advance of technology in this area, it’s possible to shoot a pretty good quality video with a small digital (...)
vendredi 4 avril 2008 par Mikael Höök — Headline news
Recent reports have shown that Russia has not been able to increase its oil production for three months in a row now (Reuters). The production have been hanging slightly below the maximum of 9,93 Mbpd that was reached last year in October.
Russia is also the worlds second largest oil exporter. (...)
We are a society that lives more and more in our technology-induced bubbles. When we go outside, we wear an iPod; we talk on cell phones while driving. In urban areas, we might never meet our neighbors unless there’s a fire or earthquake. But can technology also help bring us together in our (...)
Last week, I had the honor of giving a speech at Arkansas State University, as part of their Lecture & Concert series — at least, once I made it through the mechanical mayhem of American Airlines cancelling dozens of flights the same day I flew out. I also got to address a few classes in the (...)
mardi 1er avril 2008 par Mikael Höök — Headline news
The last 8 years have been disappointing for the US in terms of new discoveries. Despite impressive increases in the number of wells drilled not much oil have been found. The harsh reality, that the United States already have accessed all big and easy oil fields within its border, is slowly (...)
Les primates disparaissent de la surface du globe principalement du fait de leur concurrence avec l'homme et de ses activités expansionnistes. Pour s'accaparer toutes les ressources possibles l'homme n'hésite pas à détruire la faune et la flore, sans s'intéresser aux conséquences de ses (...)
PASCALToutes choses étant causées et causantes, aidées et aidantes, médiatement et immédiatement, et toutes s’entretenant par un lien naturel et insensible qui lie les plus éloignées et les plus différentes, je tiens impossible de connaître les parties sans connaître le tout, non plus que de connaître le tout sans connaître particulièrement les parties.
Gandhi"Vivre simplement pour que d’autres, simplement, puissent vivre. "
Albert Einstein« Aucun problème ne peut être résolu sans changer l’état d’esprit qui l’a engendré »
Marion King Hubbert"Notre ignorance n’est pas aussi vaste que notre incapacité à utiliser ce que nous savons."