The post was to the NY times article called Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction, and can be found here: http://nyti.ms/9eacWa I was reading through it and came across the reference to an article from 2007 in the journal Pediatrics. (the abstract can be found here: http://nyti.ms/9eacWa ) and so I went and looked up the article. Very disappointing. I know that there are a lot of restrictions on how many subjects (because of money) can take part in a study, but 11 then cut down to ten?

And then to continue on an declare an actual effect because of it…. very very sad. Now had they hedged the bet a little it would be marginally ok, but the correlation does not necessarily indicate causation applies. It looks like there may be a place for a path analysis here in which you could determine causation, but you can’t do that with 10 people. *sigh*

The worst part is that I would have totally bought this a couple of years ago.

So for those of you with facebook accounts, you can now log into the comment system with your facebook login. I had mixed feelings about putting this in, Facebook scares me a little (even though we have a page over there, go become a fan!!).

They are beginning to be everywhere, just kind of watching

But I think this will help for those out there with a facebook account. So, to comment, you can comment using your Disqus login, your facebook login or neither. I recommend logging in because it will give you more flexibility to moderate your own comments.

Off to class,

Scott

So, this post is very self indulgent.

In episode 81 I mentioned using Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog in one of my classes. That set of classes wrapped up today, it was pretty informal or I would give you pages with questions etc.  Anyway, I had decided to get a DVD copy of the show so I would have the subtitles etc.

If you haven’t seen it, go check it out on hulu.com if you are in the States or start here on YouTube if you aren’t. The show is about 40 minutes or so and well worth the  time.

Part of the story is about Dr. Horrible trying to get into the Evil League of Evil. Well, the producers solicited applications from the web, which is where my giggling starts. Do a quick search for ELE or Evil League of Evil on youtube to check out some of the videos that were submitted.

Now the surprising part. As you may know, our theme song was written and performed by Mark Blasco. (to see more of Mark’s work, clink on the Podcasts Themes button there on the right side). So, I was watching the DVD and saw the Special Features area, clicked on that and waded into the ELE applications on the DVD. To my surprise, the video below (showcasing Mr. Terrible) came up. Great audio on the track by the way. But there was something very familiar. I hadn’t paid much attention to the title or the creator of the first one. The song was really catchy and so I checked who the submitter was…. Lo and behold, our very own Mark Blasco held the First Position on the disk!!!!

Congratulations to Mark, both of his videos are pretty cool. (My favorite is still Mr. Terrible.) Check out both of his sites, PodcastThemes and MarkBlasco.com.

and a more serious entry by Mark below

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by. (And a huge thank you to Amber and Leo!!!)

If you are interested in teaching English, but are not sure what to expect…. I’d recommend a trip to the archives and catch the first couple of shows. We lay out some of the basics of getting into the field there. For those of you who are out and in the classroom already, subscribe and then hit any of the shows that look interesting.

Everything is stand alone, and there are only a couple of repeating themes.

Again,

Welcome to the site and tell your friends!

Scott

P.S. If you want to hear the net@night episode you can get there from here.

This week we talk a look at a couple of NY Times blogs. They can be found here and here. Don’t forget to let us know what you think!

The YouTube project is still on. The student orientation video will be up soon.

Hi everybody!
Hope you enjoyed number 77.
Scott and I are working on 78, it should be a good show. Currently we are getting hammered by the time change. Funny how just an hour difference can cause such a big problem.

Anyway, we will be posting 78 soon.
Keep an eye out and keep the comments coming!!!
Scott

For our comment friends,

We now have a new comment system provided by disqus (pronounced “discuss”). It’s pretty cool because once you login to the system, you are logged into all disqus sites and best of all, comments are threaded! Plus they have video comments! SWEET!

I’m kind of excited about it. I know, geek, right?

Scott