Backyard Gardens Shelter Europe's Orphan Seeds

Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:09 PM EST (The New York Times)

As aged farmers and gardeners in Europe die, there is a chance that the fruits, grains and vegetables they have tended to will be lost within a generation.

italy, europe, world, agriculture, united-nations, nytimes, biology-and-biochemistry, genetics-and-heredity, food-and-agriculture-organization

100 Notable Books of 2007

Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:44 AM EST (The New York Times)

The Book Review picks outstanding works from the last year.

books, review, nytimes, books-and-literature

Older white women join Kenya's sex tourists

Seeded on Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:02 PM EST (Reuters)

By Jeremy Clarke MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Bethan, 56, lives in southern England on the same street as best friend Allie, 64. They are on their first holiday to Kenya, a country they say is ''just full of big young boys who like us older...

reuters, world-news

Flickr to map the world's latest photo hotspots

Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:13 AM EST (Reuters)

By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Picture having an Olympian view of millions of photos the world's photographers and cameraphone users have produced over the last day. That's what Flickr, Yahoo Inc's online photo-sharing site, said on...

reuters, world-news

Telecommuting found to boost morale, cut stress

Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:53 AM EST (Reuters)

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tired of traffic jams, late trains, packed buses? Telecommuting can be a big plus for workers and employers because it boosts morale and job satisfaction and cuts stress, researchers said on Monday. In an...

reuters, world-news

San Francisco Self Edge

Seeded on Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:38 AM EST (The New York Times)

Self Edge, a boutique in the Mission District of San Francisco, sells Japanese denim that true jeans aficionados clamor for these days.

travel, nytimes, apparel, travel-and-vacations, retail-stores-and-trade, san-francisco-calif

The Global Sympathetic Audience

Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 8:01 AM EST (The New York Times)

Quick blogs like Twitter can be a social safety net.

fashion, nytimes, friendship, twitter, computers-and-the-internet, blogs-and-blogging-internet

Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal

Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:53 AM EST (The New York Times)

A gadget that jams cellular signals has gained popularity as the use of cellphones has invaded more public places.

technology, verizon-communications, federal-communications-commission, nytimes, wireless-communications, cellular-telephones

Why Google Turned Into a Social Butterfly

Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 7:43 AM EST (The New York Times)

A new alliance will help friends on networking sites roamfreely.

technology, google-inc, nytimes, facebook-com, computers-and-the-internet

Finding Liberté on Two Wheels

Seeded on Sat Nov 3, 2007 9:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Paris's self-service bicycle docking stations make it easy even for fresh-off-the-plane Americans to explore the city in a way that you can't by foot, by Métro or by taxi.

travel, nytimes, travel-and-vacations, paris-france, bicycles-and-bicycling

Anxiety Attacks

Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 12:11 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Hungarian writer Peter Nadas's essays billow into abstraction, while his stories pay lovely attention to the particular.

books, review, hungary, nytimes, books-and-literature, peter-nadas, fire-and-knowledge-fiction-and-essays-book

A Writer Who Always Sees History in the Present Tense

Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 9:31 PM EDT (The New York Times)

No writer in Europe today has dealt more eloquently with the obligations and moral conundrums of memory than the Hungarian novelist and essayist Peter Nadas.

books, nytimes, books-and-literature, writing-and-writers, peter-nadas

After Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again

Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 9:08 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Having already struck it rich, many young Internet tycoons throw themselves back into a start-up, in a competition with one another and themselves.

business, venture-capital, entrepreneurship, nytimes, max-levchin, computers-and-the-internet

In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to Altruism

Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 5:37 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Corporations have made India a laboratory for extending modern technological conveniences to the world's poor.

technology, india, nytimes, computers-and-the-internet, economic-conditions-and-trends

Privacy Lost: These Phones Can Find You

Seeded on Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:41 AM EDT (The New York Times)

If G.P.S. made it harder to get lost, new cellphone services that track whereabouts are now making it harder to hide.

technology, global-positioning-system, nytimes, children-and-youth, wireless-communications, cellular-telephones

A Hippie Haven Goes Upscale

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Bangkok's legendary Khao San Road has gone high society with a spa and, yes, a Starbucks.

travel, nytimes, travel-and-vacations, bangkok-thailand

Networks Start to Offer TV on the Web

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:33 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The TV networks have begun to put programs on the Web. The selections are crisp, clear, legal and free. But there aren't many choices, and they don't stay on the Web long enough.

technology, television, nytimes, circuits, computers-and-the-internet, recordings-and-downloads-video

Google's Purchase of Jaiku Raises New Privacy Issues

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:22 PM EDT (The New York Times)

While Google's Jaiku purchase may not seem like an earth-shaking event, some say it is the start of a truly interconnected world, where a chunk of our existence will migrate online.

technology, mergers, google-inc, nytimes, twitter, computers-and-the-internet, blogs-and-blogging-internet, wireless-communications, acquisitions-and-divestitures, jaiku

The Google Way: Give Engineers Room

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:14 PM EDT (The New York Times)

It sounds obvious, but people work better when they're involved in something they're passionate about.

jobs, labor, google-inc, nytimes

Even in MySpace, a Friend Has to Qualify

Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:52 AM EDT (The New York Times)

One result of all the publicity from Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize in Literature was that more than 100 people signed up to be the writer's friend on MySpace.

media, business, awards, nytimes, myspace-com, nobel-prizes, doris-lessing, books-and-literature, writing-and-writers, decorations-and-honors