Google Gives

According to Epicenter, Google is giving free Wifi for certain airlines over the holidays.

They say it is to promote Google Chrome. I say it’s because Google gets the warm fuzzies around the holidays, just like the rest of us!

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Web 2.0 and Plagiarism

Anyone who’s been through high school knows that plagiarism is a big no-no. The fact remains, that people still do it. Additionally, anyone who’s had any experience with web 2.0 knows that plagiarism is easier than ever. Mashable posted this article about a blogger who fought against a magazine (! That’s right, a printed publication!) that plagiarized one of her 5-year-old blog posts. Makes you think…

Facebook Sobriety Test?

Mashable recently posted an article about a new plug-in that acts as a sobriety test before you post on Facebook. It’s actually called “The Social Media Sobriety Test” with the tagline, “Nothing good happens online after 1 a.m.”

The idea is that you can set certain hours between which this plug-in will put you through a series of tasks before allowing you to access and modify your Facebook. If you fail the test, it will post to your FB that you are too intoxicated to be on Facebook.

Okay, I’m sorry, but does anyone else see how absurd this is? This plug-in is obviously marketed to the idiot youth of the world. I myself enjoy the social lubricant that is alcohol from time to time, and yes, I’m sure that I’ve had my moments where I wished I had had a filter… but if you have the ability to set certain hours within which you think you will be too intoxicated to make good social media decisions, don’t you think you might have a problem? Try an AA meeting instead.