My philosophy on banking is very simple: You shouldn't have to pay money to access your money. That's why I get a bit annoyed (OK, a lot) when I see aggressive marketing campaigns for celebrity-endorsed prepaid cards -- these loadable pieces of plastic targeting consumers who may not have access ... Read more...
Decades before Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Eminem or Lil Wayne made names for themselves in mainstream hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc introduced the movement to the first adopters, who spread the genre to the masses via not only music, but dancing, art and DJing. That rich ... Read more...
The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage "fake people" on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues. The contract calls for the development of "Persona Management Software" which would help the u... Read more...
This is the realest sh*t I've seen in a long time... Read more...
Cerebral Constipation - The act of completely forgetting the name of an actor, song, book, movie or name of anything that one is generally familiar with. The "on-the-tip-of-my-tongue" phenomenon. The 'mind-burp' is the moment of relief, the actual recall. i.e., "Aha! I got it! I remember!" Ex... Read more...
A small but growing movement known as deschooling, life learning, unschooling, and edu-punk is home-schooling returned to its postwar progressive roots, far from the Bible-thumping mould that has come to dominate the modern image of home-schoolers. Unschooling takes children out of schools, but, u... Read more...

Dr. Francis Cress Welsing - The lecture that she used to make the book. (For those who read, I STRONGLY recommend the book also... but some people don't read) Via: Read more...
We already know all too well about ?uestlove's nerdish tendencies when it comes to music – the man is a walking Encyclopedia, with a wealth of musical knowledge most mortals would be unable to retain. Now the man of many talents will try his hand at a book, combining his headful of music factoid... Read more...