Squinting for a glimpse of SpaceShipOne's ascent during X Prize launch, Mojave airport, CA, Sept. 2004. Present in this photo are John Schwartz of the NY Times, and William Harwood of CBS News. Link to story, link to blog post. Image: Jason DeFillippo

Archived work: print and online news.

New York Times : Gadgets as Tyrants (op-ed).

Wired News : Under Fire, Soldiers Kill Blogs. Some of the web's more popular "milblogs" -- blogs maintained by present or former active duty military personnel -- are going quiet following a renewed push by U.S. military officials to scan sites for security risks.

MAKE Magazine: archive of recent contributions here: Link.

Wired News -- Paul Allen's Digital Brain.
Researchers creating the Allen Brain Atlas unveil their first accomplishment -- a map of every gene in the mouse brain. Next up is a similar study using human brain slices.

Wired News -- ForBiddeN's Pl4yb0y Debut. She's got more than a million friends on MySpace, and now Christine ForBiddeN Dolce is about to make her Playboy debut. Xeni Jardin reports from Dolce's coming-out party in West Hollywood.

Wired News -- Tibetans to Teach Wi-Fi Know-How. Tech luminaries and some big Silicon Valley companies are being drawn to an October community Wi-Fi conference in rural India, where the agenda is wiring the developing world with cheap, wireless mesh networks. A special report by Xeni Jardin from Dharamshala, India.

Wired News -- Tibetan Wi-Fi Website Attacked. A Tibetan website is attacked -- possibly by China -- after being featured in Wired News.

Wired News -- Deep Sea 3D Takes IMAX Underwater. The new IMAX movie Deep Sea 3D submerges audiences in Neptune's realm in eye-popping 3-D -- and none of it's done with CGI. Xeni Jardin reports from the Los Angeles premiere.

Wired News --Wireless Binds Tibetan Exiles. Western "hacktivists" and Tibetan refugees build a mesh network in the Himalayas using junk parts and free software. It's decentralized, robust and reliable. And it's monkey-proof. A special report by Xeni Jardin from Dharamsala, India.

NEW YORK TIMES
Op-Ed: Exporting Censorship.
"AMERICAN technology firms are taking heat from the public and Congress for helping China's government police the Internet. But this controversy extends well beyond China and the so-called Internet Gang of Four: Google, Yahoo, Cisco and Microsoft. Just how many American companies are complicit hit home for me last month when dozens of readers of BoingBoing.net e-mailed us to say they had been suddenly denied access." March., 2006

Wired News -- Gizmos Trump Gowns at Nerd Oscars: Attendees at the 2006 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards ceremonies in Beverly Hills saw more pocket protectors Saturday than Harry Winston diamonds. Feb., 2006

Wired News -- Deep Sea 3D Takes IMAX Underwater: Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, Deep Sea 3D chronicles the interconnected lives of underwater critters -- and the destructive impact of human pursuits back on the planet's surface. March., 2006

Wired News -- One Giant Leap to IMAX. Unless you're on the NASA fast track you'll never get any closer to the red planet than Roving Mars, a remarkable documentary that uses computer animation and actual images from two NASA rovers to maximum effect. Feb., 2006

Slate Magazine - Memoirs of a Free Geisha. DVD pirates successfully plunder Academy Award screeners. Jan., 2006

Wired News -- PearLyrics' True Love Story. PearLyrics, the doomed lyrics looker-upper for iTunes, was created not for money nor art, but something else entirely. Jan., 2006

Wired Magazine - Thinking Outside the Box Office. Director Steven Soderbergh talks about copyright, remix culture, and why he'll debut his new movie on DVD, cable, and in theaters all at once. Dec., 2005

Wired News - Lyrics Dustup Ends in Apology: As the record industry gears up for a legal assault on websites offering unlicensed lyrics and musical notes for popular music, one programmer behind a lyrics search tool for iTunes is breathing a sigh of relief. Dec., 2005

Wired Magazine - Live From New York! The "Creative Commons Comics" at thelonelyisland.com hit it bigtime on NBC's Saturday Night Live, thanks in part to the homegrown viral popularity of online shorts. Dec., 2005

