In other news, water is wet. From phys.org: “The studies, published earlier this year, show that the most likely person to be unfriended is a high school acquaintance. The most common reason for unfriending someone from high school is that the person posted polarizing comments often about religion or politics… The other big reason for unfriending was frequent, uninteresting posts.”
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So, the net exploded yesterday with the news that Google Reader is shutting down. They say that usage has declined, but if other rss reader sites are being brought down by Google Reader refugees, how is “declining use” a justification for shutting down Google Reader? And then there’s this neat little bit of unintended consequences. Here are my findings so far on my search for replacing Google Reader. My needs are simple: I want to be able to add rss feeds to my list as I find interesting ‘blogs and news sites; I want to organize my feeds as I…
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GU Comics has a problem in WoW… Early yesterday Taks received and email from Blizzard (not one of the bogus phishing ones) that her account had been suspended because of gold selling style activity on one of her characters. I rushed to change her character’s rank in Bloody Plunder so that she didn’t have open access to the guild bank. I then started working on her behalf to reclaim the account. Several hours later she was informed that her account, after investigation, had been banned. There went our carefully planned gaming night. Long story short, I went to my community…
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Here’s some interesting info on that “I Write Like” meme that’s been going around. Now, I don’t see the text he’s referring to; I guess it’s been changed. When I go to results, there’s a pop up for a “newsletter” on how to “become a better writer”. Combined with the utter bullshit results below, I say it smells. Text entered: hfkkja djkeug’ fhda a 9wejh skakdjh wodlka halsdk heh jfdklsa. Hf kdjsalflw ejla ewo fdjsa; hdsafeoa. hfkkja djkeug’ fhda a 9wejh skakdjh wodlka halsdk heh jfdklsa. Hf kdjsalflw ejla ewo fdjsa; hdsafeoa. hfkkja djkeug’ fhda a 9wejh skakdjh wodlka halsdk…