Things We Can Do

Our relationship to information has changed. I became aware of this not for the first time but somehow more acutely just recently when helping my 8 year old daughter Nina, with her homework. Back in the day...when I was a child and had a report to do I went right straight to the encyclopedia, which I understood to be the fountain of all truth. I would dutifully look up my subject and copy out all the information found there, re-arranging some words and adding  a little color and bam, that would be my report. As I grew older and more pages were required I would go to the library check out a few select books and pull together my story from their, all properly cited of course. But again the truth was right there in the pages on the shelf. Today my daughter and I go to the online version of the Encyclopedia Britanica, where there are big colorful pictures, links and videos and animations and my daughter who has come to expect information to be this way scrolls down the page until she fi

Chinese official think the fictional story might be too close to the reality of contemporary life in China.... " China’s decision to pull Avatar from screens around the country at the height of its popularity is a high profile reminder to  international  marketers that Western messages don’t necessarily translate to Asian markets. The Chinese authorities were reportedly concerned that the depiction of greedy property investors in the film would resonate with viewers concerned about the displacement of ‘nail house dwellers’ by property developers in their own country, which has led to widespread unrest. The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s government has moved to downplay the associations being made: “Major publications and news portals  in China were said to have received orders from government authorities to downplay discussion about nail houses related to the movie. Avatar’s success in China has also prompted a fair amount of debate among moviegoers and those in the

Although I hate to be so unoriginal. This one is for Nina..."it's like my iPod's stuck on replay" by Iyaz. This photo makes him look so grown up.  Silly silly stuff. I promise to get my 3 chord rock back on soon.  xo  -e    Download now or listen on posterous 01 Replay.m4a (6384 KB) Posted via email from Elena's posterous

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz   Download now or listen on posterous 02 I'm Yours.mp3 (9515 KB) This one's been stuck in my head since yesterday but it took until today to get it posted because I didn't have a copy on my hard drive. So first like any good modern girl I check my favorite free site and get an acoustic version from some in store performance, which in fact highlighted all the shallowness of the vocals and chord structure. Next I asked a friend and they found some crazy re-mix with Little Wayne which lost all of its pop fun. This got me curious so I checked out a reggae re-mix which was just plain bad. Finally I asked the ever on time pop maven Lee, my girlfriend and partner who put this thing in my head in the first place and she pointed me in the right direction. This one here is the best, happy go lucky pop that bounces you along in a wash of light hearted bliss. Enjoy! xo -elena Posted via email from Elena's

I love the idea ...here my cyncism however made me laugh http://bit.ly/5cFS4i Posted via email from Elena's posterous