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"The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. -Andrew Brown"

"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. -Mitch Ratcliffe"

"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. -Doug Larson "

"Relying on the Government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping Tom to install your window blinds. -John Barlow"

"Getting Information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. -Mitchell Kapor"

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. " - Carl Sagan"

Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer are called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software." - Anonymous

"Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding." -Louis Gerstner

"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. " - Andy Rooney

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one." -Bill Gates

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry. " - Anonymous

"AOL is like the cockroach left after the nuclear bomb hits. They know how to survive. " - Jan Horsfall, VP of marketing for Lyco

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Dust Houses
Dust Houses by Maria Adelaida Lopez. Her series of Dust Houses are toy doll houses covered over in vacuum cleaner lint, representing the themes of domesticity and the other, the ideas of cleaning up after oneself and putting one’s house in order. Now an artist and educator in Miami, Lopez no longer cleans for others, but has filled vacuum cleaner bags given to her.

Michael Pollan: What Do Marijuana and Catnip Have in Common?
In a wide-ranging interview from a new book on pot, Pollan says, 'The idea that the government can tell you what you can grow in your garden strikes me in a visceral way as wrong.'