Gizmo geekiest…UPGRADE YOUR CAR TO A CONNECTED CAR Automatic plugs into your car and wirelessly connects to your smartphone when you drive to help you save money on gas and repairs, keep your engine healthy, remember where you parked and more. cross-posted on Facebook

Weston is about to leave on a trip to Toronto, Canada. TripIt – Free online trip planner and free travel itinerary website for organizing vacations, group trips or business travel cross-posted on Facebook

Forget all the phone peripherals have. This thing is *entirely* wireless, does everything you’d want from a fitness tracker: accelerometer, heartbeat, blood oxygen level. Has 4GB for music and data storage so you don’t have to have a phone attached. Has external mic for hands free calling, or it can be “transparent” i.e. bring in …

#SOTUI added Joe Biden to the Obama gif created earlier. Enjoy! The most viral images on the internet, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing. cross-posted on Facebook

“That’s just like Obama to try to tax Americans out of their hard-earned inheritances.”Obama To Propose Tax Hikes On Wealthy To Help Out Middle Class During tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama will reportedly propose that Congress raise taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers, in part by closing a “trust fund loophole” protecting inherited …

Twilight Imperium “Lite”…Pocket Imperium A microgame of galactic dimensions! cross-posted on Facebook

Best live tweet source for the State of the Union:Tweets about #sotubingo hashtag on Twitter The latest and best Tweets on #sotubingo. Read what people are saying and join the conversation. cross-posted on Facebook

Wowza! $1M raised in less than a day… Debating if I need this card game.www.kickstarter.com The game gets more and more intense with each card you draw because fewer cards left in the deck means a greater chance of drawing the kitten and exploding in a fiery ball of feline hyperbole. cross-posted on Facebook

State of the Union conveniently live on YouTube… 15 minutes!President Obama Delivers the State of the Union Address – Enhanced President Obama will deliver his sixth State of the Union Address. Watch it live at 9 p.m. ET at WhiteHouse.gov/SOTU to follow along with exclusive interacti… cross-posted on Facebook

Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love To mark the release of their upcoming album, No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney asked some of their friends to film themselves singing the title track. Pre-or… cross-posted on Facebook

Round 2! BBoC day is back! #AskTheWH Big Block of Cheese Day is coming back on January 21, and it’s feta than ever! Ask your questions for Cabinet secretaries and White House staffers using #AskTheWH → http://go.wh.gov/58x7my cross-posted on Facebook

Someone thought the joke of calling “Boyhood” the “honest title” of “12 Years a White Kid” was saying “It’s not okay to be white.” I told them it wasn’t about them. But it was a white male, 19 year old college student. So it *was* about him, and he didn’t like it being pointed out …

Trophic cascades are awesome. Save the whales! Delighted to share this wonderful short film ‘How Whales Change Climate’ from Sustainable Human, a poignant reminder that the environment is, essentially, all one thing … Please share far and wide to spread word! Learn more at http://ift.tt/1weBwQi #whales #climate cross-posted on Facebook

I didn’t know who Andrew Young was until hearing a broadcast of his discussion on the Commonwealth Club. I want him to be the next president, but I’m guessing he is not interested at his age. He is a repository of so much knowledge and experience.Andrew Young: Answering the Call for Leadership | Commonwealth Club …

Serious science.Robot Smash! Curiosity Shatters Mars Rock Slab : DNews In new photographs sent to Earth from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, you’d be forgiven in thinking that the one-ton robot has botched some home repairs. cross-posted on Facebook

I really can’t fathom McCain’s issue with the Jones Act. I’m assuming corporate lobby/backers of McCain are trying to cut costs at the risk of US jobs and security. The Jones Act protects US jobs through requiring US built fleets crewed by US citizens. And it keeps US waters safe by minimizing transit of foreign …

A simple classroom change to make trans students feel at home (essay) @insidehighered As a seasoned faculty member, my initial class prep has dwindled from months to… well, let’s just say… much less time than I needed as a rookie. I have notes from the previous semester on what worked and didn’t work, and I …

Because circumspect informed reporting is hard.46 examples of Muslim outrage about Paris shooting that Fox News can’t seem to find Every time an extremist who is Muslim commits an act of terrorism, people ask where the moderate Muslim voices condemning violence are. (Interestingly, as a Jew, I don’t usually get asked to condemn extremism when it …

Not the first time Republican’s tried to legislate how experts do their math. But really scary when the math has been shown repeatedly over the last 2 decades to have the opposite effect. Tax cuts for the wealth have never helped our economy, I don’t care how many times you try to wish it so.Why …

The NYPD’s ‘Work Stoppage’ Is Surreal In an alternate universe, the New York Police might have just solved the national community-policing controversy. cross-posted on Facebook