August 2009 Entries
Though penmanship has certainly taken a back seat to knowing how to type, I have come to this realization: it is important to be seen writing by your children so that they learn that typing or texting is not the only means of recording or communicating the written word. Even now I am writing this blog post in the sight of my oldest son who is just starting pre-school, who, little by little, will be trained to take that awkward hand and make scratches with a writing implement.
I'm sure at some point he may ask himself why on earth he...
Url shortening has been around for quite a long time, but it has exploded due to the popularity of Twitter. Money tends to follow the popular so dozens of URL shortening services sprang, seemingly overnight, to fill the gap. The first to go down for the count, tr.im, decided to throw in the towel due to mounting costs that are associated with running what is essentially a redirecting service. I'm not sure what the business model is for these sites, except that they have a goldmine of information to what people are linking and sharing with others. Apparently, tr.im couldn't...
Unos pensamientos que tuve hoy:
De vez en cuando, uno se le olviden las experiencias que se le han pasado. Estoy culpable de eso hoy, de mis queridos del pais de Guatemala. Es facil estar atropellado por todo que pasa aun durante un solo dia, pero tambien es una lastima que usamos eso como una excusa de no vivir nuestras memorias. Al decir la verdad, me gustaria transportarme por los vortices de tiempo para vivir partes de mi vida una vez mas. Yo no cambiaria ninguna parte de ellas, solo me gustaria vivirlas, mirarlas por los ojos de una persona que...
The Forces Of Evil™ better be quaking in their boots.
If you want to peer into the future of societal decline, look further than this: Great Britain is expanding an already exisitng program that installs CCTVs in homes so that the governement can "make sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables." 1984 references aside, the real problem with this isn't the fact that the government will now have an unrestricted view into the private lives of its citizens, but the transition of parental responsibility from the parents themselves to the government. Instead of holding parents accountable for raising their kids, it is...