Blogs I Like
- Ad B: Japan Navigator
- Adventures of a (Swedish) Salariman in Tokyo
- Amy: Blue Lotus
- Boing Boing: Wonderful Things
- Brendan: UNU OurWorld 2.0
- Hiroko & Rick: Itadakimasu
- Jared B: Tokyo Green Space
- Joan: Popcorn Homestead
- Jon: Toshogu or As I See Japan... From L.A.
- Justin B: The Rational Pessimist (Climate & Risk)
- Kat: Food Adventures in Japan
- Ken: KenElwood in semi-rural Japan
- Mari: Watashi to Tokyo
- MTC: Shisaku
- Otakimura: In The Pines
- P: Pacific Islander
- Peko Peko: Kyoto Foodie
- Richard H: Spike Japan
- Risa & Kirk: Savory Japan
- Robert: Pure Land Mountain
- Shizuoka Gourmet
- Ten Thousand Things
- Tom: Kitchen Garden in Japan
Links I Like
- News: About Sweden in English
- News: BBC
- News: Der Spiegel (Germany) in English
- News: Deutche Welle
- News: FT Asia (UK, EU)
- News: Kyoto Journal (Japan)
- News: NHK World Society & Others (Japan)
- News: People's Daily (China)
- News: Telegraph (UK)
- News: The Local (Sweden)
- News: Yomiuri Online (Japan)
- News: Yonhap (Korea)
- NGOs/News: Organic Consumers Association (US)
- NGOs: Amnesty
- NGOs: Consumers Union (US) Food
- NGOs: Consumers Union of Japan
- NGOs: Greenpeace
- NGOs: Greenz.jp
- NGOs: Japan for Sustainability
- NGOs: Japan Organic Agriculture Association
- NGOs: Japan Vegetarian Society
- Shops: Alishan Organic Center
- Shops: Eco to Waza (GreenJapan)
- Shops: Warabe Mura
- Stuff: Japan Probe
- Treehugger
7 comments:
"only one channel to watch, and no commercials, and no cable TV, and no satellites, and no video players or DVDs or Youtube or iPods"
sounds like heaven
Nice, nice. My family didn't get a TV until I was about 10. Do I need to say "radio" and "LP records"?
I learned at about age 10 that TV was non-essential. We used to vacation in a house that had none available. At first I found it unbearable (as did my 3 siblings) but after a few days we found games to play and rediscovered family life. Now I view it as one of those (many) technologies which have a useful, but limited, place in my world - but not in my home.
Especially with the advent of the internet - a fully user-controlled system.
I would like to see the internet develop by users, rather than turning into a copy (probably worse) of TV.
This is a really lovely song by Janis. Very atmospheric and nostalgic for me. Thanks for finding it.
I agree. Though, as usual I am not optimistic. (typical me) LOL!
Thanks for your comments, isn't it amazing what we can find on YouTube!
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