Gongol.com Archives: November 2013
Brian Gongol


November 21, 2013

Science and Technology Getting kids interested in science, technology, engineering, and math
These are innately interesting subjects...they're often just taught in a way that kills that interest

Computers and the Internet Turning classic movie titles into clickbait
The website Funny or Die has spoofed Upworthy and other clickbait-obsessive sites by turning classic movie titles into what they'd be as, well, clickbait. It was easy to welcome Facebook and Twitter as relief from the ordinary until people started sharing these clickbait items relentlessly. Now it's like it's 2002 again, and all of our inboxes are again full of spam.

Aviation News Someone landed at the wrong airport
With a modified 747 sized to carry huge cargo

Business and Finance US Treasury promises that it won't be "Government Motors" after January 1st
The official policy is that the government wants to be entirely out of GM ownership by the end of this year

Business and Finance Hilton Hotels is going public

Recent radio podcasts