Comic geniuses: how two dorks behind Penny Arcade turned an obscure online comic strip into a videogame empire

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Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins' comic strip Penny Arcade gets 55 million pageviews every month. It appeals mainly to gamers because of the authors' use of geek speak and their bold criticism of the game industry. Penny Arcade has evolved into an online advertising and merchandising company centered around its comic strip.

United States, Executive changes & profiles, All Other Information Services, Business services, not elsewhere classified, Info Services ex Database, Officials and employees, Donations, History, Influence, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Information services, Works, Information services industry, Penny Arcade (Comic strip), Krahulik, Mike, Holkins, Jerry

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The green wall of China: desert storms from Central Asia are leaving a trail of global destruction. Now Beijing is drawing a line in the sand

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China has a plan for a 'Great Green Wall,' a 2,800-mile network of forests. The aim is?to stop the southward spread of the nation's northern deserts.

China, Strategy & planning, Engineering Services, Environmental Engineering, Planning, Prevention, Cover Story, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Company business planning, Desertification, 2013 AD

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MIT everywhere: every lecture, every handout, every quiz. All online for free. Meet the global geeks getting an MIT education, open source-style

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MIT has posted the content of many of its classes on the Web at a site called OpenCourseWare (ocw.mit.edu)

General services, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Education, Colleges and universities, All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction, Vocational schools, not elsewhere classified, Home Study Educatn Svcs, Innovations, Universities and colleges, Social policy, Technology application, Company systems management, Information management, Technology in education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Distance education, Online education, Education policy

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