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An interesting article. I believe this is true. Think of the wide range of art in the world today. This also has a great deal to due with technology and the ability to share images, of course. Democracy itself has allowed art to blossom and allowed the visual expression to become quite a personal thing.

I think that this is an interesting personal perspective on the changes that the corporate world aka authority has brought to the internet.

This is the oldest and longest running scientific Journal in the world.  It has a lot of free open content to keep you busy.

The first draft of our history of civilization / digital civ course

The world fair continues today. These funny pictures and articles give great publicity though it could be considered rude.

(also part of the Harvard Classics) this book is actually Charles Darwin's journal when he traveled the world for 5 years, and visited places like the Galapagos Island, where he formulated much of his theory of hte Origin of the species.

A visual essay of some of my own photography that I feel/hope conveys spiritual truth AND artistic truth. See my blog post at http://tamesequels.blogspot.com for my discussion about these two kinds of truths. All of these pieces are taken with a low resolution camera phone to try and convey that artistic beauty can be found in this world with the humblest means and mediums. This is one of my new art projects. I have always had an interest in photography, so this has been a good chance for me to experiment. I will try to post a photo on this site every day.

I like what you are doing, especially the wires photograph. I believe it ties in nicely to the sublime we talked about during Romanticism, that there is a glimpse of God in nature.

In a world where the definitions, functions, and structure of families seems to be constantly changing, we can find hope and direction in the inspired words of the Prophets and Apostles of God.

Well, there's snow on the mountains finally. I am one of the few people who smiles at the sight of white. I have this weird obsession with Antarctica and I want to say how greatly I adore this film I watched the other day. If you have any interest in cold places as I do, I HIGHLY recommend this beautiful film by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man). Its not a simple Planet Earth documentary, but examines why all of these different people end up at the bottom of the world. And some of the under ice scuba diving is simply breathtaking. FYI, it's on instant view on netflix.

Wow! The pictures look amazing! I'm definitely going to look into it! Thanks for sharing!

class synopsis of world history/european civilization change

Here's a fun, concise presentation with examples on how the natural selection principle works and has affected various species around the world.

This page identifies the how the roles of women have evolved in the gaming world. It's interesting how they correlate with the changes within our civilization and the changes which took place along the American Frontier.

In this oral history website Brookyn College students narrate two historical episodes: their experiences of working on farms during World War II, and the events surrounding the suspension of the Vanguard, the student newspaper in a postwar McCarthy era climate

Sweet button that you can add to your blogs that will let users share your blog with the world!

This is a fun interactive site dedicated to the work performed by Jean Jennings Bartik, one of the first computer programmers in the world.

This is an interesting book... especially because it was written between two world wars.

A book written in 2008 by Caroline S Wagner. She describes the use of the invisible college in today's world and how can can use it to help developing countries.

5 years after taking the job as Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie steps down and writes this blog post about the progress and needs of Microsoft in our evolving digital world.