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Archive for August, 2009

Hooray, racism?!

August 29th, 2009 by Dave Studinski

Watch as a Ball State University girl accidentally cheers for the KKK in the middle of a comedy bit seconds after the comedian highlights the small number of black people in the audience.
Update: There’s a YouTube copy now.

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How gay is the college football locker room? An ESPN The Magazine survey asked 85 players from around the country with the question “Do you have any gay teammates?”
Almost half of those surveyed (49.4%, to be exact) said yes, they believe they have at least one gay teammate. In the Pac-10, 70% of those surveyed [...]

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Take a look at the latest Glenn Beck non-apology. In the video, which is from Wednesday’s Glenn Beck Live, he addresses the sponsorship woes as part of the “War on Glenn Beck”. Gawker, among others, seems to think this is Beck’s swan song and that he will soon be leaving Fox News due to the loss of sponsorship dollars. Sadly, I doubt that is the case.

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Narcissism is on the rise among college students, according to … college students.
USATODAY.com shares the egotistical facts on the June Ypulse study.
More than half (57%) said their peers used social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter for self-promotion, narcissism and attention-seeking. And 92% said they used MySpace or Facebook regularly. Two-thirds said their [...]

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Sony’s latest e-book “Reader,” the “Daily Edition,” will include free access to AT&T’s 3G network when it hits shelves this holiday season.
The product was unveiled today during an event at the New York City Public Library. The event also allowed for the announcement of Sony’s Library Finder, which will help users download and “check out” [...]

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After catching considerable heat recently for it’s capricious app store approval policy, including earning itself an FCC investigation over Google Voice, Apple apparently decided that an app which automatically translates tweets into “gangsta language” is appropriate.  It would seem that apps that add functionality are to be banned from the app store, but apps that [...]

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