Vagina!

Yes you heard me! A teacher in Idaho has come under fire for using this technical and descriptive term in class....sex education class. Yup, read all about it here.

Do you think it was appropriate for parents to complain?

Sad day

The weekly newspaper I have written for since 1997, the Boston Phoenix, today announced its closure. I was a freelance film critic for this Pulitzer-Prize winning publication for sixteen years.

Hmm

Slide Shows: How News Sites Get us to Keep Clicking

The "slide show" is a common technique used on news websites these days; sometimes they're composed of a series of photographs, sometimes a list of tips, sometimes a group of connected images or stories. This one draws on the interest in the story of a sinkhole near Tampa that swallowed up a man who was sleeping in his bed. The sinkhole story also has its own slide shows.

Mad Men in hot water over copyright issue

A 1960s designer is suing the popular AMC show for unauthorized use of her artwork.

Cars with Internet?

This article is one of several that appeared last week touring GM's new intention of providing 4G wi-fi access in its cars next year. Oddly. the response in user comments sections of various examples of this news story I looked at did not express much concern about the safety implications...

What do you think?

Is this a welcome innovation? A dangerous distraction? A futuristic bauble?