Young and bored in small town U.S.? Try "looping"
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JENA, Louisiana  - If you're young and bored at night in a small town in the United States, you can always jump in the car, switch on the radio and go "looping."
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Reverse your thinking to find opportunity.
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The search company debuts AskCity, a local search and mapping tool that lets users find neighborhood hangouts and generate custom maps, then use other web services to make reservations, buy tickets or invite friends to mingle. In Monkey Bites.
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Kid Nation premiered last Wednesday, and the show was, for lack of  a better term, fascinating. It was formulaic and, well, just plain bad. But it was also fascinating. In case you missed it, the premise revolves around sending 40 children to a ghost town in New Mexico for 40 days. The ages of the children range from 8-15, with the majority lying somewhere in the 10-12 range. Once there, the kids will have no supervision beyond that of a couple of camera crew and the host, Jonathan Karsh, who comes and goes randomly, but always to help the kids on their path.    There's all kinds of hullabaloo about whether or not it's ethical to take kids and simply drop them off in the middle of nowhere. Though they immediately showed the largest factor in the parents' decision to let these kids on to a TV show that could do a mind job on them for years: A gold star (cute) worth $20,000. A star is handed out by the "town council" at every meeting, so presumably about 5 kids will go home with prize money. My guess is that at least one of them will also win some ridiculous prize at the end of the show...say a million bucks.    I'd like to say that's where the show gets "better", but it doesn't. On this show no one gets voted off, and everyone's going home a winner.
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The middle of winter generally finds me wondering more than wandering. Oh, I still get out, if only for a Sunday afternoon drive just to make sure it's all still there. If you haven't tried it, take a drive past some of the haunts where you hunkered down in last fall.
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Blog: In a tiny mountain town, progress means that the General Store is right next door to a place for disconnected travelers to chop off a little piece of the Internet
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Find a way to tune out advertisers, and they'll find a new way to tune you back in.
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âThe second-generation iPod shuffle is impressively small,â writes Mike Kobrin for PC Magazine, âand the built-in clip makes it ideal for working out, running, or just casual listening.â
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You&#39;ll likely have downtime while traveling this summer, be it waiting for a plane or passing time in a car. So why not beat the heat with a handfulof cool video games? Launch a game on your cellphone, iPod, Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable. Last week, video game writer Marc Saltzman highlighted         portable picks for kids to teens; today, we look at digital diversions for adults, but all are rated &quot;Everyone.&quot;
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In this second and final part I'll demonstrate some of the loop-specific tools I've found in Ardour, Reaper, and Audacity. Tutorials and links to project demos are included, so warm up your headphones and let's get loopy. read more
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WICHITA, Kan. _ A few summers ago, Matthew Vines had a whole lot of time and not much to do, so he created a Web site.  This summer, that site is his ticket to a grand adventure.
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By Tech Test Drive, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 5--I adore Hollywood movies, but I'm often too busy for trips to the cineplex. Even movie-download and DVD-by-mail services make me impatient -- I need instant gratification.
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Is this just a case of a stodgy old-media company trying to hang out online with the cool kids?
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Ever wish you could traverse 42 years of pop music history in 37 minutes? R. Luke DuBois' new CD employs "time lapse phonography" to reduce hit songs to a string of tiny, amorphous sound clips that highlight big shifts in musical taste. By Alexander Gelfand.
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 15--Summer is nearly over and you feel like you haven't been outside enough. Too many hours at work. Too much TV.
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By Steve Lawson's  HERE'S an interesting one... Webaroo.  It's a free download service that allows you to take large portions of the internet with you on your travels.
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Not long from now at all, a typical drive down the highway might combine bits of hands-free jiving to HD radio, spoken responses to your latest e-mail messages, and mobile TV broadcasts of cartoons for the kiddies. You'll certainly all be better entertained -- and maybe you'll be safer, too.