Sesame Street Launches iPhone App

Your loveable, furry old pal Grover is now waiting tables inside your iPhone.

As part of its 40th birthday celebration, Sesame Street has just launched its first iPhone app. Grover’s Number Special was developed by Sesame Workshop and IDEO Toy Lab. It features some original video footage of the friendly monster, as well as an easy tilt-based game for little people. Continue reading »

Why Kids Love the Beatles

One of my favorite stuffed animals when I was a kid was a raccoon. His name was Rocky, and yes, my parents named him.

Raised in the true Beatles generation,  it didn’t take a hard day’s night for my parents to hook their kid on John, Paul, George and Ringo.

Now, with all the hoop-la over Beatles Rock Band, there’s been a fair amount of debate over why they’re marketing an old band to today’s kids. And by all accounts, they’re expecting it to work. Continue reading »

Gaming Addict? Gadget Curbs Game Play

Is there a gaming addict living under your roof? Someone who doesn’t know when to stop trying to get to that next level, get the top score or can’t pull themselves away from their alternate reality.  There is - no doubt - countless parents out there who would love to obtain some magical gadget to limit their kids game play. A 79-year-old thinks he has the solution. The answer? Continue reading »

Meet the 11-Year-Old College Grad

Prepare to feel like a total eejit, even if you’ve got a master’s degree and a pretty snazzy job. Because chances are, you weren’t eleven years old when you graduated from your first college.

Eleven-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin will graduate with honors from a California community college this week with a liberal arts degree. Continue reading »

Morning News - It’s All Bill Clinton’s Fault

One current theme I’ve heard leaking out of the GOP Hive Mind lately is the idea that the Obama Administration needs to stop blaming the Bush Administration for, well, anything. For example: “I think people will be blaming George Bush until they die. We are
almost halfway through the 1st year of Obama’s Presidency and they are still blaming the last administration for EVERYTHING. I think the
blaming needs to stop and people need to start taking responsibility for their destinies.”

Here’s a little item from Business Week about the failures of the auto industry: Continue reading »