McLuhan Tetrad In Audio

** Cross post from Ed Tech U**

I am an avid listener to NPR and Prairie Home Companion is one of my favorite programs.  Yesterday morning while I was listening to PHC Garrison Keillor did a rendition of Little Deuce Coupe which can be heard here. 

It seems that almost every day I hear someone complaining about high gas prices and how much it costs to run their car.  I happily chime in with "Glad I own a Prius" and then tell them my most recent gas millage (which is currently climbing to over 48 mgp!). 

Since one of the themes of the course Emerging and Future Technologies was how one technology takes over for a previous one, I found this song only timely and fitting.  In today's society it seems to be more important how many mpg your car gets then how many horsepower the engine has.  This rendition of Little Deuce Coupe seemed like an audio version of McLuhan's tetrads.  I know the Prius isn't a "cool" car, but it does make a great conversation starter, and it is great on my wallet right now. 

Enjoy ~SJ

Oh What To Do?

The Music Man was going to have a gig today, but at the last minute it was canceled. Now we are in the quandary, what to do with a now free Saturday? The trash and bottles have been taken care of, and the rest of the weekly chores can wait until tomorrow. So now what? We looked into getting tickets for Prairie Home Companion who is performing in Bangor, but no luck, no more tickets. We might just travel to Augusta and see what sort of fun stuff we can stumble upon. Oh the joys of an unexpected free day!

Enjoy ~SJ