Rants:

According to PC World, there are now more than 100,000 applications available for the iPhone. The only problem is that an overwhelming amount of them are hardly ever downloaded. For example, the 1000th-ranked app was downloaded by only 1.76 percent of all users.

According to The Wall Street Journal, in the economic downturn, some parents are seeking to profit off of their children by setting them up with modelling agencies and talent classes.

Raves:

Comedian and musician Steve Martin and actor/comedian Alec Baldwin will host the Academy Awards next year. The two have been known for hosting Saturday Night Live almost perennially and will be on the same stage for the first time.

According to MSNBC, a Brazilian bricklayer who had reportedly died in a car crash surprised his family and friends after he showed up at his own funeral. Ademir Jorge Goncalves spent the night at a truck stop. Authorities have not identified the body of the deceased person from the car crash.