Wired News - The Cyclotron Comes to the 'Hood. Albert Swank Jr., a 55-year-old civil engineer in Anchorage, Alaska, is a man with a mission. He wants to install a nuclear particle accelerator in his home. Nov., 2005

Wired News - A Torrent or a Trickle? The MPAA's deal with BitTorrent will do little to change the landscape for file swapping -- but it could create the best chance yet for a meaningful and legal P2P media-distribution system. Nov., 2005

Wired News - The Sex Machines Next Door. A new photo book takes a look at the shockingly normal people who build sex machines like The Thumpstir and The Gangbang in their suburban garages. Nov., 2005

Wired News - Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show: It's been hyped to death, but now problems are emerging. Will Web 2.0 suffer from the same old scams that doomed Usenet and e-mail? Oct., 2005

Los Angeles Times -- Battle blogging for profit: As blogs become big business, Internet giants have begun trying to profit from new forms of journalism, including war coverage. The results are not encouraging. Oct., 2005

Wired News -- The Daily Set, Sans Jon Stewart. Fans of The Daily Show pitch in to buy the program's old set, and plan to use it in an online road show. Oct., 2005

Los Angeles Times -- Lawyers, Unclench! Google Print Should Be Fair Use. A class action lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild, a biographer of Abraham Lincoln, a children's book author and a former U.S. poet laureate is further evidence that copyright traditionalists' knee-jerk defenses can be worse for business than the technology they fear. Sep., 2005

Eye-Popping Streaming Film Debuts. High-definition broadcasts of undersea volcanoes and a Japanese drama offer impossibly rich glimpses of the future of communications. Sep., 2005

Wired News -- Open Source Opens Doors to SNL. A trio of Los Angeles comedians luck into the opportunity of a lifetime after they post their work online under a Creative Commons copyright license. Sep., 2005

Wired News -- CNN Hacks New TV Technology. On The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer and his crew push the boundaries of television news by integrating internet technology and viewpoints. Sep., 2005

Los Angeles Times -- Is your professor a red jalapeno pepper? Like many life forms that crawl forth from the Internet's pools of primordial ooze, RateMyProfessors.com isn't so much a new beast — it's just a faster, bigger, hungrier version of an offline ancestor. Sep., 2005

Los Angeles Times -- Pouty-mouth poses for narcoleptic dudes. You could describe Facebook.com as a digital yearbook, or the Internet equivalent of Greek T-shirts on frat brothers. But most dead-tree yearbooks don't have 3.6 million members or party construction systems. Sep., 2005

Wired News -- Getting the Gulf Back on the Grid. An unlikely alliance between the FCC and grass-roots communications experts helps reconnect areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Sep., 2005

Wired News -- Sonic 'Lasers' Head to Flood Zone. Experimental speakers that can send audible messages up to a mile away or disperse a crowd with ear-splitting pulses are headed for the Katrina disaster zone. Xeni Jardin reports from Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Sep., 2005

Wired News -- Filk Music for Nerd People. From asteroid truckers to vampire computers, this little-known folk spinoff takes on the big issues of the future. August., 2005

Wired News -- VR Goggles Heal Scars of War. Shell-shocked Iraq vets are treated with an experimental virtual-reality system that re-creates combat trauma. One military psychologist says it's the most effective healing tool he's ever used. Xeni Jardin gets a tour. (Story includes video.) August., 2005

Wired News -- How Mobile Phones Conquered Japan. Personal, Portable, Pedestrian offers a rich, textured look at the role keitai culture plays in Japanese life, and a glimpse of what the future holds for the rest of us. August., 2005

Wired News -- Fancy Meets Function on Runway: The Siggraph Cyber Fashion Show sports futuristic designs and accessories like wearable sensors, integrated cameras and GPS. The techno designs could populate your future closet. August., 2005

Wired Magazine -- Bin Laden In Hell. When it happens, the expulsion is so genteel at first that you might not notice. There is no warning, no email notification, nothing. You think you're logging in to aSmallWorld, the ultraexclusive social networking Web site favored by supermodels, celebutantes, and Eurotrash. August., 2005

MAKE Magazine

• Biofuels Today -- "Deep-Fried Ride: Veggie Oil Inside." From MAKE 03: Cars and Halloween page 76.
• Made on Earth -- Reports from the world of backyard technology, including the Vee 9 solar vehicle. From MAKE 02: Home Entertainment page 14
• Made on Earth -- Amazing things that ordinary people are making in their garages and backyards, including steam locomotives. From MAKE 01: Premiere page 14.

