Forbes.com Best of the Web July 29, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : News , add a commentForbes.com Best of the Web awards WordPress ‘Forbes Favorite’ in the non-hosted blog software. That reinforces the decision to try WordPress for this blog.
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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !! July 28, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Mind , add a commentTO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren’t overweight because
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms……….WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
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Tech job cuts show Q2 dip, study says - Computerworld July 27, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Internet , add a commentTech job cuts show Q2 dip, study says - Computerworld: “Tech job cuts show Q2 dip, study says
But compared to last year, job cuts are still up by 16%
News Story by Todd R. Weiss
JULY 15, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - With cautious optimism, outplacement services vendor Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. announced yesterday that second-quarter tech job cuts in the U.S. were down 33% from the previous quarter. But it said the cuts were still running 16% higher than in the same quarter one year ago.
In its latest quarterly job-cut survey of the telecommunications, computer, electronics and e-commerce sectors, the New York-based company reported 39,720 lost jobs for the quarter that ended June 30. That’s down 33% from the 59,537 jobs lost in the first quarter, which ended March 31.
The job cuts for the second quarter, however, were still 16% more than the 34,213 cuts announced in the same quarter a year ago, the company said. For the first six months of the year, Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported 99,257 tech job cuts; That’s up 56% over the 63,726 cuts recorded in the first half of 2004.
Cuts in the technology field accounted for 18.4% of all of those announced in the first six months of 2005, the company said. One year ago, tech job cuts represented 13% of the six-month total.
The most recent job losses took place largely at computer firms, which have seen weak demand for semiconductors as well as an apparent reluctance to invest in new technology on the part of corporate customers, according to the survey. Job cuts in the computer sector totaled 20,470, or 51.5% of “
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ICE - GOOD TIP July 26, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Mind , add a commentICE - GOOD TIP
Paramedics will turn to a victim’s cell phone for clues to that person’s identity.
You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE.
ICE stands for In Case of Emergency.
If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE,
with the name and phone number of the person that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly.
It only takes a few moments of your time to do.
List more than one number by using ICE1, ICE2, CE3, etc.
Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately.
ICE your cell phone NOW!
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SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID: July 14, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Mind , add a commentThings that make you think a little…….What Sen. Glenn said is at the bottom…please get to the bottom of this.
1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January….. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That’s just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn’t have started this war, state the ollowing ..
FDR…led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year
Truman..finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy. .started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson…turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton…went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden’s head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
3. In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but…It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.
We’ve been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick killing a woman.
Wait, there’s more…………………..
Some people still don’t understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it’s also a good example of one man’s explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living. This is a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of our military.
JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13
Senator Howard Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: “How can you run for Senate when you’ve never held a real job?”
Senator Glenn: “I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program.
It wasn’t my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me … as I went the other day… to a veteran’s hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell THEM they didn’t hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee… and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their Dads didn’t hold a job.
You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I’d like to remember, and you watch those waving flags.
You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that those people didn’t have a job? I’ll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible.
I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about you?”
For those who don’t remember - During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA
If you can read this, thank a teacher…. If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran. Please keep this circulating
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Upscale Men Dominate Adult iPod Ownership July 14, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Internet , add a commentUpscale Men Dominate Adult iPod Ownership
A national phone survey of adults over the age of 18 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, found that more than 22 million American adults own iPods or MP3 players. 29% of them have downloaded podcasts from the Web so that they could listen to audio files at a time of their choosing.
“Podcasting” emerged in 2004, as people combined the words “iPod” and “broadcasting.” Podcast listeners typically download audio files from the Web onto a computer, transfer the files to an iPod, and listen at their leisure.
Of the 22 million adults who own iPods:
* 13% of men have the players, compared to 9% of women.
* 16% of African-Americans and English-speaking Latinos own iPods/MP3 players, compared to 9% of non-Latino whites.
* 19% of those ages 18-28 have iPods/MP3 players.
* 14% of those ages 29-40 have them
* 11% of younger Baby Boomers (ages 41-50) have them
* 6% of older Baby Boomers (ages 51-59) have them
* 6% of those 60-69 have them
* 1% of those 70 and older have them
iPods/MP3 players are for the upscale. Owners include:
* 18% of those who live in households earning more than $75,000
* 13% of those living in households earning $50,000 to $75,000
* 9% of those living in households earning $30,000-$50,000
* 7% of those living in households earning less than $30,000
Those who use the internet are four times as likely as non-internet users to have iPods/MP3 players
* 14% of internet users have iPods/MP3 players, compared to 3% of non-internet users.
* There is no notable gap between those who have broadband access and dial-up users when it comes to podcasting.
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10 Ways to Instantly Promote your Blog for Free July 13, 2005
Posted by Guy Cook in : Blogs , add a comment10 Ways to Instantly Promote your Blog for Free
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