Tag: Links

Linkle is the first dedicated sewing cafe in Berlin. Knitting clubs have spread like wildfire over the past few years, with men and women gathering in pubs to stitch, bitch and get their craft on. Like internet cafes, people just walk in and install themselves behind a machine, and are charged by the hour (5 euros).

There are several ways to send a message. You can be bold and yell from a rooftop. You can be subtle and mention a theory in passing. Or if you really mean business, you can make a motion picture and, in order to reach even more people, organize an army to disseminate its message. Al Gore has trained nearly 1,000 of his foot soldiers to give the same presentation that he delivers in the movie. His disciples, who are required to give at least 10 talks a year, are not just scientists but volunteers from all walks of life including teachers, housewives and even celebrities like Cameron Diaz.

MySpace is teaming with Britain's Film4 and Vertigo Films to bankroll a British movie, hosting a competition to find the director. MySpace users also will get a chance to choose the title, comment on the script, help pick the cast and even become one of the actor. The newspaper industry is spending $75 million to argue that it's not screwed. How much better it would be to spend $75 million on innovation so, indeed, it wont be screwed.

Bloggers In Tents: Fashion Warms to New Media. No longer relegated to fashion-show Siberia, bloggers are being beckoned by the fashion industry to videotape, describe, and disseminate news from the circus that is NY Fashion Week.

Overall, 53% of online teens watch video at least occasionally, a reflection of how young people tend to be savvy about online media. The regular video watchers tend to be more "socially influential."

For those who want to be really buff, a Dutch gym is introducing training sessions for nudists.

Summer in Sydney and the hottest song on every radio station is from a 3 piece called, Sneaky Sound System. They’ll be huge in Europe next year.

The Netherlands, the New Tax Shelter Hot Spot

A SCOTTISH student who posted videos on YouTube is set to earn thousands after being spotted and signed by Time Warner. James Provan's latest YouTube hit, The Garden - filmed at his parents' house in Aberdeen - is already being used as an advert for a Time Warner internet service.

A cool site that tells you what happened around the world on the day you were born.

8 technologies that can save the world

Some 65% of U.S. consumers spend more time with their computers than with their significant others.

In tech-savvy homes, kids are gaining a much more global outlook at a younger age, according to researchers. Youngsters under the age of 11 -- the so-called "Generation We" -- are naturally adept with technology and tuned in to a world where they control media, not the other way around.