This may become a mini-series on my blog – how to UnGoogle your life. Google offers lots of services, but the one product that I fell in love with was Google Chrome. It loads really fast, runs really fast, uses screen space more efficiently than other browsers, and is more stable and secure than any… Read More »
Google has taken over the web in a very respectable way. They achieved it by doing one thing well and then adding more services over time. That is a fantastic business model for anyone to follow, but you can do one thing well and still be immoral and abusive. I mean, Rome did crucifixions well… Read More »
The Internet is becoming our main source of memory instead of our own brains, a study has concluded. In the age of Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don’t recall what it is. The researchers found that when we want to know… Read More »
If you’re sick of getting Farmville requests on Facebook, you can disable it. Here’s how: Go to Account Settings, Notifications, and under Recent Notifications you’ll see your Farmville requests. From there, just click the envelope and it will disable them. Enjoy!
(NaturalNews) No matter how many times the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) claims the machines are safe and pose no threat to travelers or personnel, naked body scanners that emit ionizing radiation are, indeed, a very serious health threat. And Dr. Edward Dauer, head of radiology at Florida Medical Center, agrees, having recently come forward… Read More »
So the scientific community spent some obscene amount of money to learn how to genetically modify food and other organisms and then swear that it’s safe. If it’s safe then why isn’t it printed on food labels? Instead we see the opposite. If there was a benefit and it truly is safe, then why not… Read More »
If it’s not painfully obvious, I use wordpress as my blog backend. Sure I can make it myself, and in the past I have, there is just something nice about not worrying about it. So, it’s wordpress. Anyway, I checked for a WordPress app on the droid and sure as shoot, they made one. If… Read More »
Yes, I have an opinion on fire alarms. When I was a relatively new employee in my current position, we had a fire drill. No big deal, I grew up going to public schools, so I’ve seen a hundred or so of these in my lifetime. This time was a little different because I was… Read More »
If you’re like me, background noise makes concentration almost impossible for you. It’s like the background chatter gets more priority in my brain than what I need to focus on. Is that ADD? I’m not sure, but what I have discovered is how to concentrate when you cannot make the background noise stop. There are… Read More »
There is a law on the books specifically making it illegal to kill the messenger. It can be seen at http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/959.18. It states: 959.18 Prohibition against killing a carrier pigeon. No person who is not the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill, or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as “carrier” pigeon, nor shall such… Read More »