The reality of tragedy in Haiti has finally hit home for a lot of us. Death tolls are in and the media coverage is unavoidable. While our hearts pour out for the people of Haiti and their families, its not always easy to lend a hand or to know how you can help, especially if you don’t have the means to travel or the resources to make proper donations. In this internet age of networking and communication, its become easier than ever to make a difference. Here are a few ways city kids and urban dwellers can make a difference and impact the lives of a devastated people.
There is a new website called Formspring.me where you can create a box and invite people to ask you anonymous questions. This is unlike Facebook’s honesty box, or the clever “ask me anything for 24 hours” status. This baby will post to your other social networking sites. That way, everyone can read the questions and see your honest responses. The concept is genius in that it entices you to explore a native aspect of the internet that few people take advantage of: posting anonymous comments. Not.
What is going on the world today? It seems like everywhere I look, heads are complaining about how everything urban is in the toilet. Movies, music, even blogs all stand accused of sub par performance, and with that I ask: What’s good?
The Performance Rights Act (PRA) goes to Senate for a vote this Thursday, October 15, 2009. What reads like a bunch of legaleese and bill mumbo jumbo, in some people’s opinion, could spell death for radio as we know it. Others believe that its a way for Joe Grind to get some duckets for his hard work in the basement, including the likes rapper Rhymefest and a host of others. T(eech) says, “I pity the fool who supports this act”. But what do I know? Read more to find out.
This is actually a part II of a previous post about Lessons learned from Michael Jordan. What is it going on the in the world today? Celebrities are in the public eye, but why does it seem like people are so mean to one another now-adays? While I’d like to believe that its a river of concentrated hate-goo flowing underneath our country1 I think we’re are up against a foe far worst than Vigo2: bad parenting. Read more for Teech’s take on American incivility.
See Ghostbusters II. First person to post the rap lyrics from to the R&B smash hit from this movie gets $2 paypal. $3 if you can name the haircut the artist made famous. [↩]
We could just call up Egon and the boys, lay a couple of traps and beef up our cytoplasmic containment unit; easy fix [↩]
