News and Culture Five
What we’re reading on the blogs today:
In the New York Times, Dr. Perri Klass says that while it’s normal for parents to be scared about a fever in their child, a fever indicates an active immune system. (But still talk to your family doctor about medications and treatment)
If you follow any techy reporters or bloggers, you’ve probably noticed that they spent the weekend in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. We’re pretty excited about the General Electric smart home we saw on treehugger. Is it bad that we’re always a little amazed when we’re reminded that GE is a real company that does real things and not just a company where Jack Donaghy is Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming?
Speaking of cool techy bloggers, Ken Denmead at GeekDad posted about a Lego-compatible iPhone case and we want it. Read more...
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In efforts to prevent “offensive” titles from popping up and surprising unwitting web surfers, Amazon has taken an aggressive approach, resulting in titles that deal with homosexuality, such as the classic “Heather Has Two Mommies”, and Dan Savage’s “The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant” being stripped of their Amazon ranking, making them much harder to locate on the site.
Sadly, an Amazon search for “homosexuality” will still return the very controversial “A Parent’s Guide To Preventing Homosexuality.” Currently, Amazon execs are claiming this is due to a “glitch” in their tagging system, but it seems likely that this “glitch” is human in origin, and it’s clear to some exactly what politics are being espoused.
You Say Glitch, We Say Fail [Jezebel]
