Cowboy Bebop--The Movie

Why do I go on about Anime? ...its the affinities with traditional landscape architecture graphic techniques.

They use audio narrative to link 'site plans' with perspectives. They address urban design with dramatic perspective sketches.

Look at these trailers from Cowboy Bebop The Movie, to be released at a cinema near you later this spring.

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In 24-Hour News Times, Real-Time Translation. Several government agencies now can watch broadcasts of Al Jazeera while simultaneously receiving an English translation of the programming. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]
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Black Holes and Space Travel. Science fiction stories routinely conjure up black holes as portals for traveling across interstellar space. In reality, scientists say that's impossible. Or is it? New research suggests it could happen. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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Adobe updates Acrobat for the XML era. Version 6.0 bridges proprietary PDF to open XML [The Register]
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Backup and Recovery...err... what's that?. String and tape [The Register]
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Backup and Recovery... er... what's that?. String and tape [The Register]
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Disconnects on Wi-Fi and cell phones. He helped usher in a communications transformation by inventing the cell phone, but now Martin Coopersays that cellular carriers are making big mistakes in releasing Wi-Fi and other advanced data services across the nation. [CNET News.com]
7:19:53 PM    

Apple upgrades movie-making software. Calling them the "new tools of the trade," the company announces a trio of revised editing and production titles for professional moviemakers. [CNET News.com]
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Al Jazeera and the Net - free speech, but don't say that. You can say what you like, so long as not too many people notice [The Register]
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Silicon Valley hikes wireless frontier. As wireless telephony and computing combine, the center of gravity in digital technology is clearly shifting.
The New York Times [CNET News.com]
7:17:41 PM    

IBM loops in more wireless. Big Blue touts new wireless capabilities, including mobile conference calling and "push to talk" technology, for its telephone network equipment installed in thousands of offices. [CNET News.com]
7:16:58 PM    

European wireless carriers unite. Three companies--in Spain, Germany and Italy--are joining to develop services, a strategy that one analyst says may catch on in the United States. [CNET News.com]
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The Ins & Outs of IT. One of the feature articles this week focuses on the Ins and Outs of IT. It poses some interesting questions. For example, what do you think the arrival of ultradense cheap data storage means for the overall IT industry? How does this affect you organization's storage plans? What are your thoughts about having a portable storage device? [Computerworld News]
7:15:09 PM    

Red Hat touts content management, portal apps. The two products have now been integrated with the Red Hat Enterprise operating systems and the Red Hat Enterprise Network, which provides automated software delivery and systems monitoring. [Computerworld News]
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Sun unveils business collaboration platform. The new platform integrates e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, search and content management capabilities. [Computerworld News]
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Useit.Com: Alternative Interfaces for Accessibility. The key difference between user interfaces for sighted users and blind users is not that between graphics and text; it's the difference between 2-D and 1-D. Optimal usability for users with disabilities requires new approaches and new user interfaces. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Tech threat to the music industry [CNET News.com]
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