(c) "In Japan an art group called Kingyobu (goldfish club) has turned some kiosks in Osaka into aquariums."
(i) Kin-gyobu 金魚部 http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/kingyobu
(ii) kin-gyo 金魚 【きんぎょ】 (n): "goldfish"
(d) "The New Museum, in New York City, converted 5,000 disused payphones into time portals. Passers-by could lift the receivers and hear the recollections of nurses, actors and porn stars from 1993.
(i) New Museum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Museum
(ii) Recalling 1993; Hear what every neighnorhood was like 20 years ago from any pay phone in Manhattan http://www.recalling1993.com/
(1-[855]-FOR-1993)
"Recalling 1993" is part of the New Museum's “NYC 1993″ exhibition of this year.
(f) The [photo caption is "Speakeasy."
(2) Lifts and skyscrapers | The other mile-high club; A new lightweight lift cable will let buildings soar ever upward. http://www.economist.com/news/sc ... r-ever-upward-other
("The problem with steel cables (or 'ropes' as they are known in the trade) is that they are heavy. * * * Carbon fibres are both stronger and lighter than steel")