Hot sites
Education
High school students who are undecided about what college to attend, what major to choose and what careers look promising can find information and interactive tools at this useful site.
http://myplan.com
Entertainment
Vinyl records have largely been replaced by CDs and digital downloads, but album cover artwork endures - and some of it is pretty bad, according to at least one critic, who has compiled a humorous list of the “Worst Record Covers of All Time.”
www.pitchforkmedia.com/features/weekly/worst-album-covers
Tools
Show friends your favorite places to drink beer, eat pizza or catch the latest Hollywood blockbusters by plotting their locations on Google Maps. It’s all possible with this new (and free) personalized map creation and sharing service.
Take a road trip from Los Angeles to New York in only a few minutes by watching this MTV-style, time-lapse video.
www.lacquersound.com/english/opener1.html
Since her recent death, we’ve learned a lot about civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Now find out who the guy was that asked her to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Blake_%28bus_driver%29