Wired News -- Auteurs Glimpse Digital Future. Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury speaks at the Directors Guild of America's annual Digital Day event, which gives filmmakers a look at revolutionary new movie-making gear. August., 2005

Wired News -- Hollywood Plots End of Film Reels. New movies will come to your local theater over the internet if proposed industry specs gain acceptance. But questions remain about who will pay for the switch. July., 2005

Wired News -- The Empire's New Digs. Technology may soon spell doom for the big blockbuster, predicted the king of blockbusters himself -- George Lucas. Speaking at the grand opening of his brand new Letterman Digital Arts Center here in San Francisco's Presidio national park, Lucas said the internet and digital distribution will force Hollywood to refocus on smaller projects. June., 2005

Wired News -- Inside Applied Minds. Xeni visits the R&D firm founded by two former Disney Imagineers, where art and science mix in magical ways. June., 2005

Wired News -- Hollywood Foots Bill for Spy Cams. DVD bootleggers become targets of a police-operated surveillance system paid for by the movie industry. June., 2005

Wired News -- Coders Want Fatter Paychecks, Too. While unionized voice-over actors make noise about striking to demand better wages, video-game developers say they should be first to enjoy a thicker slice of the sweet profit pie. June., 2005

Wired News -- Strike Looms Against Game Makers. Two Hollywood unions representing actors asked members to green light a strike against electronic game manufacturers when contract negotiations between the two sides fell apart. May, 2005

Wired News -- Audience With the Podfather. Q&A with podcasting pioneer Adam Curry, on the launch of a new "all-podcast" Sirius radio show. May., 2005

Wired News -- Your Identity, Open to All. ZabaSearch is a new "people data" search engine often used for finding the unlisted numbers of celebrities, as well as their birth years, addresses and satellite pictures of their homes. Trouble is, you're in there too. Is ZabaSearch an invasion of privacy? Xeni Jardin quizzes the site's founders. May., 2005

Wired News -- Podcasting Killed the Radio Star. The popular audio distribution method is about to take to the airwaves. A failing talk-radio station in San Francisco will be converted to an all-podcast format. Apr., 2005

MSNBC -- An Animated Life: Profile of Pixar's John Lasseter. Apr., 2005

Wired Magazine -- The Cuban Revolution.
The maverick billionaire blogger wants to take the film out of the film industry. And his all-digital vision is coming soon to a screen near you. Apr., 2005

MSNBC: Interactive cinema puts you in the director's chair. Link, Feb., 2005

Playboy: Profile of "Astropreneur" Peter Diamandis. Link. Dec., 2004

Wired News -- Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead. The film studios' lobbying arm files lawsuits against the operators of sites and servers that help users of file-sharing networks locate movies and songs. Dec., 2004

Wired Magazine --Tools Annual 2004: Auto. The coolest geek shopping list ever - 129 of the best screens, cams, phones, games and gadgets of the year. Dec.. 2004.

Wired News -- Gifts to Sate your Technolust. Dec.. 2004.

Nerve.com: Rear View Mirror. Review of photography by Siege. (sexually explicit) Dec. 2004

Wired News: 'Music Is Not a Loaf of Bread' -- When Wilco released Yankee Hotel Foxtrot online for free in 2001, the album's popularity soared and Wilco became a commercial success. Front man Jeff Tweedy tells Xeni Jardin why the music industry is dead wrong about file sharing. Nov. 2004.

Wired News: A Tech Eye On Movie Pirates. Eager to curb camcorder piracy at the cinema, Hollywood studios evaluate a device that would detect bootleggers' recorders in the dark. Xeni Jardin reports from Hollywood. Nov. 2004.

MSNBC: Technology gives boost to classical music groups: Is the internet a lifeline for a dying art?

Wired Magazine: South Park's Puppet Regime. While the rest of Hollywood obsesses over the next CG blockbuster, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are playing with puppets. Sept., 2004.

