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Ginny Holbert is a writer, editor, critic and scanner.
Interests: Change, disruption, optimism, pessimism, science, art, technology, humanity, the future.
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Potato peeler or paring knife?
Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Flux and Flummox
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We had the Mok at Tamarind in Luang Prabang about a month ago. Now it's a snowy day in the Midwest and I got the urge to recreate it. Thank you for sharing this!
Mok Pa - Lao style Fish Steamed in Banana Leaves
I hope you don't mind.....a recipe on a Monday. Here's one that I learned during the cooking class offered by Joy of Tamarind Restaurant in Luang Prabang. Sounds much like, Cambodian Fish Amok, but Mok Pa uses no coconut milk. There's also a recipe for this dish in the legendary cookbook, Tradi...
Big brother likes your makeup
Posted Aug 9, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Iceland's cool cyber-democracy
Posted Aug 3, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Future of the Zeitgeist and vice versa
Young people all over the globe are angsting over the future, but it seems that the professional futurists of the World Future Society are ignoring them. Continue reading
Posted Aug 2, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Decline of the American empire
Korea says goodbye to heavy backpacks and anachronistic education. By 2015, students will be carrying digital textbooks in lieu of paperback books in all schools in South Korea, according to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Taking advantage of cloud technology, the ministry said that it will invest KRW 2.2 trillion (US $2 billion) to convert textbooks to digital with links to various multimedia content, establish massive servers and WiFi networks in schools, and provide free tablets for students from low-income families, reports The Cosunilbo. Meanwhile, the American Tea Party would like to kill the public education entirely. Republican... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Super sonic crystals
After the gloom and doom of the last few posts, here's something to make you marvel at human inventiveness, creativity and generosity. Bjork's latest project goes far beyond the "album" or "tour." Instead "Biophilia" is a sprawling, futuristic musical/conceptual constellation that will include a variety of interactive apps, music workshops for children, newly invented instruments and performances inspired by the nature and technology. “What Bjork is doing feels a lot like the birth of cinema or the birth of opera,” said Scott Snibbe, a media artist and leading app developer who managed the “Biophilia” project and whose studio created three... Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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It's 2041....where is your power coming from?
Mix peak oil, climate change and population growth and you get war. That's how author and Hampshire College professor Michael T. Klare sees the next 30 years. Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Hot air and grand schemes
Posted Jun 27, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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The feelies--coming to a theater near you?
Although many a dog lover would argue otherwise, most people assume that the ability to feel emotion and respond to the emotions of others is a core attribute of being human. I feel, therefore I am. Yet these technologies are rapidly erasing that distinction between man and machine. Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Turning smiles into bytes (and bucks)
Posted Mar 27, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Better living through chemicals
Posted Mar 6, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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ginny is now following Elsa Mora
Mar 3, 2011
Technopoly kills the bookstore
One of Postman's themes is that as traditional belief systems fade, technology has replaced them and information itself has taken on metaphysical status. But information per se does not solve problems. Continue reading
Posted Mar 3, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Why I still hate Facebook
Facebook is experimenting with a new privacy statement, but I still don't trust it. And I'm not sure I want to be friends with my dentist--even Facebook friends. Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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You're a digital camera, I'm a fine wine
Transhumanism tends to be a comic book vision of the future, in which a compendium of technologically enabled "enhancements" will improve human beings so much that they evolve into a new species of transhumans. Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Shiny Happy Friday III
Things to be hopeful about this week: Egypt, a seed vault in the Arctic and a cool recycled lamp. Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Join the Random Generator Generation!
Posted Feb 8, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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I agree, I think there may be dangers but we are all just so addicted. I think its always better to keep the phone away from your head.
Shiny Happy Friday Part II
Mayan Woman on a cell phone in Guatemala/Ashabot Flickr photo TGIF, because it is time for another round of good news and Developments That Are Not Depressing! Here's a project that could bring the wealth of information on the web to people without computers--and even to those who are illi...
Is Twitter revolutionary or is that missing the point?
Posted Feb 6, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Shiny Happy Friday Part II
Posted Feb 4, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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The Tweets must flow from Egypt
Posted Feb 1, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Obama, futurist in chief
Posted Jan 26, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Blogging free, comments priceless!
Unbeknownst to me, an army of bad little Sir Spam-a-Lots have been hurling random letters, nonsense phrases and vile URLs at my innocent blog. Meanwhile, a valiant army of Typepad defenderbots--housed somewhere in The Cloud I suppose--are tirelessly fighting back, shielding us from the barrage of mischief. Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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Flawed humans, Dr. Steel has a plan for you
Steampunk musician Dr. Steel's PSA for The Singularity....sign up now! Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2011 at Flux and Flummox
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