Topic: ART - on March 6, 2010 at 2:12:00 PM CET
A Game of Tag Breaks Out Between London's Graffiti Elite
In the predawn hours of Christmas morning, a 40-year-old shoe repairman who goes by the name Robbo squeezed his 6-foot-8-inch frame into a wet suit, tossed some spray cans into a plastic bag, and crossed Regent's Canal on a red-and-blue air mattress.
Robbo, one of the lost pioneers of London's 1980s graffiti scene, was emerging from a long retirement. He had a mission: to settle a score with the world-famous street artist Banksy, who, Robbo believes, had attacked his legacy.
The battle centers on a wall under a bridge on the canal in London's Camden district. In the fall of 1985—just 15 years old but already a major player in London's graffiti scene—Robbo announced his presence on that wall with eight tall block letters: ROBBO INC.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on March 6, 2010 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Holi
The colorful festival of Holi is celebrated on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. Holi festival has an ancient origin and celebrates the triumph of 'good' over 'bad'. The colorful festival bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. On this day, people hug and wish each other 'Happy Holi'.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on March 6, 2010 at 2:05:00 PM CET
Oscars Red Carpet Livestreams: Where to Watch
The Oscars will air on ABC this Sunday, March 7, but if you’re really into movies (or at least celebrities and fashion), you’ll want to watch the red carpet and backstage coverage on the web too. To that end, we’ve found three live video streams that will accompany the awards ceremony.
Oscar.com and Facebook The Associated Press and Livestream TVGuide.com
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Topic: INVENTIONS - on March 6, 2010 at 2:02:00 PM CET
Top 10 Most Stupid Inventions
Inventors don’t get it right all the time, so we’ve compiled a list of the 10 stupid inventions.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on March 6, 2010 at 2:00:00 PM CET
Ubisoft's Annoying New DRM Cracked Within Hours Of Release
We recently wrote about Ubisoft's annoying new DRM that requires you to be online to play even as a single player game (and which will stop your game even if your WiFi connection flakes out).
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Topic: NATURE - on March 6, 2010 at 1:59:00 PM CET
Animation of Giant Iceberg Collision as Seen From Space
The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.
The crash created a second massive iceberg nearly 50 miles long and 25 miles wide, named C-28. The name means that it’s the 28th glacier since 1976 that has broken off from the quadrant of Antarctica that faces Australia.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 6, 2010 at 1:57:00 PM CET
Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas' - In Bid For Google's Fiber Optic Test Market
At 79, Bill Bunten doesn't exactly understand the Internet boom. The Topeka, Kansas, mayor has an e-mail account, he said, but his assistants take care of most of his online communications and tend to search the Web for him.
But Bunten believes so firmly that younger residents of Kansas' capital city will benefit from faster Internet connections that he wants Topeka -- which he describes as a place of many lakes and the site of a burgeoning market for animal-food research -- to change its name for a month.
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