Media Morph

Andrew Kantor at USAToday writes about Technology through children's eyes:

In Sam's world, whatever he wants to watch is at his — or, rather, his parents' — fingertips. We have TiVo, and we've amassed a sizable collection of his favorite shows. He never has to wait for The Wiggles to come on; he asks and he receives. I feel bad when we can't show him something because we didn't think to record it the first time we watched it. [...]

Kantor's piece is good but just begins to scratch the surface. I can't think of too many practical areas where my son's childhood looks like mine. Much of the entertainment (books, music) takes me right back, but we access them in ways my parents never imagined.

1-Click Relief

Yay, I've been wondering when this would be up: Amazon offers 1-Click Hurricane Katrina Relief donations to the Red Cross.

Shelley Captures Lemon Aid

Shelley Powers snapped this great photo. We're seeing lots of this at the beach (though sadly I didn't have my camera).

Chiefs, Kings, And Lattes

Get on over to How Appealing for more links on Chief Justice Rehnquist and his potential successor than anyone really should be reading on a national holiday. (Creepiness offense: Wikipedia should not have "Died" dates for the Justices just waiting to be filled in.)

Co-contributor Tom Mighell at Between Lawyers has an interesting post about king-making. As I mentioned in the comments there, monitoring the posts at del.icio.us tag linklove (thanks, Mary) is a sure way to stay on top of some of the most informed and considered thinking on these sorts of issues. (For the time being, anyway; here're the search results for del.icio.us spam, and the astoundingly spam-clear tags for viagra and poker.)

'Round here, there's an undisputed new sheriff in town; he wears a hardhat, never charges a dime, and completes every job before sunset.

Finally, coffee titan Starbucks is doing two pretty amazing things these days: at-register Red Cross hurricane relief donations (a buck a latte has got to add up fast), and Ethos Water. All hail!

Must Be What They Mean By 'Joyful Noise'

Catholic organization Fidelis ("[W]orking with people of faith across the country to defend and promote the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and the right to religious liberty...") will be podcasting the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts. (Feed)

The hearings begin next Tuesday, September 6, at 1:30 Eastern have been postponed. CBSNews.com will cover the hearings live, as will C-SPAN. Full text of the hearings will be available from the GPO. (Via Sabrina Pacifici)