Iceland is crowdsourcing its new constitution

In the wake of the devastating collapse of Iceland's commercial banks, the country is drawing up a new constitution, and it's doing things a little differently: It's crowdsourcing the process. For real.

The firefighter and the kitten - great story brought to us by Gwen Florio

Brett Cunniff thought his 15 minutes of fame were over a month ago.

That's when the Missoulian ran a photo of the young firefighter holding an oxygen mask to a soot-colored, blue-eyed kitten outside a St. Patrick's Day house fire in the lower Rattlesnake.

Cue the "awwwwws" from family and friends and the local public.

But nothing is local anymore, not with the Internet.

Retro YouTube - Classic TV, Retro Commercials, Vintage Hollywood clips

Retro YouTube - you can even pick a decade from these diverse ytubes.

AT&T 'texting while driving' vid.

A clear message with family testimonies about the absent drivers.

Entertaining informative posts about tech. gadgets -- with fine YouTube video

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/latest-gadgets/

Fun Monday - Let's get up and dance

Ari's topics for this month have been totally absorbing and inventive. How about this one for today:  "I asked everyone to post a link to a music video or song that specifically makes you want to get up and dance. I did say a, as in singular. But I couldn't settle on just one."
I had the same problem, after rambling through YouTube's offerings from MoTown and from classic rock. Good times!
I did get stuck listening to Punjabi sad songs when I was looking for the perfect dance tune (Punjabi). That beat always gets me up and dancing.
And here's another infectious song: Tightrope by Janelle Monae. It's at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc
But because my favorite was embargoed from embedding, I fell back to this good ol' country dance hall favorite:  Boot Scootin' Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZjkYdza8o