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Just recently, I closed my Facebook account. I would give you my account info to look me up, but it doesn’t exist anymore. Honestly, much of social networking is getting scary and more than a little evil. I won’t go into a big tirade over Facebook and all the reasons I think they are a hazard to anyone who uses the service.

Today I came across a site called QuitFacebookDay. Surprise, surprise, the site is all about quitting Facebook on May 31, 2010. Below the information regarding reasons to quit, the official Quit Facebook Day and some other related bits and pieces, there is a comment section. Read more »

Congratulations, people are taking away my rights and protections and it’s your fault. In this world of technology, we have two types of people, those who use technology and have, at least, a vague understanding of what they are doing and those who use technology and have no clue. Given the sheer volume of clueless people I’ve met, I could make an educated guess as to who you are.

What’s worse, most of you have no idea what you are even losing. Most likely you won’t know until it’s already far FAR too late. By that time, you will be locked out of what could have been by years of red tape and poor administration you let go on.

Let’s take a look at why I say this is your fault. Consider the state of education today. Though some have managed to make it over the hurdles put in front of them, most people fall into the bottomless pit of “it’s too hard.”

Math and science are the coin of the realm. That computer you’re using to read this post was created with math and science. So was your car. So was your TV. So were most of the things you take for granted on a daily basis. Read more »