Wired News: Farewell to Gravity. What once was the exclusive state of astronauts -- weightlessness -- is now available to anyone with a few grand to spare. Xeni goes for a ride on a commercial zero-gravity flight. Sept., 2004.

"Xeni Flies Zero G": Images at BoingBoing.net: Link

Wired News: Kaiju Monsters Invade Hollywood. Creatures gather to decide the fate of the world by -- what else? -- wrestling. Anything goes, including pizza tossing and porn. Sept., 2004

Wired News: Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle. The software giant's new pay-per-download service offers an easy-to-use interface and above-average sound quality. But some critics wonder if the MSN Music service will foster a widening rift in digital music security standards. Sept., 2004

Wired News: Monster Mashes Attract Masses: The organizers of Kaiju Big Battel-- multimedia events that feature "live monster fighting" -- don't refer to their costumed combatants as men in suits. Those beasts spewing toxic ooze all over the audience are the real deal. Sept., 2004

Wired News: Induce Act Draws Support, Venom. Hollywood loves it. Techies hate it. And now, nine senators are signing on to help it pass. That's the latest chapter in the short history of the Induce Act, a bill aimed at cracking down on technologies that can be used for unauthorized sharing of copyright works. August, 2004

Wired News: Porn Law Draws Adult Sites' Ire
A Justice Department proposal to require more stringent record-keeping of porn stars' identities draws fire from webmasters who run adult sites. If enacted, they say, the regs may make it tough for them to stay in business. August, 2004

Wired News: We're All Journalists Now. Dan Gillmor argues in his new book We the Media that journalism is stronger than ever because of the Web. But Hollywood is strengthening its grasp on copyrights, threatening speech and freedom. August, 2004

Wired Magazine: Friends With Benefits. This isn't P2P in the old outlaw Napster sense. It's an online swap meet. August, 2004

Wired News: Group Wants to Induce Downloads
A coalition of techies and free-speech advocates distributes videos of Senate hearings about the Induce Act to prove two points: that the law would be very damaging to the tech industry, and that peer-to-peer networks can serve the public. August, 2004

Wired News: Designing Like They Give a Damn. A Web-based architectural competition fuses online networking and social activism to tackle South Africa's AIDS crisis -- with a little help from mobile technology. August, 2004

MSNBC: Online Social Networks Go to Work. July, 2004

Wired News: MP3 Pioneer Debuts Spatial Sound. A new "3-D" sound technology promises to make every spot within a movie theater a "sweet spot," but are consumers and entertainment companies prepared to pay for it? July, 2004

Wired Magazine: The Humanoid Race -- Machines are getting more and more like the rest of us. A piece-by-piece guide to the globe's most advanced bots. June, 2004

Wired News: High-Speed Love Connection -- Remote-control, "scriptable" sex toys. Adult entertainment providers will soon sell celebrity-branded "scripts" for the devices (think: Jenna Jameson, Tera Patrick, Ron Jeremy, and the like), which work like mobile phone ringtones but -- well-- then again, kinda different. June 2004

MSNBC: Saying Yes to MMS -- Sending and receiving media-rich mobile messages on the go. June, 2004

Wired News: China Cracks Down on Net Games. June. 2004

Interviewing Jen Collins at Kaiju Big Battel, Sep. 2004, LA. Image: Jason DeFillippo.

Wired News: Wartime Wireless Worries Pentagon: The Pentagon, concerned that more scandalous pictures may sneak out of Iraq, is putting pressure on commanders to make soldiers and contractors use only wireless devices that conform to the military's security standards. May. 2004

Wired News: How to Promote a game with Flare: On a sweltering afternoon, the line between video games and reality was temporarily erased at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For about 45 minutes, one downtown street was transformed into a scene from a military first-person shooter game -- complete with helicopters, machine guns and face-painted soldiers leaping off tall buildings, while the jaws of shocked onlookers dropped. May. 2004

E3 convention photos for Wired News | E3: Loud and Garish as Ever | Put on Your PJs and Run Playboy | May 2004

PBS "California Connected" radio and TV program -- RFIDS and Privacy. Dubbed by one skeptical journalist as " Big Brother in small packages," RFIDs are tiny transponders that can be attached to almost any consumer good. While companies are set to use these radio frequency identification tags to track their merchandise from assembly line to warehouse to store shelf, privacy watchdogs suggest these same RFID tags could be used to keep tabs on consumers -- beyond the confines of a store or supermarket. Link to online discussion. May 06, 2004

