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5 Years 150 Million Strong

By on February 4, 2009 in Social Media/Internet

That little website that every uses to stalk the people the what to know better turned 5 today. That’s right Facebook is 5, and I know you have it, almost everyone does. Well okay not everyone I can name at least one person forced them self to delete account not once but twice.
So what does a social networking site have to celebrate on its 5th Birthday. Well for starters how about surpassing MySpace’s 130 Million user to become the world leading Networking site with 150 Million+ users. Mark and the guys over at Facebook have made it oh so simple for use to use Facebook with several integrated apps as well as an app for the iPhone and Blackberry. But don’t think they will stop there, Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook wrote on his blog today:

“As we celebrate Facebook’s 5th birthday, we continue to work hard to
evolve Facebook and make it as simple as possible to communicate with
and understand the people and entities that matter to you.”

Ironicly enough Facebook turns 5 the same year The Macintosh (Mac) turns 25. Maybe it is the work of a greater power which likes simple, efficent and easy to use things as well as multiples of 5?

But anyways, Happy Birthday Facebook. May you always be superior over the fugly mess that is MySpace and Nexopia.

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One of Lifes Mysterys

By on January 31, 2009 in Journal, Random, Social Media/Internet

Okay here it is. I can’t write worth a darn anymore but you know that and don’t what to hear me tell you once again. So what have I been doing. Bit broad, okay so the last 7 hours. That’s better.

Now on to it.

I have been knee deep in Code. Like Matrix Code you ask? No. CSS Code. If you don’t know what that is…. well not my problem that’s why Larry Page and Sergey Brin made that little thing called Google. Okay enough of the sarcasm. I have been exploring a new wordpress theme. Editing it and playing around with some of the settings, I realize this sounds boring but it is work I like to do.

My mind is constantly throwing around ideas, for websites and business ideas. Trying to get ahead and learn something new or find a new way to make money. This isn’t something many people my age do for fun. Some people get together to watch or play sports, others to play music and some just hang out and drink life away. I don’t have anything like that. Yes there are people who are into web design but I see my self differently than them. Sure there maybe people with business ideas as well and the same age, yeah there called young entrepreneurs. But let me ask you this! How do those people like me get together to “hang out” like people who intently follow sports or know all about music?

Okay okay scratch that for a second, I’m going way off topic now. I’m working on a theory. Think of a straight line that is constantly moving forward, this line represents average or lame or bored or uninteresting or unexciting. Still with me? We (each person individually) have our own string all different colours and patterns. So our string move with the line, moving forward. We all start off directly attacked to the line but as we grown into our interests, sports, music, tech, we move away from the line. We continue to move away from the line the more we know about our obsession, as well the more obsessions (by obsessions I mean the whatever it is that interests us, certain band or sports team, etc.) we have the bigger our string gets.

Now where do I fit into that. Simple. I know a little bit about a lot. So I would be a big string traveling through life close to the line. I can’t seem to break away into a certain obsession. I know a bit about music, who sings what, you know the basic stuff. Sports I pick up bit and pieces of it everywhere and can participate in a conversation but never actually be able to get into it. Computers and techy stuff, I probably have a better understanding of it than other things. Its probably the one thing that brings me off the Line but I only skim the surface of it. It is so complex I can ever fathom knowing obsessing about it. I realize I am young and I will eventually find that one thing that defines me, and College will probably help with that but its hard now. Especially when you want to have a good conversation with someone who you share an interest with.

A bit all over the place, but what can you expect from me.

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Don’t Have a Cow

By on January 29, 2009 in Journal, Random, Social Media/Internet

A friend posted this and I got a good laugh out of it. Thought you might enjoy it.

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away…
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
SURREALISM
You have two giraffes.
The government requires you to take harmonica lessons
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called ‘Cowkimon’ and market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country.
You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy….
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive .

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Could you Survive

By on January 28, 2009 in Journal, Social Media/Internet

How independent are you really?

