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Well, graphic designer Melih Bilgil's video about the invention of the Internet feels a little bit like that, albeit sleeker and streamlined - the animated equivalent of an Ikea store. (See the 50 best websites...
Whatever the magic, it's still working. As toy stores around the world feel the chill of recession, the Rubik's Cube is in the middle of a comeback. Global sales reached 15 million last year, up 3 million over 2007, according to Seven Towns Limited, the British firm that licenses all of Rubik's creations. When New York City toy retailer FAO Schwarz reintroduced the Cube 18 months ago it became one of the store's Top 20 selling toys within weeks; sales have stayed steady despite the economic downturn. In Britain, Cube sales are up 300% over...
...world of my boyhood, there were books everywhere. Your piano teacher had books, and there were lending libraries everywhere - your department store had a lending library. Books are still bought, and you see them being read in airplanes, but it's a last resort, isn't it? And the category of 'literary fiction' has sprung up recently to torment people like me who just set out to write books, and if anybody wanted to read them, terrific, the more the merrier...
...beats to clarinet trills, the players are adept at creating a joyful, holiday mood with their modern and old-fashioned musical instruments. One of the main debates over tradition and change in the show emerges from the addition of a new musical instrument to the church’s store of objects: some are eager to embrace the “new-fangled harmonium” while others anxiously await its impending presence. The question of having Mummers perform a skit during the Christmas festivities is another debate over abandoning tradition for something new. As these issues are brought...
...Because virtually all employees are women, the previous owner of our company set a weekly scheme of 33 hours worked at 35 hours of pay so we could spend more time with children and families," says Estelle, a cosmetics sales woman in a Paris store who asks that her last name not be used. "The new owner is now seeking volunteers for 35 hours at no extra pay, as well as people for extra-time work for more pay. My fear is, before long none of that will be voluntary any more...