Wired News: Hack Your Way to Hollywood. Heather Robinson, 25, sure has moxie. She turned her youthful indiscretions with a stolen credit card into a movie deal. Now she's trying to land another, this one based on her electronic snooping through AOL's customer database. Apr. 2004

Nerve Magazine: introduction to gallery of work by Brooklyn-based photographer Siege. Silver: Elemental projections in the flesh. (sexually explicit content, paid subscription required) Apr. 2004

Fix for Japan Pop-Culture Addicts: Finding more than hentai , anime DVDs and headbands on J-List.com, visitors can get some insight about why Japanese pop culture is so delightfully wacky. Interview with J-List proprietor Peter Payne. Wired News, Apr. 2004

Feds Crank Up Heat on P2P
The Justice Department says a newly created task force will focus on figuring out how to stamp out content piracy. The move follows a bill in Congress that would criminalize peer-to-peer networks. Wired News, Mar. 2004

Why RSS Is Everywhere
As that list of must-read blogs grows, hunting and gathering the latest posts becomes a daily drain. You could hire an assistant to read them for you. Or tap into RSS. Wired Magazine, Mar. 2004

Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P
Two senators introduce legislation to impose jail time for sharing as little as one file, while the House may consider a bill that would lower the bar to take people to court. Wired News, Mar. 2004

P2P in the Legal Crosshairs
A leaked letter may foreshadow a new legal attack on peer-to-peer file-sharing software. Language from the California attorney general's office sounds an awful lot like the party line from the movie industry. Wired News, Mar. 2004

Larry Flynt Interview: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Porn. As Hustler magazine nears its 30-year anniversary, the adult entertainment magnate reflects on how technology has changed his business, the Justice Department's new "porn czar," how the Patriot Act relates to porn, and why online anonymity matters. Wired News, Feb. 2004

No Life on Mars, But Many Bugs: Mars rover software architect Glen Reeves reveals the many challenges of maintaining a functioning operating system on another planet. Wired News, Jan. 2004

In Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt's office, Feb. 2004.

P2P's Big Bully: interview with Altnet CEO Kevin Bermeister. Wired Magazine, Jan. 2004

The Suicide Girls interview: Susannah Breslin. "It is because of Susannah Breslin that the terms bukkake, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Fetish, and stumpfucking have become part of my vocabulary...." SuicideGirls.com, Jan. 2004

Grammy Magazine: Annual Look Into The Digital Music Crystal Ball. Six industry pundits guide us through what to expect in 2004. Jan. 2004

Blogs Coming of Age in Spain: Sparked by interest in the Iraq war and a major oil spill, Spain's weblogs gained prominence in 2003 despite some big hurdles. Wired News, Jan. 2004

Wireless Observer: (PDF -- page 22) Researcher Mizuko Ito talks about phonecams and cultural change in Japan and the USA. Ericsson ON Magazine, Jan. 2004

Hot Shots: (PDF -- page 45) pictures taken from mobile phones flood the Web -- a roundup of hot phonecam blogs. Ericsson ON Magazine, Jan. 2004

A User's Guide to Internet Calling: Voice over IP is cheap, easy, and available. Here's how it works. Wired Magazine, Jan. 2004

24-Hour Movie People: Could you write, cast, shoot, score, and edit an entire movie in a day? The 24 teams that competed in New York City Midnight Moviemaking Madness on October 18 think they can. Wired Magazine, Jan. 2004

On Your Mark, Get Set, Unwire! Matt Adams, founder of a company that creates mobile multiplayer games fusing wireless virtual space with real space, talks about his current and future projects. Dec. 2003

Let's See, Roborace? Roborally? The United States Olympic Committee says it and it alone can use the word "olympics" to describe an athletic competition, which miffs the organizers of the Robolympics. Dec. 2003

Turning Heads With PowerPoint: David Byrne, who climbed to fame with the Talking Heads, lately has been wrapping his brain around PowerPoint, cranking out art. Dec. 2003

From Lead Blocks to Weblogs: Personal primer on the history of weblogs written for Spanish tech conference Artfutura. Link to Spanish, Link to English. Dec. 2003

