For Christmas, my mom and dad got me "The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember." Kevin Rose just tweeted about the video above. "In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is a video clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. Senator Pastore starts…
I am at the airport in Phoenix and made a point to stop by the newsstand because Kevin Rose is on the cover of Inc. Magazine this month. The wireless connection is free and compared to what we have been dealing with at the hotel for the past week, it is so great to have a fast connection again.
Kevin Rose recommended this book on this week's Diggnation which sounds interesting. You can buy it on Amazon here. Amazon's description is: "Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused. Why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart, and…
Ah the good ol' days of The Screensavers. Also shows what Digg used to look like back in the day.
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