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"Five years after television was introduced to this remote Himalayan kingdom, the Bhutanese are sharply aware of how TV could transform a nation's culture. " Susie Emmet, BBC Correspondent in Bhutan, Saturday, June 19, 2004

There is a basic human need to customize things and make them your own. People add chrome and neon lights to their cars, stick pieces of metal through their flesh, and there's scarcely a wall in any urban area without a healthy coating of graffiti.

But for some reason, electronic devices, although ubiquitous in our lives, rarely get the DIY treatment. For most people, the arcane circuits inside our computers, phones and video games are just not something you want to poke around in. But for a few brave souls, the technology we use daily is fair game for some homebrew modifications. Not content to let corporations decide how they use their electronics, they take matters into their own hands. They are the modifiers.

... Michael Citrome, Montreal Mirror, June 3 - 9, 2004.

"STOCKHOLM, Sweden - It's a mover's dream and sure to capture the fancy of anyone who tickles the ivories: a grand piano made only of cardboard that sounds almost like the real thing. The cardboard piano uses integrated circuits that are pressed onto paper instead of silicon chips or circuit boards. It's based on technology developed to make paper products that change color or include radio-frequency tags for inventory control."

TOKYO, Japan, June 2, 2004 (AP) -- Snapshots of his pet dog, thoughts on democracy and a recipe for bamboo shoots clutter Joichi Ito's Web journal, a lively peek into the tireless mind of one of Japan's biggest Internet stars.

After developing some of the country's hottest Net ventures, the 37-year-old entrepreneur has a new mission: Making the journals known as weblogs, or blogs, not just a thriving business but also a key element of everyday life here. ...

http://joi.ito.com/
http://blog.neoteny.com/neoteny/

"For all the fat profits that Japanese animation generates from merchandise these days, the wallets of the animators who piece the cartoons together are as thin as the cels they painstakingly paint. "

This page tracks my current addiction problem with radio controlled flying vehicles. I thought it might be helpful down the road to assist in recovery and rehabilitation ... If you are new or newly returning to RC flight then you will want to check out http://www.rcgroups.com especially the training area. They will help people not make big buying or flying mistakes."

Today was the nicest memorial day I can remember. The low wind bonus encouraged me to try for downtown Burlington from a closer location. I got as close as I could with my Ugly8 and still make a safe landing. I got some nice pics, but I was so nervous I cut my runs short. I wish I had taken hundreds."