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Google earth has proved itself to be one of the most fascinating web devices, and one of the largest exploration tool the Internet has to offer. It's no wonder why all sorts of new and exciting discoveries have been found on earth's vast surface and murky depths, all thanks to Google and their amazing Google Earth program.

This article is about the remix cultures and mashups of online products and the copyright laws. The copyright laws are the restrictions of the remixes and mashups of the creators innovation.

Now the rules that I'm talking about are constantly being monitored by the culture. We're being corrected. And the primary policemen are women, because we are the carriers of the tradition. We pass it down from generation to generation. Not only, we always have this vague notion that something's expected of us. And on top of all off these rules, they keep changing. (Laughter) We don't know what's going on half the time, so it puts us in a very tenuous position.

ClubRSX is a very well know club all over the world but mostly in the West Coast and Japan. Where people come together and show there cars and go for midnight ride in large caravans all around the city.

flash mobs aren't just people dancing to advertise for companies, some flash mobs stand for a purpose...

This Ted Video discusses itune, and downloading. David Pogue makes his points while playing a piano.

This article converse about how social networking can influence the way people communicate and practice religion.

The Secret War Between Downloading and Uploading, from The MIT Press, is a book chapter written by the author Peter Lunenfeld. He talks about downloading and uploading and in the beginning he said, "The computer is the twenty-first century's culture machine. It is a dream device, serving as the mode of production, the means of distribution, and the site of reception." This book chapter is really interesting. It has really good descriptions and will totally grab your attention.

"Facebook vs. Twitter: battle of the social network stars" is an article written by Curt Tagtmeier, a reference librarian, about libraries using Facebook and Twitter to reach out to people. He started a project in May 2010 creating a Facebook page and a Twitter profile to make use of the popularity of social networking. This article gives reasons about both the sites and to why a library should pick between Facebook or Twitter in the battle of the social network stars. I found this article from the CSU Chico Library Database.

Women on the rise.

Flash mob with a purpose.

I stumbled upon this article today when i typed in pandora, and i happen to use the internet radio all the time; this article talks about how pandora works, and all of the odds and ends that you really wonder about when you think of the internet radio. So if this seems of interest to you i recommend you read it :)

A spontaneous flash mob in a mall that surprisingly turns into a wedding. How sweet! <3

This is a blog about a book by Sherry Turkle called "Alone Together." Her book is about why the use of technology has made us alone. She focuses on technology has change our way of interaction.

Heres a video and article where sherry turkle expresses her thoughts of how 'we are alone together' with the idea that we need to control technology and pay attention to people around us.

Reasons for online communties by Kelly nuxoll

This video expresses the issue that facebook puts your identity in jeopardy due to the fact that people add random people that seem interesting to them even if they do not know them or they could possibly be made up, just to steal your information.

This video is about Nic Marks Idea on how to sustain the planet with happiness.

This is a video of the 2009 time-lapse of three days. Pretty sick :)

This article by Kurt Squire explains how video games is becoming a field of learning and attracting educators.