Others notice that Facebook sucks your life away
- 12.21.09
- Facebook, NYT
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I deactivated and deleted my Facebook account over 2 years ago. Many reasons contributed to the decision, but the main reason is that Facebook sucks your face-to-face, real, truly social, not-in-front-of-a-computer life down the cyberspace drain. Apparently others are starting to notice what a waste of life Facebook can be. NYT has an article that [...]
National ID deadline pushed back another year
- 12.15.09
- conspiracy, Wired
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I just found out that the Department of Homeland Security delayed National ID Cards (Real ID program) for another year. The deadline was Dec. 31 for state compliance and according to Wired.com, about half the states oppose or refuse to comply with the mandate. This makes me happy because I lean towards the crazy ramblings [...]
For Geeks who love the Holidays
- 12.15.09
- geeky, Wired
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Wired put together a list of 10 Geeky Version of Popular Christmas Songs… Check it out: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/12/10-geeky-christmas-songs/
Vinyl is making a serious comeback
- 12.07.09
- NYT
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I’ve always known how cool vinyls are, and I’ve always been jealous of those folks with sick vinyl collections and a working turntable. As a little girl, my favorite was the old-school 1950s Bing Crosby Merry Christmas vinyl album. Very, very gently my brother and I would put Bing Crosby on the turntable night after [...]