Big Trouble in Legotown
I was browsing Delicious during lunch today, and came across an interesting article titled Why We Banned Legos. From the Rethinking Schools Online website, it tells the story of the…
Only in Japan
Ah, the Japanese. How can you not love them? We need more of this over here in the States, and less Howie Mandel.
Facebook, MySpace, and Class Divisions
Social networking researcher Danah Boyd has just published a fascinating essay called "Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace". In it, she explains how at least among teenagers, the…
Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Now, this is simply genius. It's one of those things that makes me say, "Why didn't I think of that?". Remember the classic Seinfeld episode where Frank Costanza explains the…