TWO CENTS EACH – 1/26/10
- 40 and 44
- Obama's first year in office is strikingly similar to that of Reagan's. Serioiusly.
- Girls just wanna have style
- Grant's vision was to find clothing that empowered girls in their development as individuals, not just sexual beings.
"I wanted to inspire them to be whatever they want in life, way beyond a princess or a diva." –Elena Grant
Good for you Ms. Grant!
- Tough Love Needed for Haiti by Jonah Goldberg on National Review Online
- "Why? Because American culture not only expects hard work, but teaches the unskilled how to work hard."
I'm not so sure I believe that??
- What the Vikings-Saints Game Shows Us About Systems and Mindsets
- An interesting point about systems. I don't completely buy the Favre argument about mindsets but I understand what the author is trying to say.
The Internet Is Fun
I know the Internet is a tremendous resource for any number of constructive pursuits, but every once in a while I am reminded of how much fun it is. I’m not talking about blatantly useless time wasting activities we’ve all engaged in – watching drunk animals or people getting injured on YouTube and things like that. I’m talking about something else.
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What Google Can Teach Us About Us
Several months ago I was trying to learn more about what the Christian church has taught about war and peace. My research, of course, included several searches using some of my favorite search engines – including Google.
What immediately struck me was the suggestions that popped up when using Google. I took some screenshots and made a note to write this post.
Today I read an interesting post over at search engine land entitled Can Google Tell Us What Men and Women Are REALLY Thinking? and it made me want to dig out those screenshots.
The Earthquake in Haiti – An Appropriate Response
Like most people I was shocked at the news of a quake in Haiti and the absurd casualty totals being reported. I’ve been to Haiti. It’s a beautiful place but the people there have had their share of difficulties and they absolutely don’t need this. No one needs something like this, but least of all a place like Haiti.
I was shocked once again when I learned of the responses of Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson. I listened to the complete statements of both men several times and I just can’t get over how wrong they both are.
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King’s Other Dream
In a thought provoking piece entitled Martin Luther King’s other dream: Economic justice for all, John Gehring of the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good writes:
As we pause to honor King’s legacy, it’s tempting to sanitize his radical call for economic justice or temper his prophetic words about war. We prefer King as an icon stored safely behind history’s glass case. When his words are quoted these days, we rarely hear the righteous anger of a preacher who denounced the Vietnam War and described America as the “greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” We choose not to reflect on his warnings about the arrogance of American foreign policy. We avoid an honest grappling with his critique of capitalism as a system that permits “necessities to be taken from the many to give luxuries to the few.
Dr. King was an extremist. It seems that most of those who point this out do so as a judgement against him. Those of us who respect him and his work tend to forget it. Last year on this day I reflected on King’s extremism and did my part to express my thoughts about King the Christian and the American.
We need more extremists.
Remember his legacy by listening to some great songs inspired by his life and work.
Great Sites – 1/17/2010
- Project Censored – Media Democracy in Action – link
- one word. so little time. – link
- Snowflakes and Snow Crystals – link
- The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [IEP] – link
- Digital Resistance to Political and Cultural Manipulation and Indoctrination – link
- How to Flex Your Rights During Police Encounters – link
- habitforge – Getting you to the finish line. – link
- Visual Walkthroughs – link
- Recent codes – RefactorMyCode.com – link
- TEXT-IMAGE.com – link
- Distance Between Two Cities Places On Map Distance Calculator – link
- Celebrity News, Gossip, Popularity – MashCeleb – link
You got me. I don't know why but I like celebrity gossip.
- The Freecycle Network – link
- Just Hungry | Japanese recipes, healthy and fun eating, the expat food life and more. – link
- I Will Knot! – link
Great Ideas – 1/15/2010
- General information on the World Chess Cup 2009 – link
- Health Care Savings May Start in Employee Diets – link
- LeechBlock :: Add-ons for Firefox – link
- Calvert, Md., high school turns students loose at lunch – washingtonpost.com – link
- Beet juice the hottest new weapon for winter road crews – washingtonpost.com – link
- Book can help you regift the right way – washingtonpost.com – link
- Hacking With Gum » Building A Boxee TV Station – link
- Selling Wants to buy Haves – link
- YouTube – Furoshiki gift wrapping – link
- Automated car cover – Hack a Day – link
- How To: Craft a Table Using Old Magazines | Apartment Therapy Re-Nest – link
- What Record Sales of the Amazon Kindle Means to Your Church Website | Heal Your Church WebSite – link
- PS3 wireless visual interface – Hack a Day – link
AT&T – FAIL!
Every time I’m involved in a discussion about failed customer service it reminds me of my experiences with AT&T Wireless. And every time I wish I’d my experiences in a public place so I could give out a link and not have to talk about it anymore.
Today I spent an hour and seven minutes on the phone with AT&T to fix something that should have taken just a few minutes and I’m convinced, once again, that AT&T could not provide worse customer service if they were purposely trying to do so.
So, I’m here to detail the story of these fails so I no longer have to talk or write about them again.
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Two Cents Each
- In Manhattan, Preparing for Kindergarten Admission Test
- This is simply ridiculous!
- Geeks Drive Girls Out of Computer Science | LiveScience
- Girls do seem to shy away from CS careers and that is unfortunate, but this "study" has not found the answer. I've not read anything quite so silly on livescience in a long time.
- E-books spark battle inside the publishing industry – washingtonpost.com
- Is anyone else growing tired of old school companies trying to stop innovation instead of finding a way to adapt?
- 100 Skills Everyone Should Master | Mighty Girl
- I don't think every item should be on the list but it's a great list anyway.
- Your guide to better chopstick etiquette (mostly Japanese) | Just Hungry
- A great list of tips if you want to use chopsticks properly. It does not explain "how" to use them but how to use them properly.
Jesus Junk – I don’t care if it’s illegal
An article I read in the USA Today last month reminded me of a topic I’ve wanted to write about for some time – the thriving business of spoofing corporate logos in the name of Christ. According to the article,
American retailers sell about $4.6 billion worth of Christian products annually, and some are spoofs or spinoffs of commercial logos or brand names. Many such goods are illegal, trademark attorneys say, but companies often are unaware their names are being copied or don’t put up a fight for fear of being labeled anti-faith.
The piece focuses mostly on the legal and ethical questions mentioned in that paragraph and these are legitimate concerns. I don’t think most of these products qualify as parody. They are almost certainly infringements of copyright and/or trademarks, but that is not what bothers me most about this stuff.
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