links for 2008-05-13

• Monitor Mix
  Carrie Brownstein is a writer and musician (Sleater-Kinney). This is her blog for NPR.
  (tags: NPR Music Musicians Culture Blogs Women)
• Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82
  RIP Robert Rauschenberg. Your all-over-the-place art will be missed.
  (tags: Obituary 2008 Artist Culture NYTimes)
• Chimp Memory Beats Humans'
  "Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin—raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution." So maybe it's time to start monkeying around!
  (tags: Animals Science Research NationalGeographic Videos)
• Ten Ways to Change the World Through Social Media
  How to leverage the social web for positive change.
  (tags: Environment Activism Blogs Green SocialNetworking Sustainablog Tips NonProfit)
• DeVotchKa: Soaring and Silken, Sad and Lovely
  Kathryn's review of indie rock band DeVotchKa's "Head Honcho".
  (tags: KathrynYu NPR Music Review Musicians)
• Maker Faire - Do-It-Yourself - Make Magazine
  An overview of Maker Faire -- where tinkerers and non-conformist technologists are king!
  (tags: NYTimes Science Technology DIY SanFrancisco)
• Benji Lanyado Takes a Tour of Tokyo's Cutting-Edge Art Scene
  "Cutting-edge art can be hard to track down in any city - let alone one of the world's biggest - but a new guide to the Tokyo art scene points the way."
  (tags: Travel Japan Art Culture Friends Tips GuardianUK)