Money and Computing
Is College Worth It? Pew's Social and Demographic Trends Examines That Financially Fraught Question
A majority of Americans (57%) say the higher education system in the US fails to provide students with good value for the money they and their families spend. A larger majority (75%) says college is too expensive to afford. An overwhelming majority of college graduates (86%) say that college has been a good investment for them personally. more »
What's On the Menu?; Help The New York Public Library Transcribe Historic Collection of Restaurant Menus
With 40,000 menus dating from the 1840s to today, The NYPL's restaurant menu collection is one of the largest in the world, used by historians, chefs, novelists and everyday food enthusiasts. All it takes is an Internet connection to take part! more »
Bernanke's First Press Conference
On a day that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve held his first press conference (and Sarah Palin declared the reason the President released his birth certificate was to distract from Chairman Bernanke's statements), the Fed released a statement of economic projections more »
A Really, Really Long Distance Mother's Day Phone Call
I turned up the volume on my Mac and heard clicks — a lipstick top being circled downward, a pocket mirror snapped shut. I raised my voice, not only because we were using technology to manage our two-way conversation, but also because my mother and I were so far away from each other. Me, here on earth. Her, up in heaven. more »