Battlestar Galactica: Alien Sex! Bombs! Robots! Pathos! Creators of the Sci Fi Channel's forthcoming Battlestar Galactica miniseries promised that their "re-imagining" of the 1970s classic would be darker and grittier. In Hollywood, that can only mean one thing: more sex. Dec. 2003

Wired Magazine: Mark Cuban -- I'm a Maverick, Not a Mogul! Nov. 2003

Wired News: Entertainment Beyond The Matrix. Fresh from finishing work on The Matrix Revolutions, special effects guru John Gaeta talks about the future of film and media convergence. Oct. 2003

DailyCandy: Lapping it Up. No matter how hard they try, laptops just aren't glam. But if you can't beat 'em, wrap 'em ... in something chic like Talene Reilly's totes. Oct. 2003

Burning Man '03 Ashes, Dust: The death of a California woman mars this year's Burning Man festival, but its shaken founder says organizers will learn from the tragedy and make the community stronger. Aug. 2003, Wired News.

Burning Man Never Gets Old: Even though Burning Man is now 17 years old and 30,000 people are expected to show up this year, the festival still stirs souls. Veterans say they can't wait to get out to the Nevada desert to feel those fleeting, perfect moments. Aug. 2003, Wired News.

Mr. Disruption Strikes Again: Michael Robertson roiled the music business with MP3.com. Then he perturbed Microsoft with Lindows. Now he's out to overturn the phone business with his latest venture, SIPphone, which will offer free calling over broadband connections. August, 2003, Wired News.

Fans Battle TV Over Galactica: Although it was short-lived, Battlestar Galactica holds a spell on fans a quarter of a century later. Now it's coming back as a miniseries. There's a catch, though: The fans hate it. August, 2003, Wired News.

Lots of Programs in Can for 'ETV': Interactive TV, Enhanced TV -- call it what you want. But after 20 years of false starts, producers and technologists say souped-up TV is about to catch on. Really. Aug. 2003, Wired News.

Creative License: Pay artists fairly. Give fans convenient and affordable access to online music. Sounds simple enough, but millions of downloads and dollars into the digital music dilemma, these fundamental issues are still unresolved. July, 2003, Grammy Magazine

Oh, Joy! 24/7 Reality TV! If everyone is going to get that proverbial 15 minutes of fame, we'll need more airtime. Enter Larry Namer - cofounder of E! Entertainment Television - who this winter will launch Reality Central, a 24/7 cable network devoted to reality TV. Aug. 2003, Wired Magazine. Listen to the CBS Radio spot here.

Friendster: Peer-to-Peer Pressure The online community has invited hundreds of thousands of members, and a slew of critics and copycats. Aug. 2003, Wired Magazine. Listen to the CBS Radio spot here. Listen to related interview on NPR Radio's "Day To Day" show here (scroll down for segment title "Making Connections on the Web," or direct link to RealAudio here).

Secrets of Dungeons and Dreamers: A new book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of gamer culture through the eyes of one of its leaders: "Lord British." July, 2003, Wired News.

Wireless Hunters on the Prowl: Despite rocketing popularity, awareness of Wi-Fi's weak security remains relatively low. WorldWide WarDrive takes to the streets to drive home the point that wireless networks need protection, too. July, 2003, Wired News.

Giving Sharers Ears Without Faces: In the wake of the recording industry's threats to sue heavy users of peer-to-peer file-sharing systems, developers are fighting back, promising to implement features that will hide sharers' identities. July, 2003, Wired News.

Bloggers Gain Libel Protection: An appeals court decides small-time online publishers can't be held responsible for libel if they just republish information. The ruling is a victory for free speech advocates and bloggers. June, 2003, Wired News.

