CitizenNext http://www.citizennext.com Aaron Street - rethinking american life Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 CitizenNexthttp://feedburner.google.com When Did the Daily Show Become Our Only Source of TV Journalism? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/QSBtLokn78s/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/10/13/the-daily-show-tv-journalism/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:21:57 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=711 The Daily Show presented one of their greatest segments last night as they skewered CNN’s journalistic standards related to coverage of the health care debate (and news coverage in general).

Check out this great 12-minute video clip of the Daily Show epidode:

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/10/13/the-daily-show-tv-journalism/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/10/13/the-daily-show-tv-journalism/ UFOs exist. Here’s how to make your own. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/4Pe_BDynjI4/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/10/ufos-exist-make-your-own/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:33:31 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=646 Ever wonder if UFOs really exist? I present to you proof that unidentified flying objects are, in fact, real. In fact, you can make your own at home!

UFOs in New Jersey

The Creation of the New Jersey UFOs

(via: Bad Astronomy)

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/10/ufos-exist-make-your-own/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/10/ufos-exist-make-your-own/ Future toys for big boys: the motorized, off-road powerboard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/YgY6b6UR80Y/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/03/future-motorized-powerboard/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:27:17 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=648 Talk about an extreme sport; check out this new motorized off-road skateboard—the Scarpar:

I don’t even want to know what insurance rates for this thing are going to be…

(via: Engadget)

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/03/future-motorized-powerboard/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/08/03/future-motorized-powerboard/ Note to self: Cancel my swine flu party http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/DutlFaoKi7E/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/30/swine-flu-party/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:29:48 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=696 punchbowlYesterday the BBC reported that a crazy new trend is developing amongst people who think they are a lot smarter than science. Apparently this hot new craze is to hold “swine flu parties” whereby you and all your friends can infect each other with the H1N1 virus! Yippee!

The “logic” goes as follows: (1) H1N1 is continuing to spread, (2) right now death rates from H1N1 are relatively low, (3) those who have had H1N1 can develop immunity to it in the future, (4) it could mutate in the future to become more deadly; therefore, (5) let’s all deliberately contract swine flu now, so we don’t have to die from it in the future! We’re so smart!

Unfortunately, public health officials don’t quite agree with this line of thinking. For one, deliberate contraction of the virus continues its spread. Second, YOU CAN STILL DIE FROM IT!

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/30/swine-flu-party/feed/ 1 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/30/swine-flu-party/ Who says I’m not the center of the universe? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/fWajBZGYBSs/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/17/center-of-the-universe/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:53:31 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=691 Here’s a treat to give you some perspective.

Check out this great video showing you how big your are in the grand scheme of things:

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/17/center-of-the-universe/feed/ 1 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/17/center-of-the-universe/ Sometimes I like my news “aged” — watch the Daily show tease the New York Times http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/nIjiTfNY4qk/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/11/sometimes-i-like-my-news-aged/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:56:00 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=685 Check out this great video from the Daily Show, where Jason Jones tours the New York Times (while ridiculing their broken business model). Classic stuff:

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/11/sometimes-i-like-my-news-aged/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/06/11/sometimes-i-like-my-news-aged/ The new Amazon Kindle 3 — the future of reading? (Joke) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/AGa18peXhF0/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/26/the-new-amazon-kindle-3-the-future-of-reading/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 01:45:21 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=676 Here’s a great satirical video on the future of books, as the guys at CollegeHumor invent the next version of the ebook reader.

Good times.

Check it:

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/26/the-new-amazon-kindle-3-the-future-of-reading/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/26/the-new-amazon-kindle-3-the-future-of-reading/ These are why your childrens is not learning http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/1ygjEV3uzcs/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/12/these-are-why-your-childrens-is-not-learning/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 16:31:26 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=672 Behold: “new math” — the current trend in elementary math education. Check out this great video criticizing the math textbooks that many schools, including Minneapolis Public Schools, are using to “educate” kids:

Still wonder why so many kids have trouble excelling in science, technology and engineering careers in this country?

This kind of deliberate ignorance really scares the shit out of me.

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/12/these-are-why-your-childrens-is-not-learning/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/12/these-are-why-your-childrens-is-not-learning/ How to thrive in the current economy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/owyg-AWpXFQ/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/06/how-to-thrive-in-the-current-economy/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 12:54:03 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=666 Check out this tremendous video profiling a number of entrepreneurs who are thriving in our current economy:

These small business owners are thriving through their focus on partnerships, flexibility, and personal attention.

Great stuff.

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]]> http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/06/how-to-thrive-in-the-current-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.citizennext.com/2009/05/06/how-to-thrive-in-the-current-economy/ Things I wish I could do: Parkour for bicycles http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenNext/~3/9kJrcuQdAEA/ http://www.citizennext.com/2009/04/26/things-i-wish-i-could-do-parkour-for-bicycles/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:20:31 +0000 Aaron Street http://www.citizennext.com/?p=662 So this really has nothing to do with the “rethinking American life” theme of the blog, it’s just really, really cool.

Parkour (known as “freestyle walking” when I was in high school) is basically a form of urban acrobatics. If you aren’t familiar, check out the classic Parkour video first.

Now, here it is on bikes:

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