For everything from family to computers…
Uh oh… now we are REALLY in for trouble if this becomes a reality… it’s bad enough that the tuition rates have been climbing incredibly in recent years but to have the student loan rate DOUBLE?! Are we really crazy and that stupid?!!
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Attention college students: The interest rate on federal student loans is scheduled to double this summer unless Congress acts soon.
That is terrible! Hope they get what they deserve! Supposed to PROTECT the people! Sheesh…
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The officers were arrested Tuesday by the FBI on charges that they assaulted Latino immigrants and created false reports to cover up abuses in a New Haven, Conn., suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics.
from News
Good question… We should ponder things like this BEFORE it hits us big…
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Google is already testing its autonomous cars on the roads of California, and plenty of other manufacturers are starting to muscle in on the act, too. But when they hit the roads, how do you go about policing a city full of self-driven cars? More »
from Gizmodo
Not sure if this is a good idea…Â for safety sake…
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Last Summer Toyota showed off its Window to the World technology created in partnership with the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. It turned a rear window into an augmented-reality screen that would keep kids interested in something other than asking “Are we there yet?” Now General Motors has showed off a similar bit of kit called Windows of Opportunity, developed with the Bezalel School of Art and Design in Israel.
GM’s Windows concept is aimed just as much at kids as adults. The team came up with four different apps that provided interactivity ranging from a virtual take on drawing on foggy windows to checking what was on other augmented windows on cars around the world. We’re probably a long way from seeing something like this in production, but you know you can look forward to the day when your kid monitors your driving style from his child seat. Follow the jumpfor the full press release and a short video on GM’s new tech.
Continue reading GM latest to explore turning rear windows into screens
from Autoblog
As funny as Colbert is, his parody and punts reveal a LOT of truth on how corrupt politicians can be… Â Read on… and watch the clips…
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Stephen Colbert had a superPAC. Jon Stewart has it now. But they’re totally not coordinating with each other — or so they explain when parodying campaign finance laws as part of Colbert’s latest operation.
from NPRÂ News
It has been a royal pain to get the ‘net to do things for me. Getting links to share and posting them on my site has been a pain. That’s why you rarely saw any updates. ifttt came to the rescue! ifttt stands for “if this then that”. How simpler can you get?!
If you haven’t heard of them, I am not surprised. ifttt implies like you would assume. It allows you to create “if… then…” type of scenarios on big level and scale. I for example, set up the following:
It calls each of these services “channels”. So you have to setup the 2 channels, Google Reader and WordPress, which is very simple! Once you set it up, it allows certain logic to be set. Best of all, it’s FREE! :-D  You will see more and more of posts from me sharing stuff that interests me and I think you should know!
from xkcd.com