Linkpile

• Teaching Youngsters How to Read Advertising: “The initiative seeks to educate children in grades four through six — tweens, in the parlance of marketing — about how advertising works so they can make better, more informed choices when they shop or when they ask parents to shop on their behalf.” Get an “ad-ucation” at admongo.gov. Ugh.
• Priest’s “sermonettes” offer daily dose of spirituality through the iPhone: “There are now hundreds of religious-themed iPhone apps. There’s the Azan Alarm Clock, with Islamic prayer times. There’s the Buddha Buddy, allowing you “to access the wisdom of the Buddha conveniently on your iPhone.” There’s the Daily Tao, the Daily Jesus, the Daily Krishna, the Daily Kabbalah and the Daily Joan of Arc. There’s even the Mobile Atheist, with an inspirational “freethought” of the day.”
• Play’s the Thing: “A new book argues that play may be the primary means nature has found to develop our brains.”:
• Why People Are So Cynical: “How do people come to believe that others are so much less trustworthy than themselves?” Via Mindhacks.
• Fruit With an Obnoxious Streak Stars on YouTube: The business of Annoying Orange.
• Geekend 2010: Want to present at Geekend in Savannah? Submit your idea here. (Organizer is an acquaintance; did a solid job last year.)

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