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Homer on the Tonight Show [Video]
VideosHomer made an appearance on The Tonight Show on July 24th . . . unfortunately it wasn’t that funny.
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links for 2007-07-26
Uncategorized- Social networking website Facebook could be closed if legal action in the US by a rival site’s founders succeeds. Three founders of ConnectU say Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for the site while at Harvard. Facebook has become a globa
- A large gap exists between the public’s perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from
- Why do so many young people today have an inflated sense of entitlement? And who’s to blame? The list of suspects is long, and includes the state of California, Burger King, FedEx, MTV — and parents, especially parents
links for 2007-07-25
Uncategorized- An underserved age group has huge buying power
- Based on the latest Youth Trends Lifestyle Report, 22% (25% of males and 19% of females) report updating their own personal blog at least once in the past week. That represents a sharp increase from the 13% of respondents who updated their blog at least o
- The seventh and final volume in the Harry Potter series has become the fastest selling book in history, publishers said on Monday, with more than 11 million copies sold during the first 24 hours in three markets alone.
- MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking website — more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, North Carolina officials said Tuesday.
The Joy of Air Travel
LifeAlright . . . I am flying out of Brunswick, Georgia this morning to get back to Huntsville, so that I can leave on Monday for a summer conference with our youth at the beach. I got to the airport at a few minutes to 6am for my 6:45am flight. (More than enough enough time for the tiny Brunswick airport [1 gate?].)
When I got here, I found out that the plane was delayed until 7:55am because the flight crew got in late and needed 8 hours rest. I am all for my flight crew getting their rest . . . but here’s the problem. I am now sitting in the little cafe of the airport. At the table next to me is the pilot for my flight (on his laptop) . . . he arrived at the airport the same time I did. Well, I suppose surfing on the internet is rest! 🙂
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links for 2007-06-05
Youth Culture- Orlando, Fla (May 31, 2007) – Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Universal Orlando Resort are partnering to create the world’s first fully immersive Harry Potter themed environment . . .
links for 2007-06-02
Youth Culture- Until just a few years ago, the news was pretty good: The numbers of teens who smoked was declining. But no longer.
A Harry Potter Theme Park
Youth CultureJ.K Rowling, who became the world’s first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter’s success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.
Are they kidding? Maybe some sort of Harry Potter ride, but a Harry Potter theme park???
Read the full story here.
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links for 2007-06-01
Youth Culture- Tale of the Tape: A Showdown Between the Biggest Live Events on TV
- More than one-third of the alcohol consumed by teens 11 to 14 years old came from their parents, friends’ parents or guardians, a U.S. study found.
- Don’t Feel Like Poring Over the Latest MRI Report? Here Are the Highlights
- While it’s natural for teenagers to be attracted to one another, and that dating is the socially accepted outcome of such attraction, most parents agonize over the dating experience and all the things that can go wrong.
- Many parents don’t understand the tough laws and liabilities that apply when anyone under age 21 drinks alcohol or uses drugs in their homes.
- Big Tobacco’s public service ads aimed at steering kids away from smoking could be having the opposite effect, according to a recent study by The American Journal of Public Health.
- Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iTunes Store started selling thousands of songs without copy protection Wednesday, marking the trendsetting company’s latest coup and a model for what analysts say will likely become a pattern for online music sales.
- Apple embeds your account information in all songs sold on the store, not just DRM-free songs.
Cheating with iPods
Youth CultureStudents today seem to be one step ahead of teachers and school administrators with regard to the “technology war.” Many schools have now banned cell phones at school, in part because some students were using them to cheat during tests.
But some cheaters have found a new hi-tech weapon – the iPod.