Terence McKenna on the need for each of us to disconnect from mediated culture and to live our own
The New Yorker profiles Barney Frank, focusing on the economic crisis and gay rights.
The New York Times profiles a family with a father out of work at the start of the economic crisis. Interesting reading in light of May's Homeward Bound.
A Harvard report indicates that threats to child safety in social networks may be overblown. The article unfortunately spends more than half of its time - through the conclusion of the article - representing the fears that attorneys general (Connecticut in particular) have raised.
Solitude is undervalued in today's connected culture. From The Chronicle.
A 10 minute video explaining the economic meltdown.
Wondering what RIAA will do next.
Psychologists object to the posting of Rorschach plates and common responses, while the Wikipedia community fights for information to be free. Is it bad for diagnostic tools to "fall into the hands of amateurs" or is it bad to restrict "information for theoretical concerns"?
The Meadow Highland Games & Celtic Festival takes place every October in Richmond.