Ringing in the New: Ringtones have come a long way. They've also become big business in the process -- and according to wireless analysts, they're about to get bigger. July, 2003, Grammy Magazine

Phonecam Nation: Everyone's posting instant photos on the Web. Get ready for your close-up. July, 2003, Wired Magazine. CBS Radio spot here (MP3).
- Radio interview, 06-01-03: Future Tense (NPR/PRI/Minnesota Public Radio) segment about BoingBoing blog, online "folk art," and the SARS epidemic. (listen)

WIRED News: Text Messaging Feeds SARS Rumors -- The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Asia spurs the use of wireless communications to spread both official and unofficial information -- including a new SMS service in Hong Kong that pinpoints confirmed sites of infection. (link), interviewed by NPR's "On The Media" radio program about SMS and SARS (link - RealAudio)

WIRED Magazine: special issue on wireless technology (link)

Bird? Plane? UFO? No, Stratellite: Giant, ball-shaped airships called stratellites may soon glide along in the stratosphere carrying transmitters that beam broadband wireless signals to the earthlings on the ground. Dec. 23, 2002, Wired News

Pssst — Pirate Radio, Pass It On: For a minute there, it looked like Net radio was going offline. Now, using Gnutella-like technologies, such as Streamer and PeerCast, anyone with a PC and a 56-Kbps connection can become a radio jock. Wired Magazine

Napster Co-Founder's New Venture: Like Napster, Sean Parker's latest endeavor involves sharing. But this time it's personal information, not music, which isn't likely to rile the music industry. Nov. 12, 2002, Wired News

Digital Art: It's All About L.A.: An experimental arts festival showcases new media works from around the world. The unifying theme is the City of Angels. Nov. 01, 2002, Wired News

Like Water for Bandwidth: Info-fueling, wardriving and ribbons of connectivity: welcome to Los Angeles’ unwired future. LA Weekly "BEST OF L.A." issue, Sep. 27 - Oct. 3, 2002

Desktop Godards: The L.A. Freewaves digital art festival LA Weekly "BEST OF L.A." issue, Sep. 27 - Oct. 3, 2002

P2P App's Aim: Defend Free Speech: The latest version of peer-to-peer file-sharing application Freenet is easier to use -- all part of its creators' goal to reach more people interested in using P2P to promote free speech. Oct. 29, 2002, Wired News

Digital Art With Je Ne Sais Quoi: Parisian organizers of an international digital art fest want to force French art patrons to sit up and take notice. (And they'd like some cash from the government, too.) Sep. 21, 2002, Wired News

Film Moguls: Let Sex, Gore Stay: The Directors Guild of America says software that strips racy, violent or other potentially offensive material from movies on DVD and video amounts to censorship. It may sue to protect filmmakers' creative integrity. Aug. 28, 2002, Wired News

2002 Webby Awards Spotlight Online Music's Best: Music nominees range from the political to the virtual. Grammy® Magazine

Composer Greg Jones Goes Polyhistoric: Like O Brother meets Moby, Jones' music mixes contemporary magic from folk tradition. Grammy® Magazine

CDBaby Crying for Attention: Net retailer – and others like it who sell unsigned performers' CDs – is actually turning the profit they share with artists. One of CDBaby's more popular recent releases is artist Thomas Dolby's self-released live album Forty, the artist's first new album since 1993. Grammy® Magazine

Dispatches from the Digital Frontier: Four celluloid-schooled directors share hard-learned lessons on pros and cons of digital filmmaking. (www.dga.org) Directors Guild of America Magazine

DailyCandy.com clips include:
--> Voulez Vous?: Audrey & Apple's new thing.
--> Absolutely Fabul-Adidas: Limited-edition couture collaborations.
--> Roe Float Your Boat?: Caviaristas, rejoice. Recessionistas, rejoice!
--> Meltdown: We always knew LA was full of cheese...

EDGE.org: World Question Center 2002: Do languages matter?

Full Circle: Ravi Shankar Foundation to archive, educate, host performances. Construction on the New Delhi site is nearly finished, but the man former Beatle and longtime Shankar student George Harrison called "the Godfather of world music" faces new challenges. Grammy® Magazine

Cheb i Sabbah's Aromatic Nights: Cheb i Sabbah’s trademark infusion of dance floor rhythms with Asian, African, and Arabian aesthetics is more than just sensual.
Grammy® Magazine

South-of-the-Border Soul: Chris Blackwell, the New York–based founder of Island Records and “discoverer” of Bob Marley, may have found his Next Big Thing amidst the colorful border culture of Tijuana, Mexico. From syncopated “tech-mex” grooves to cyber-serapes and all-night raves dishing up hot tacos—there’s no place like Nortec. Gotham Magazine