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...asked Andrew to take his picture. Days later, “Sweet Home Alabama” would welcome us to Birmingham. For purposes of cultural immersion, pop radio is often sufficient, in its limited, capitalist way. After all, even the locals listen to Clear Channel. But sometimes, an i-Pod is also useful...
...POWER POD Made by Earhugger in Utah, it charges any phone with the power source most convenient: a computer USB port, a car cigarette lighter, a 9-volt battery or a wall plug. --By Jeninne Lee--St. John
...think we're heading into a video-game version of The Matrix world with everyone plugged into his own pod. Quite the contrary: gamers appear to be more engaged with reality than other kinds of couch potatoes. According to a comprehensive survey by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA--whose members, of course, want you to think video games are wholesome), gamers spend an average of 23 hours a week volunteering and going to church, concerts, museums and other cultural events. Hard-core gamers who play 11 hours a week or more spend even more time out in the cultural world...
Finally, the group discussed making a tribute to the consumer culture phenomenon of the Apple I-Pod. If the group were to choose this project, they would recreate a huge I-Pod replica, complete with “a giant click wheel that might light up at night.” Duher says it might include “earpods in the ears of the John Harvard statue...
...perhaps the most pressing issue for Rosenblum is not how chocolate came to Europe, which company prepares it better, or where to get the best mole. It is how cacao is grown and the way the chocolate market functions from cacao pod to couverture. To answer this question, Rosenblum travels to the most common sources of cacao—including Venezuela and what he calls West Africa’s “chocolate coast...