Facebook gives up on Social Media and goes all-in for marketing…

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteFacebook Like button takes over Share button – CNN.com. “it should ultimately increase traffic to publishers’ websites” There’s the money line. In spite of what FB says, FB is no longer about social ANYTHING, it’s all about the marketing. It … Continue reading

Are Household Bugs A Risk To Human Health?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre Household Bugs A Risk To Human Health?. Date: 26 Jan 2011 – 4:00 PST Well, DUH! Of COURSE they are! Do they really not think that feeding antibiotics to farm animals as if they were regular feed is going … Continue reading

Generation Y women losing ‘female’ skills? That’s only the half of it…

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGeneration Y women losing ‘female’ skills such as cooking, ironing and sewing | Courier Mail. I think the story should really be “People losing life skills”. Most men don’t have many ‘male’ skills left either – repairing things, building things, … Continue reading

Social Login and FB Celebrities

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook Launches Social Login & HTTPS To Protect Your Privacy. I’ve had occasion to try this social login thing – FB has been using this when you download all your FB stuff. It has potential – but like everything else, … Continue reading

So, evolution still works.

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteEnvironmental factors limit species diversity, lizard study finds. Hmmmm. And might I add, well, DUH. I think the big mistake is to presume that there is EVER any kind of lasting equilibrium. Things change. Climate changes. Species change. Habitats change. … Continue reading

Harmonizing the Web in China

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarmonizing. What an evil thing to do to such a benevolent word. Banned in Beijing – NYTimes.com. (Nicholas Kristof, Jan. 22, 2011) I really think we should STOP trying to help the Chinese government. I keep getting these invitations from … Continue reading

BECKER, Michael – November 26, 1954 – January 16, 2011

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBECKER, Michael November 26, 1954 – January 16, 2011 via Remembering | Edmonton Journal-Read and Search Obituaries, Create a Tribute for a Loved One or Offer your Condolences.. Michael was my brother. It will take me time to put together … Continue reading

Scientists Fault Universities, and other Mewling

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching – Research – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Yup. Heard it before. The entire time I was at the University of Calgary I kept hearing about how important research was and based … Continue reading