. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “TWEET TWEET” EDITION 25 of the 27 states that have outlawed texting while driving  allow Twitter to provide traffic updates to drivers’ cell phones.

. a blogumn by Zack Bunker Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Emily Pilloton, a woman who is out to change the world for the better. She is the creator of Project H Design, which is an ambitious non-profit founded in 2008 that is improving the lives of those around the world through Product Design. Recently profiled [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 152 Setting Records Making Memories At home under blankets with my sweetheart, hot chocolate and a good movie. Rain slaps the streets below, taps the windows, drums the clay roof tiles above, Setting records. While cozy inside here we’re making lasting memories.

This is basically a movie meant to show off the Canon EOS 7D, but it’s short and it’s cute, plus I know a lot our LA readers are obsessed with cameras that you can also shoot video with (my own husband has such a camera himself), so I was like, “What the heck?” [Source: LikeCool] [...]

. a blogumn by Joshua Pullin Some day around the age of four or five my son will ask why we named him what we did.  This is what I will tell him. Your mom and I knew you were a boy before you were born.  We could’ve given you a family name.  Only with [...]

Sorry, I’m still in the process of finishing this week’s book. I’ll post my review of it tomorrow. Meanwhile, a few people have asked me what I thought of The Book of Eli, which I saw last Saturday, so I’ll just say a few things about that film here. I don’t think I have any [...]

Yay! No one guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Walk the Line” by Johnny Cash. And maybe I can tie things up today with Black Artist Thursday. After seeing both Avatar and Book of Eli last weekend. The chorus of this next song got stuck on repeat in my head. I won’t ask you [...]

I think this is a FANTASTIC idea. So sick of using smilie faces that take away from the dryness of my written humor. But what do you think? Click on the pic for more info. [Source: Gawker]

In light of the news last week that Google’s servers were hacked and Chinese human rights activists’ email accounts were compromised, I feel a little less safe in the world this week.

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 151 Antigua Coffeehouse Rainy Afternoon Haiti As Yancey makes my Mayan Mocha he says he’s been reading online in back All about Haiti. The English doctor trying to prevent amputations on children, The prison that crumbled down around 700 political prisoners never charged now free.