Recent Posts Tagged With 'internet'

• The Internet is 40 Years Old!

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 14:34 in life, internet, self, geek, social

  Apparently, today is the Internet’s 40th birthday! According to Wikipedia: After much work, the first two nodes of what would become the ARPANET were interconnected between UCLA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and SRI Interna...

• Lunch Bits – Edition 35

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 15:12 in travel, internet, finance, vacation, stuff, potus, lunch bits

  We went to Chick-Fil-A today.  It was a warm sunny day when we talked about: Broadband woes.  Still not cheap.  We suspected it was done on purpose, because they can just overcharge and we still pay for it. Kanye was a jackass.  [...

• Singing in the Rain

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 14:17 in internet, yahoo, geek, song, christmas, this blog

  There’s been so much rain in California recently, I thought I’ll sing about it. Well… actually, I’ll let the Yahoo’s Emoticarolers do the singing. This article was posted on Rudy Amid's Blog: Singing in the Rain Book...

• Reminder to Foster “Offline” Friendships

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 08:07 in internet, friends, self, social, twitter

  I wrote about being socially active online before. It’s much easier to make friends online because it’s easier to connect, cheaper to maintain, and there’s no awkward face-to-face meetings.  On the other hand, making friends offlin...

• Ga-Ga over Google!

  Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 12:53 in internet, google, geek, applications, this blog

  Without fail, every time Google releases something, the crowd is all over it.  I’m certainly a fan.  Other than the usual Google search, I use a lot of their applications on a daily basis.  Google does produce mostly good stuff, but some are...

• Lunch Bits - Edition 26

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 16:59 in internet, self, geek, social, office, lunch, lunch bits

  This is a slightly different type of lunch bits edition for me.  I felt like eating alone in my company’s cafeteria, but still let myself be connected via Twitter and Yahoo IM.  It was a warm sunny day outside, when I learned about: @thinkge...

• Technology and Being Connected

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 15:13 in internet, self, people, conversation, stuff, telephone

  My wife, kid, and I are pretty much the only ones in our family living in California.  The rest of our families and friends are scattered in other States, Canada, and overseas.  With current technology of E-mail or Instant Messaging, communication ...