According to Anil Dash, the most exciting startups on the web are being started in New York City, not the Silicon Valley. New York City startups are as likely to be focused on the arts and crafts as on the bits and bytes, to be influenced by our unparalleled culture as by the latest browser [...]
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Will a $7 Billion Dollar Flood Gate Save Venice?
This is from NPR Venice rose from mudflats in the middle of a lagoon which forms the largest wetland in the Mediterranean. One of the world’s most endangered cities, it has been subject to increasing flooding due to sinking land — but also to rising sea levels. It’s known as "aqua alta" — high water [...]
