Apparently Andrew Mason wants to be a singing star. Or at least have a notable novelty album.

Jim Romenesko (who designed part of the picture above) tipped me off to the weirdest Groupon I've ever seen (yes, even weirder than this one): Ben Kobold will come to your house and tuck you into bed for the low price of $100 if you live within 5 miles of his zip code in the Loop district of downtown Chicago.

We typically leave the news about TV show pickups and cancellations to our TV nerd cousins over at Warming Glow, but I just learned about CBS ordering a sitcom about two bros working for Groupon -- to be played by McLovin' from Superbad and some dude named Nicholas Braun -- and I just can't not post about it.

There's an article out in Forbes today about how the film industry in New Orleans is not only booming, but presenting a challenge to the LA-area ("As Filmmaking Surges, New Orleans Becoming Serious Challenger To L.A.").

Rarely does a day go by when a Groupon or a Living Social deal hits my inbox and I don't think, "I should unsubscribe to this bullsh*t.

The Big Kerfuffle Over iPhone Snooping You may have already heard Apple included a disturbing feature bug with the iOS 4 update released June 2010, a secret file which kept a running log of the latitude and longitude where the phone was located along with a timestamp.

Weird News, American Style All the great news stories should start with the subtitle, "Police find back door open, marinara sauce on wall".

An Alabama law firm is suing Taco Bell over accusations that the pseudo-Mexican fast food chain is not living up to government standards with its meat.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt will be stepping down into an "Executive Chairmen" role starting April 4th of this year, and Google co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO.