I just posted the article "The ‘Fakeosphere’" on my technology blog that touches upon the morality of some Internet advertising. It is also a warning for those who do any online searching for products, etc. These days, a lot more people are becoming susceptible to this kind of marketing due…
For those in the US, a blessed Veterans Day to you. The sacrifice of people who are willing to die for a cause is similar to the conviction and commitment each and every Christian should have. While a Christian should abhor war, we should respect the commitment of those who…
Well, I didn’t quite make it, it would seem. Working with technology is always a challenge, even if you have some idea what you are doing. Perhaps, even more so because you are more likely to try things that are supposed to work. It was time to wipe the hard…
Well, “Senator Edward Kennedy dies at age 77” reported Reuters via Yahoo! News this morning. Without a doubt, he was the most influential of the clan after the deaths of John and Robert and up until his own death. He had been suffering from brain cancer, diagnosed just a little…
The British newspaper The Sunday Times will become the guinea pig for testing paid access to the newspaper, reported the Bangkok Post in “Sunday Times to test charge for content”. News Corp owns The Sunday Times, The Times and The Wall Street Journal and already charges for access to the…
When I saw the latest report that UCG has decided it needs a “brand”, their words, I thought the web would be more abuzz than it is. Even Robert Thiel decided to do no more than throw his Laodicean dart in “UCG Wants to Be a Brand”. He didn’t even…
Fifty years ago, most of what I have to say was common sense. Not so now. Today, many values are no longer held in common, and what values are left happen to be undermined daily by forces in government, religion, professional organizations, media, communities, families, friends, neighbors, and even your…
Growing up, I was fascinated by manned missions to the moon. Today is the 40th anniversary of the US Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I was pretty young at the time, and I had a grandaunt that did not believe people had landed on the moon. While watching the…
On 2 July 2009, the Telegraph reported “Farrah Fawcett’s letter to son read out at funeral”. The subtitle read, “A letter written by Farrah Fawcett to her wayward son Redmond O’Neal has been read out at the star’s funeral in Los Angeles.” O’Neal had been released from jail long enough…
Here is something that should wake you up this morning: The US National Debt Clock. Technorati Tags: national debt,private debt,gross national product,credit card debt,trade deficit,economy