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So I quick popped in to check my Gmail, and what do I find? Custom Time, the newest 'feature' in Gmail. Apparently we are able to set our email to be sent at a time previous to now, like yesterday, whe
n you forgot your significant other's birthday. Now you can prove you 'didn't' forget, simply by sending your email yesterday, right now!
Sorry Google, I'm calling it, your 2008 April Fool is Custom Time.
Today I came across this link on Truemors, 'Food Prices Are Rising Worldwide.' I can understand everyone's disappointment at having to spend more money, but they should be thankful. Thankful that this didn't happen sooner, thankful that despite farmers going broke across the country, they're saving money, thankful that week after week, for years on end, they don't have to look at dozens of farmers on their last legs, just hoping to make it another year, because with their endless optimism, "Next year will be better." Out here in southwest North Dakota, I see what these farmers go through every day.
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My buddy found this destructive force over at http://img.skitch.com/20080330-tq5yuekdwnygjdpa6pc42kbkra.jpg. As it turns out, not even the fabled, mythical creatures of 'Magic: The Gathering' (a great game, we killed off many hours of downtime in Iraq playing it) can come up against the mighty Chuck and stand a chance. In fact, doing so merely kills off any other game characters nearby that may have been contemplating the same, death defying move. I can only imagine how much money this card would bring on ebay.
As I'm sure everyone reading this already knows, Jason Calacanis is offering a free MacBook Air to a lucky person following him when he becomes the #1 user on Twitter. If I hadn't already been following him at the time, that would have immediately sent me to the follow button. This, of course, immediately spawned much conversation on Twitter about following and being followed. However, as many of us have come to realize, you don't really gain anything by being followed by mass amounts of people, unless you're trying to push stuff at them, in which case you suddenly have a huge audience.
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I just read a piece by Scott Koon, Do Links Really Matter? In it, he asks, "If the point of your writing is to spread ideas or opinions that you’ve had, does a link really matter? Should you care if you get credit?" I think we all like to get credit, but isn't all of our writing an idea or opinion? We do research, we get the facts, and with those, we state what we think about them. A perfect example is Iraq, the facts are out about American death tolls, there's a lot, and people have widely varying views about it. Having been there, and seen first hand what's going on (my job consisted of looking for roadside bombs, I've got pretty good knowledge of who's responsible for them), it's a very good thing that we're there, and just like Japan and Germany nearly a century ago, it's going to take a lot of time until things settle down. But that's my opinion. If someone were to read this, and it prompted them to write something, I would expect that they would acknowledge me in some way, leave me a comment, a trackback, or link to me. I will have done all three for this piece, I left Scott a comment, I linked to his piece (first sentence), and I will use the trackback when I finish writing this.
Computer hardware companies need to step it up, NOW. I'm quite knowledgeable when it comes to computers, and there isn't too much that I can't handle with them. So when my computer had some issues this week, I was a little shocked. Typically, I see stuff coming from a mile away, take care of it, and move on. I didn't know it at the time, but I got completely blindsided by ATI this week.
I think that most of us are familiar with Digg. A great blog post with a digg from a reputable digger has taken down many a site, however, Digg doesn't seem to have the influence it once had. Facing strengthening competition from competitors such as Mixx, Reddit, and StumbleUpon, Digg is no longer the go-to spot to spread the word about a great read. Also, with the recent outcry over their algorithm change, many reputable diggers no longer have the influence they once had, for better or worse. While this may prevent a few malcontents from exerting their will over Digg, it also costs us some great material, as the people who once found great stuff early and got it onto Digg's front page, are now being suppressed longer by newer users with lower quality material.
As Christians, we need to do a better job of standing up for our beliefs. We too often let ourselves be pushed around, saying we don't want to be intolerant, when all around us, people are being intolerant of us. Standing your ground is not being intolerant, it's fighting for what you believe it. People refusing to listen to other peoples ideas, however, is intolerant. They don't have to like what we say, but they don't have to refuse to hear us either.
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