Facebook Friends are Less Valuable than Whopper Sandwiches
I try to avoid using Facebook for anything more than its originally intended purpose – that is, to connect with friends and colleagues whom I already know in real life. A close friend told me she didn’t want to go too far into the site because of the seemingly egotistical way in which users add [...]
Circuit City Liquidates
My heart goes out to Circuit City today. They failed to overcome their harsh business environment and have been forced to liquidate their American holdings, putting 35,000 more people into the unemployment lines.
It’s a tough market and the consumer and electronic goods they sell have thin profit margins. Next time you go to Best Buy [...]
Teen killed in Halo 3 row
Recently a 17 year old boy shot his parents in revenge after they took away his Halo 3 video game.
I grimace in anticipation of all the media outlets once again blaming video games for crime. This has happened every time a video game is connected to any crime in one form or another. I strongly [...]
Should We Protect the Union Job?
I heard a lot of negativity surrounding unions as I grew up. Our family consists of many working-class individuals who almost universally prefer to keep their noses to the grindstone and avoid getting involved in the larger picture. Unions are a sore spot – although none of us (to my knowledge) have been harmed in [...]
The News
I sometimes sit down at my desk, ready to find out what’s happening in the world and wonder where I can actually see the news. In today’s world2 of 24 hour coverage, the news has become less of an informative tool (in my opinion) and more of an entertainment industry where stories must sell and [...]
Presidential Endorsement Worth $50 Million
According to the New York Times, President-elect Obama’s dedication to his Blackberry may be worth up to $50 million for the Canadian firm Research In Motion. Not bad – you can’t buy the kind of publicity that results from the most loved man in the world pimping your gear.
The new president is famous for his [...]
Speed of Technology
Before I begin, I feel it is important to comment on our own recent trend – although Ignorant Mouth seems to suddenly be knocking technology, I assure you that this Luddite-ish event is an unusual coincidence of similar ideas more than anything else. That said, I am today discussing the rate of technological change and [...]
I Will Never Give Up My Newspaper
I love getting my news online. Being able to flip through articles and search back content is exceedingly useful. So too is the ability to quickly check on the validity of claims made in article online (as evidenced by the news about LiveJournal’s cut to staff – some sources quoted 20 of 27 staffers were [...]
The Facebook Fanatics
Facebook is starting to scare me.
I rarely log in anymore, myself, as the constant bombardment of applications and advertisements in the new layout are distasteful in my view. Despite that, I still don’t like Facebook.
People – why do you want complete strangers, or even friends of your friends that you don’t know, to have access [...]
LiveJournal Down But Not Out
I was surprised but not shocked to learn that LiveJournal has cut back roughly 1/5 of its staffing levels. Although some blogs reported that “20 of 27″ employees were let go, the real number of heads chopped off is somewhere around 12, which works out to 20% of the company’s workforce.
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