Slick Local Coolness from Mom!

It is a fairly rare occurrence when my mother scoops me on some cool new web widget/site.

But she did and passed along a neat site called ZipSkinny that provides detailed demographics and more about any zip code you punch in.

One of the neater features is that you can compare up to 20 different zip codes. You could compare across a region to find the area you want to move to or you could compare where you live now to where you used to live or whatever. Its just a fascinating collection of information and presented in a very easily understood format.

The Internet Is NOT the Great Information Leveler

Infoporn: Despite the Web, Americans Remain Woefully Ill-Informed

The internet has long been heralded as this great source of information to make the world a smarter and more informed place.

Sadly, the reality is that Americans are less informed now than they were in 1989.

And who's at the bottom of the stack? People who watch Fox News, the worst and most openly biased "news" channel on the box. The reportage they do is so awful and skewed and just wrong, it is no wonder. Of course, the sponsored shows that are literally nothing but lies piled on lies don't help inform the viewers, they just help "validate" some pretty offensive perspectives.

People who watch The Daily Show, a fake news program, are far better informed about the world than viewers of Fox News. And that is just pathetically sad really.