Welcome to the ‘Sick Society’ category, wherein I attempt to make you think about things, become enraged by them, begin to change yourself at least – or change society at best.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society
— Krisnamurti
Quit complaining that Facebook changes things. Embrace the new. When web developers work hard all day on a new feature only to have the community poo-poo it – for a site that’s free to begin with – it feels crappy. I know from experience. You don’t like it? Fine. Go build a better one yourself. [...]
Facebook can be highly enjoyable, but also very annoying. Between app invites, mystery friends and requests, friends blabbering on your ‘Live News’ page, there’s a lot that can get in the way of having a pleasant experience. Here’s are nine ways I manage to keep the noise to a minimum so I can enjoy what I enjoy about it: my friends.
I pre-ordered the Snow Leopard upgrade when it became available months ago. When it arrived I tried to install it, but it didn’t work. I remembered that the optical drive on my MacBook is hinkey (yes, that’s a technical term).
The DVD sat on my desk since then. Then I thought, “hey!” I made an appointment with a genius at the Apple Store to see if they had a working optical drive they would connect for me so Snow Leopard could be installed. I wasn’t sure if they would be willing to do that. [...]
I will occasionally be sharing my experiences, thoughts, and tools for managing depression on my other blog: Depression Common Sense. As per the new set-up, those posts will appear on Phillip Harrington dot com as well as on that site. If you want just he depression posts, subscribe to the feed on depressioncommonsense.com, or to the depression category on phillipharrington.com. If you want it all, subscribe to the main feed on phillipharrington.com More to come later.