In today’s world everything is right there. Our fridges are half empty for the most part because we know the grocery store is only 5 minute away if we need something. We don’t think about what if something happened and we couldn’t get to food or if there was no food at the grocery store. Here in Yellowknife we use to always stock our shelves when the ice crossing and the ferry were both out of service twice a year. The big point being that we knew it was coming so we could expect it. I like to expect the unexpected so I probably have a good stock of canned goods or any food that doesn’t go bad. You never know when that freak storm is going to hit and you can’t leave your house for a couple days.

How many people only carry there bank cards on them and do not have any cash. Do you realize you’re depending on someone else with one of the most important things in your life. I have talked to a lot of elderly about money and they say one of the smartest things a person can do is carry $50 – $100 on them when they are out and about.  So that if there Bank Card does not work because of some technicality or the store you are in has a broken dept machine you will be able to use the cash as a back up. It goes back to the expecting the unexpected and do your best to be ready for what could happen. Like a power outages.

Now a power outage here in Yellowknife is not unexpected because they happen so frequently, when they do happen we all know what we can do. But for the folks down south who don’t experience them very often there are simple things you can do to make life with out power smoother. First you should always have a first aid kit in the house, even with power you should. Second is light, you want to have at least one flashlight handing so you can see while your moving about the house in the dark. Candles are another source of light that can be handy to have but you need to make sure you and everyone in the house are aware of them. It is easy for you to light a candle, leave the room and have the power come back on and forget about it. Third would be heat and warmth, this isn’t something you have to worry about in the summer but we all know that Canadian winters can be harsh not matter where you are. If you have a wood stove or fire place your lucky, so I would get them fired up and blazing. You never know how long a outage is going to last, 5 minutes or 12 hours. If you aren’t fortunate enough to have a fire place or wood stove and the power is out for a longer time I suggest leaving and going somewhere warm but if that isn’t an option gather all the blankets and put on your long undies. Then get everyone in one room and try and stay warm. This is a good opportunity for some serious bonding :-)

Sometimes in life we take things for granted and we need to step back and say “Hold on I need to think about what I’m really doing here”

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This is for you

By on January 20, 2009 in Journal, Social Media/Internet

This is iTalk Out. I have owned this domain for a while but didn’t know what to do with it. I’m still not sure what direction I want this site to go in yet but I am hoping it comes soon. I want to write about something worth reading that informs you. I have been looking for my niche for sometime now and hope I am on the write track. I looked at what I like and what I was good at. Well I like technology, no wait that’s a lie I hate technology, I just use it constantly in my day to day life. So that was out of the question and because of the vast majority of people that already do it there is no point. I thought about rant about this town but have been dealing with negative and positive lately and thought that would just bring me down again. I turned to my truck but that can either be a very basic topic and only interesting a very select few or a very brood topic about all trucks in general and with the economic crisis currently I rather not. So then I started thinking about whats happening in my life right now and what do I think is import or better yet what did/do I have fun doing. Then it occurred to me ironically while I was reading one of Richard Branson’s books who also did something like this. I will write for and about students in school and out of school so basicly anyone under 25.

I hope to come up with lots to write about on here as I am very excited.

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You Got Me!

By on January 18, 2009 in Random, Social Media/Internet

If you are like me and live in the Internet for the most part you use tabs to their fullest. If I don’t have 5 tabs in Firefox open at the same time and actually am browsing all the sites at the same time for the most part I’m simply not in my normal state of mind. Anyways the last couple weeks Google has been confusing me and catching me off guard. I will be on another tab other than on a Google site and quickly glance up at something and catch a glimpse of a colourful favicon. Favicon, what is favicon? you might ask. A Favicon is the little icon that browsers (IE, Firefox, etc) use show so that sites can define themselves (mine is the little strong man with the axe, which you can’t really make out, but anyways..).  Favicon are often show with the address bar and in the tab along with the title of its site. When I would see this colourful icon I would have to go to that tab reight away to figure out what it was because I couldn’t never place it with a site. If you on the Internet as much as I am,  you start to remember little detail and have a bit of a photographic memory. I would go to that tab and immediately chuckle as I realized I had been caught off guard again. Around New Years Google changed there Favicon to a colourful  lower case “g”, so now you know.

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