Tuesday, December 12, 2006

In Tuition Game, Popularity Rises With Price - New York Times

In Tuition Game, Popularity Rises With Price - New York Times

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — John Strassburger, the president of Ursinus College, a small liberal arts institution here in the eastern Pennsylvania countryside, vividly remembers the day that the chairman of the board of trustees told him the college was losing applicants because of its tuition.
I thought you might find this interesting! How much does a school like Smith cost????

Friday, November 24, 2006

Monday, April 03, 2006

Now Playing on YouTube: Web Videos by Everyone - New York Times

Skinny guys with moppy hair in modest houses have officially staked their claim to the latest medium for short, loud adolescent messages: YouTube.

It's not semi-nudes or celebrity satire or kittens' antics that dominate the most-viewed list at YouTube.com, the popular clearinghouse for international homemade video. So exactly what videos are drawing viewers to this ascendant site, which, less than a year after its launch, averages around 25 million hits each day?

YouTube makes this question easy to answer by giving users several ways to sort the videos, including by "most discussed," "most recent" and, handily, "most viewed." It turns out that most of the videos that get millions of looks are humorous posturings by kids who in other places and at other times might be collecting near-mint X-Men comics, or practicing Metallica licks.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

IFILM - Watch the Superbowl Commercials

IFILM - Watch the Superbowl Commercials: "Super Bowl XL has passed (Go, Steelers!), but you can still watch all those great, funny and weird ads right here. You can also grab your favorite ads and paste them right into your own blog or web page... "

Monday, January 16, 2006

Turning the Pages™, the British Library


Turning the Pages™, the British Library: "

SKETCHES BY LEONARDO
See the genius's personal notebook

Turn the pages of Mozart's Thematic Catalogue

MOZART'S MUSICAL DIARY
With 75 audio excerpts

Turn the pages of Alice Under Ground

THE ORIGINAL ALICE
Written and illustrated by Lewis Car"



Turning the Pages™, the British Library: "

Turn the pages of Alice Under Ground

THE ORIGINAL ALICE
Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll"

You can see the original manuscripts, and listen to them being read! 15 books are in the "turn the pages" collection... It takes a while to load but is worth the wait!

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

The Pandora Project



The Pandora project comes from a very simple idea. On Pandora web page you can create your own radio station which broadcasts for you the kind of music you like and once you are registered you can share your stations with other people.
How does it work ?
In fact, when you first want to create a station, you are asked to type the name of an artist or a song, so Pandora analyses the rythms and the music that you want to listen to on this station and then chooses artists that fit to this profile ...
Enjoy
www.pandora.com