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4/30/12: Here is the final exam!

4/19/12: People are getting facelifts to look better on Skype.

4/17/12: Google goggle glasses video.

4/11/12: Regarding our discussion of nostalgia and the 'net, see this important case in point, and this one, and this one.

04/06/12: From MIT's Technology Review: The Virtual Nurse Will See You Now.

04/04/12: Here's an episode of Radiolab about people trying to connect with robots.

04/03/12: Turkle discusses the relationship of "mirror neurons" to human empathy. See V.S. Ramachandran's TED talk on the subject.

04/02/12: Check out "How the Street failed Trayvon Martin," in which the author argues that Martin's murder was, "Aided and abetted by a failed urban design model tragically lacking in 'eyes of the street.'"

03/26/12: Regarding Benjamin's mind blowing description of the Angel of History (discussed in Anderson's chapter nine this week), see this analysis and a photo of Klee's painting that inspired Benjamin. In chapter ten, Anderson talks a bit about map projections. Take a gander at this USGS page showing how the world looks different under different projections.

03/07/12: Here's the NPR feature I mentioned last night: Imagining Texas as an Independent Nation (Again).

03/06/12: Slum dwellers are defying Brazil's grand design for the Olympics.

02/28/12: Regarding themes of car attrition and visual order/disorder, consider the counterintuitive benefits that can come with "shared space" or "naked streets."

02/26/12: Relevant analysis in The New Republic: "Has Obama Convinced Americans About the Importance of Community?"

02/25/12: Regarding our discussion of population size and density on urban dynamics, see Radiolab. 2010. "It's Alive." Segment from the October 9th episode "Cities."

02/22/12: Here's an amusing skit relating to last night's discussion of the differences between America's northern and southern borders.

02/21/12: Here's a story about the failure of Twitter to obliterate geography.

02/20/12: Here's the article I mentioned a while back about the French subversives who break into places and fix things: Lackman, "The New French Hacker-Artist Underground."
And here is a TED talk by Chuck Marohn about the difference between roads and streets.

01/17/12: Here's a story about the ugly side of Italian nationalism from NPR today.

01/11/12: Welcome! The first book you will need is Delanty, Gerard. 2010. Community, Second Edition. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-49617-9. As of Jan. 11, Colloquium on University Drive has it, but the LBJ bookstore does not. Do what it takes to get a copy ASAP!

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