Is Google Making us Stoopid?
Posted Saturday June 28th, 2:19 AM by Lizpoona

So, while waiting for a ride home from last week, i walked down to Barnes & Noble and picked up a magazine with that title in huge google font printed on the front.
I believe the magazine was something like The New Yorker or the Economist, but I don't remember.

So I read the article, and it was really interesting.


Basically it said that the internet is changing the way we think and process information. Because of the quick and easy flashy nature of the internet, with its myriad distractions, it is causing us to lose our ability to absorb long chunks of information, like reading an entire book. Things like Wikipedia and google have made information so fast and easy that we don't need to make to have long attention spans anymore. We're slowly adapting to a new way of doing things, specifically in the way we communicate and learn.

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Featured Poll of The Day: Good witch or bad witch, which?
Posted Friday June 27th, 1:52 AM by Rooween

Every day, we have a featured poll at our Poll Of The Day blog. Check it out for the newest polls, or just take this random one:

Are you a good witch or a bad witch, which?

Wicked Witch of the West - vengeful and power hungry or would just like some shiny red shoes
Glenda Good witch of the North- helpful goody-2-shoes who wears pretty dresses
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother- grantor of wishes who likes to turn mice into men
Maleficent (evil sourceress from Sleeping Beauty)- willing to cast spells on innocent children because you didn't get invited to the party
Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather(Sleeping Beauty) - well meaning tho sometimes inept trio of nurturing caregivers and would be protectors
Evil Queen from Snow White - aging beauty queen willing to do anything to keep her title of the most beautifaul of all
Samantha (Bewitched) - oppressed housewife only allowed to do magic to get her husband out of a jam
Endora (Samantha's mother)- likes a good pratical joke especially at the expense of her mortal son-in-law
Sabrina the Teenage Witch - still learning how to cope as a witch in a mortal world
Merlin the Magician - well, because he's a guy
None of the above - I think the media's portrayal of witches gives real witches a bad name

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Wizard Rock
Posted Sunday June 15th, 8:10 PM by Chococat

Wizard rock is, to put it simply, music about Harry Potter. To explain further, it is a literary/music sensation that combines some of the most brilliant aspects of the books and the universality of love for Potter and for music. Wizard rock comes in many different forms, from garage bands to international music icons, and from pop to death (eater) metal. The only thing all wizard rock bands have in common is that their love of Harry Potter extends to devoting time and musical effort to singing about his universe. Though wizard rock has grown in popularity, what with stars like Joe and Paul DeGeorge and Alex Carpenter and with the recent MTV specials and the new feature-length documentary "We Are Wizards," I wanted to share the magic of this wondrous genre with Spacefem through a brief review of some of the biggest names in Wrock.

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