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It’d take quite a bit of space to bring together 15,862 of your friends – almost every seat in The Pit and seven Kiva auditoriums. But for a local publication covering music, all it takes is MySpace. Since 2004, Hyperactive Music Magazine has used the social networking Web site (www.myspace.com) to connect with thousands – … Read more

Traveling from Albuquerque to Detroit for every meal would consume a lot of energy for little energy in return. But that kind of trip – about 1,500 miles – is how far the components of a typical American meal are shipped before making it to the plate, said Warren Karlenzig, chief strategy officer with SustainLane, … Read more

If Sean Banning had to choose a favorite collectible among his Superman shirts, figurines, DVDs, books, comic books, magazines, posters, calendars, pens, pins, cereal boxes, necklaces, mugs – deep breath – Christmas stocking, keychain, ceramic statue, tie, watch, video game, board game and holographic statue, it would be a small red patch of the Man … Read more

When Jeffrey Rodriguez pondered what to call his two-year-old company doing handiwork in Taos and Albuquerque, he wanted a name that explained his business in a breath. He wanted a name evoking two cultures. He wanted the name to last. “`Los Handy Dudes’ kind of gives me that little kick, that little head start into … Read more

If everything goes right for Euroclydon Industries, Tim Carmichael and Maran Vedamanikam – two of the company’s owners stricken by a fascination with flying – will have enough success and time to be thousands of feet in the air guiding jets through the clouds. But for now the two men are guiding the Albuquerque information … Read more

The first time a film crew went to work in Jennifer Caballero-Vig’s neighborhood, the experience struck her as novel, charming. “How great: movie stars,” she says. “About a day passed, and I changed my mind.” The Albuquerque Country Club neighborhood resident and veteran of about five film productions in the past four years recalls the … Read more

If it’s raining, snowing or dark out, don’t ask Albuquerque resident Dee Dickson to walk more than a block from her Downtown office to her car. Even on a recent Friday afternoon, the warm air stuffed with sunlight, Dickson was pleased to leave her job in City Hall and see her car only a block … Read more

When the New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association considered what it wanted from its revamped Web site, board members knew it should be a central information hub for the tech community. But using a blog do it? That got some resistance, said Webb Johnson, head of communications for the association, a technology industry group. … Read more

Though lifelong Albuquerque resident Barbara Thomas regularly rides a bus to work, she knows getting more people to do the same is a challenge. “A lot of us have been raised running around in cars,” she said. “That’s a hard habit to break.” But as gas prices soar, cities must help people break that habit … Read more

In pictures hanging at the Albuquerque Opportunity Center – pictures of city buses, abandoned liquor bottles, a Downtown intersection quieted by early-morning emptiness – the Rev. Trey Hammond sees a question. “What is a just and fair society?” asks the board president of the center, a shelter for homeless men. The pictures contain answers, too, … Read more