Local energy production will become a very vital issue in the next decade, both to reduce energy costs as well as transition toward a non-polluting energy source. Here are a few examples of new designs in personal small wind turbines. These can be installed on homes in urban or suburban areas, and as the technology advances these turbines will be more effective in generating more power at slower wind speeds.

 
After Christmas, it will soon be the Oscar season in the new year. Here is a great animated short film that has a very good chance of being nominated in that category for an Academy Award. Soon there will be an extended prediction for the Oscar nominations, and soon after that there will be predictions for Oscar winners before the actual ceremony.

 
Here is a wonderful presentation on the negative aspects of corporate personhood. It explains how the corporation gained the rights usually reserved for humans through various court interpretations of constitutional amendments that were created to expand citizen's rights. Where the expansion of human rights involves inclusion, the expansion of corporate rights involves exclusion. Corporate personhood has been one of the most effective ways for entrenched power to maintain itself in a democracy that would usually challenge such power.

 
Here is a selection of posters made by various artists. Each one depicts interesting moments from the television series Lost. Now that Lost will be entering into its final season in February, one can appreciate the impact it has had on culture in general and science fiction in particular.

 
Here is an interesting example of detournement in the style of the Situationists. A detournement is the use of one type of media form that has a propaganda content that is diametrically opposed to the form it takes. This example has the form of an illustrated evangelical religious tract that actually talks about the dilution of the rave scene. The point of this tract is to show how participants at raves have become like an audience at rock concerts rather than full participants who define the rave.

 
With the rise of the Internet, and its increased capabilities, there has been a fear that there will be a decrease in literacy and the ability to write. This fear is especially prevalent for young people who have grown up with the Internet. But, even though there is a rise of video and picture content, there are still many ways that people need to read information and to communicate through writing. In many cases, users of the Internet find that they have to change and learn writing styles depending upon the audience.