Collected from recent FaceBook 101 updates of a friend of mine. Keep your personal drama problems off of Facebook. Do not write an ambiguous post just so the first commenter will have to ask, "What do you mean?" Learn how to use the privacy features of Facebook and DO NOT leave your profile open to the public. Do not post or comment if it will get you in trouble with your significant other; Offending others is OK, if you are really prepared for the backlash....
It appears that the politicians who are supposed to represent me are trying to convince me that a website, WikiLeaks, run primarily by a group of Australian citizens has, itself, done something illegal. I'm usually not one to go out of my way to question things my representatives are saying, but in this case, I feel I have to. Let me explore this a little bit (with the help of The Telegraph Timeline Reference)....
From the folks at BoingBoing, this is awe inspiring in a really, really scary way. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/07/cruise-ship-chaos-vi.html Shorter YouTube version too...
Back in August, I wrote a blog entry about the attack that occurred in the second level of the Beijing drum tower. I received a comment on that story that I deeply hope is true, but ... partly because it was anonymous (see update), and mostly because there have been no further news reports that I've been able to find, I have no way of being sure. Here is a copy of that comment:...