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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:16:50 -0500

TFTF 117: Back to School Special! 1-(973) 404-0606

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:35:46 -0400

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Reading Rainbow goes off the Air from The New York Times, NPR, Neatorama, and thekeri If you don’t remember children’s television in the 1980’s, don’t worry because you didn’t miss much. I’m as nostalgic as the next nerd, but kids of my generation were stuck watching a lot of junk. It was a dark time filled with lots of colors and no cohesive plots. There were a few gems, but as soon as you were too old for Sesame Street or Mr.Rogers you were stuck watching toy commercials disguised as cartoons.

Reading Rainbow was one of the real gems on television because there were no commercials any toys to buy. Hosted by LeVar Burton, Reading Rainbow was all about reading and it’s only goal was to get the viewers excited about reading. There aren’t enough shows on TV in my opinion that direct you to your public library instead of the toy story. All things must come to an end, but this does make me a little sad. Reading Rainbow was a show that reviewed and discussed books and made generations of kids excited about reading, but you don’t have to take my word for it.

Disney Buys Marvel For $4B from Slashdot, Ars Technica, Neatorama, Clutter, and boing boing

Facebook, Creeping, Parents And The Future Of Online Social Networking’s Growth from Six Pixels of Separation - What does it mean now that your mom is on Facebook?

Make: Education A new community for makers and teachers from the folks at Make Magazine.

Are you addicted to the Internet? Boston.com thinks you are, and has list 11 signs that you’re addicted to Internet.

Jeff Songco’s Dream CAPTCHA!!!! hogie: Dream CAPTCHA: If...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:02:55 -0400

Jeff Songco’s Dream CAPTCHA!!!!

hogie:

Dream CAPTCHA: If Native Americans Worried About Spam

thedailywhat: Joseph Bergin III: “Wolverine’s New...

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:56:13 -0400

thedailywhat:

Joseph Bergin III: “Wolverine’s New Costume”

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hogie: Penny Arcade! - Rightsizing

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:53:04 -0400

hogie:

Penny Arcade! - Rightsizing

thekeri: hoppzor: Reading Rainbow’s going off the air after 26...

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:28:00 -0400

thekeri:

hoppzor:

Reading Rainbow’s going off the air after 26 years.

Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that’s not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do. “Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read,” Grant says. “You know, the love of reading — [the show] encouraged kids to pick up a book and to read.”

(via ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reaches Its Final Chapter : NPR)

Whaaaaat? Who doesn’t want to put up money for Reading Rainbow?!

infoneernet: thedailywhat: Joe Heller.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:08:23 -0400

infoneernet:

thedailywhat:

Joe Heller.

TFTF 116: Comment Line 1-(973) 404-0606

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:00:00 -0400

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Voice Mail: 1-(973) 404-0606 or email TeachingfortheFuture@gmail.com

Facebook acquires FriendFeed from the San Francisco Chronical

College textbooks available as iPhone download from the San Francisco Chronical

No More Pencils, No More Facebooks from the ABA Journal

Herd Mentality To track Internet censorship, a new tool relies on the power of numbers from Harvard Law Bulletin

Huffington Post: Segregation and Friends

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Huffington Post: Segregation and Friends:

“The fact that brand management rules broadcast media — particularly at Fox — leads me to question whether the segregationist flavor of Fox’s morning could possibly be accidental. Is it possible that nobody at Fox had an inkling about Kilmeade’s belief in racial purity prior to his blurting it out on air? They had to know. A man who gleefully turns to the camera and bemoans racial mixing is also a guy who spouts off eugenic theories at parties and office meetings. Fox knew about Kilmeade’s views and they kept him on air anyway.” - Jeffrey Feldman

laughingsquid: The Battle, G.I. Joe Parody T-Shirt by Nerduo

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:03 -0400

laughingsquid:

The Battle, G.I. Joe Parody T-Shirt by Nerduo

Company Awarded "The Patent For Podcasting"

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Company Awarded "The Patent For Podcasting"

Jesse Thorn is bringing the Monsters of Podcasting to the East...

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Jesse Thorn is bringing the Monsters of Podcasting to the East Coast, with a show in Philadelphia on September 17th at the Adrienne Theater and followed by a show in New York City September 19th at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.

csessums: What Google Really Thinks Of Social Media (via...

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:00:37 -0400

csessums:

What Google Really Thinks Of Social Media (via @sebpaquet)

They’ll Never Forget You, Brent

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

They’ll Never Forget You, Brent

WIRED: The Creator of Facebook's Most Annoying App Explains Himself

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:03:59 -0400

WIRED: The Creator of Facebook's Most Annoying App Explains Himself

Cheerleader sues school, coach after illicit Facebook log-in

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Cheerleader sues school, coach after illicit Facebook log-in:

“In what may be the latest example, a suit was filed in Mississippi that alleges a school official—more specifically a teacher acting in her capacity as a cheerleading coach—demanded that members of her squad hand over their Facebook login information. According to the suit, the teacher used it to access a student’s account, which included a heated discussion of some of the cheerleading squad’s internal politics. That information was then shared widely among school administrators, which resulted in the student receiving various sanctions”

Ars Technica: City libraries shut out of broadband stimulus money?

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Ars Technica: City libraries shut out of broadband stimulus money?:

“The first round of stimulus grants “in effect de-prioritizes libraries and discourages them from applying for funding,” complains the American Library Association in a letter sent to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “The ability of our libraries to meet community needs is in jeopardy—especially when library use has heavily increased across the country in these difficult economic times.”

Autism Speaks: buy your tickets now!

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

soupsoup:

katiebakes:

youngmanhattanite:

Just got my ticket for the Autism Speaks to Young Professionals party on Thursday August 6th at the New York Stock Exchange. KB is on the event committee. We hope you can make it.

YAY! Everyone go buy your ticket. There will be no sales at the door due to security, so you need to be in the system by midnight on August 5.

It’s going to be great, and the $50 ticket gets you entrance to the trading floor of the Exchange - someone last night made the great point that we’re going to have to organize a Sad Trader photo sesh - as well as a 3-hour open bar and passed appetizers.

Most importantly, it supports a phenomenal cause.

Hope to see you all there!

chrbutler: In the image above, I imagined what an augmented...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

chrbutler:

In the image above, I imagined what an augmented reality application might display if I pointed my phone’s camera at Newfangled’s North Carolina office. By combining GPS and landmark recognition technology, my smart phone will not only detect and identify both my location at Newfangled’s North Carolina office and my focal point, but will also show web-based information emanating from the office in real time.

Read more about mobile web technology, augmented reality, legal issues of privacy and content ownership, and the environmental impact of the web in Part 2 of The Future of the Web.

thedailywhat: Best Thing of the Day: Elliott Arkin’s Picasso...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

thedailywhat:

Best Thing of the Day: Elliott Arkin’s Picasso lawn gnome.

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