The Late Great B.B. King

The King is Gone, But the Thrill Goes On! On Thursday night March 14th, the world lost more than an icon and more than a legend, it lost a musical pioneer. BB King, the ambassador of Blues music, died in his sleep, at the age of 89, in his Las Vegas home, with...

More than a Game: Gender Bending

There are probably no accurate statistics available on precisely what sex the user behind each avatar is in Second Life (SL). A moment’s reflection would soon show that it is too easy to sign up with a sex other than the user’s real one and users often operate more...

The New Potters

Reaching Younger Weed Smokers Researchers at Washington University (in St. Louis MO) spent almost a year analyzing tweets about marijuana use and concluded that a new generation of marijuana users are being influenced by trendy pop culture icons like Sponge Bob. Now...

Return of the King? Lebron James

Four years ago it was unimaginable to think that one of basketball’s most celebrated players (Lebron James) would ever return to Cleveland let alone rejoin his former team the Cavaliers after leaving them to play for Miami. Team owner Dan Gilbert’s now...