Posted by on under loic le meur, boing boing, sexy maids, joi ito, darth vader, hector garcia, chumby, digital garage, xeni jardin, epode, silic, danny choo, facebook, bbtv, shoe designer, friend danny, ayed, cnn, language websites, linkedin | 
I hope you are sitting down when you hit "play." Joi Ito, the host of today's special Boing Boing tv episode from Tokyo, explains what you're about to witness: This year, the Digital Garage New Context Conference and Ellen Levy's Silicon Valley Connect worked together on a program for visitors from Silicon Valley to Tokyo. Silicon Valley Connect is a program that Ellen runs which brings executives and visionaries from Silicon Valley to various parts of the world. This year, we organized a group to visit Japan. As part of the "cultural program" we decided to take a tour of Akihabara, the mecca of all things otaku, anime and electronic in Japan. I asked a very special friend, Danny Choo, son of the famous shoe designer Jimmy Choo, to lead the tour. I call Danny "The Prince of Akihabara". He is one of the world's experts on Japan's otaku culture and has one of the most popular English language websites about Japan. One of his favorite things is to dress up as a storm trooper and spread his love and happiness in Akihabara. He is often accompanied by his side-kick Darth Vader, played by Hector Garcia who also has a super-popular blog about Japan. (Danny on CNN talking about this hobby of his.) When I talked to Xeni Jardin about this, we decided that this might make a good Boing Boing TV episode... and I think we were right. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped. Participants from Silicon Valley included Ellen Levy (LinkedIn), Ken Glidewell, Loic Le Meur (Seesmic), Geraldine Le Meur (Le Web), bunnie Huang (Chumby), Jean-Marie Hullot (Fotonauts), Matt Flannery (Kiva), Julie Hanna Farris (SocialText) and Chamath Palihapitiya (Facebook)....
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Posted by on under boing boing, cnn reporter, miles o brien, envirment, internet governance, morning in april, easure, screengrab, cnn, la times, twitter, technology unit, anet, divi, chief technology, science space, icann, snip, peril, anchor |
Oh, man, this is sad and unexpected news: 16-year veteran CNN reporter and anchor Miles O'Brien will be departing CNN, as the network closes its sci/space/enviromental/tech news division. Snip from mediabistro: O'Brien's departure comes as the network dismantles its science, space, environment and technology unit in Atlanta. That includes O'Brien as well as six producers. O'Brien has been CNN's chief technology and environment correspondent since being replaced as anchor of American Morning in April 2007. The network's environmental coverage will continue through the Planet in Peril franchise, which is part of the Anderson Cooper-hosted show AC360. The LA Times has an item about these changes, too. I won't go through a laundry list of the departing names here, but I've had the pleasure of meeting and/or briefly working with a number of them as a guest on various CNN shows. They're talented, dedicated, rare professionals. Miles is truly one of the greats. I can't think of a single broadcast journalist as knowledgeable on space, aeronautics, and other tech topics. I am so sorry to hear this news. Update: The screengrab above from Miles O'Brien's twitter feed. (Thanks, Matt West) Previously: Xeni on CNN's "Welcome to the Future" - Boing Boing Xeni on CNN "American Morning" re: 'net movie downloads - Boing Boing Xeni on CNN American Morning: Apple recalls Sony batteries - Boing ... Xeni on CNN x 2: Extreme Cellphones, ICANN and internet governance ......
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Posted by on under copper prices, unclassified report, crop failures, power outages, thieves, siren, fbi, crimes, decline, infrastructure, stocks tumble |
The FBI releases a unclassified report detailing U.S. crop failures, power outages and tornado-siren warning failures due to copper thieves getting huge returns for their crimes. The report, however, is released the day global mining stocks tumble as mining operations announced cutbacks and a 50 percent decline in copper prices in light of the dwindling global economy.
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Posted by on under cnn reports, mths, cnn, checklists, foreclosure, timelines, rocks, homes for sale |
Homeowners wanting to sell their homes are on tenterhooks these days, watching with avid interest as the market rocks and rolls. CNN reports that 85,000 homes in the U.S. were lost to foreclosure in October. Homes for sale, sitting vacant, are projected to remain on the market for six months or more, and sellers are [...]
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