Monthly Archives: May 2011

ctrp379 Police in Spain Terrorize Protesters

ctrp379 Police in Spain Terrorize Protesters

May 27, 2011

As I travel around the Northeast of the United States, I am also struggling to keep up with events unfolding in Spain. Disturbing events as protesters throughout the country suffer the wrath of a police force out of control. While millions throughout the country assemble in city squares demanding...

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EU Sanctioned Torture in Libya

EU Sanctioned Torture in Libya

May 16, 2011

While people continue to die in Libya as part of the battle to oust Gaddafi, NATO continues to drop bombs on what are known as "strategic targets".  While their governments talk tough about liberating the people of Libya from tyranny, up in Europe, France and Italy are panicing about...

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ctrp378 Electronic Ecosystems

ctrp378 Electronic Ecosystems

May 12, 2011

  As a designer, at some point David Kousemaker became interested in finding where our old phones and electronics in general end up once we in the western world throw them away.  His interest took him to parts of Indonesia, China, Brazil and Thailand, among other places. There he observed...

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Our Gadgets, Our Planet

Our Gadgets, Our Planet

May 9, 2011

  This week I will meet up with David Kousemaker of TechTravels to interview him about his work on the issue of where our old gadgets end up. More specifically we will delve into a topic that the mainstream world only occasionally alludes to when they mention how "somewhere in...

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Judge Rules for Plesner, For art!

Judge Rules for Plesner, For art!

May 4, 2011

  My work on this site is not normally focused on breaking news, but this one just came out an hour ago and it involves the Plesner v. Louis Vuitton case we've been discussing over the past weeks.  The judge in the Hague ruled today in favor of Plesner's right...

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