Google Buzz – Facebook killer?
People wonder why Google simply didn’t buy Facebook.
(The big G has been famously unsuccessful at social networking. Recently Facebook.com had more hits than Google.com. They are feeling the heat.)
Here’s why. Google thinks they can steal Facebook’s thunder with something called Google Buzz. It’s free with anyone who gets a free Gmail account.
Click PLAY or watch a 2min demo on YouTube.
Is it a Facebook killer? … The jury is out.
I’ll give it a try. It may be that the cool kids (early adopters) may stop checking Facebook and start from scratch on a new platform. Buzz is bound to be simpler.
book review – The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games (2008) is a young-adult science fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins.
… It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world where a powerful government called the Capitol has risen up after several devastating disasters.
In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the ruthless and evil Capitol randomly selects one boy and one girl from each of the twelve districts, who are then pitted against each other in a game of survival and forced to kill until only one remains. …
This book was recommended to me by 16yr-old Sam. And, I have to admit, I did enjoy it … despite the grizzly plot.
It got generally good reviews. (Steven King gave it a “B”.) And a film is planned.
And it’s refreshing to have a female author and female protagonist in a book of this genre. I recommend the book for teens. Adults could take it or leave it.
I paid about $12 for the Audible MP3 version, as part of my monthly package and some “deals”. If a non-member buys that same version, it’s $20.98.
Other costs from Amazon:
Hard Cover = $10.52.
Kindle = $9.00
Paperback = $8.99
Audiobook CD = $26.37
Worst deal in 2010 is CD. Those spinning disks have to be phased out soon.
Long term the Kindle and audio versions will have to drop in price. Cost of production and distribution is much lower than dead tree.
Sarah Palin CHEATS on interview – pitiful
Sarah Palin was lobbed a softball question at the right wing Tea Party Convention Q&A session, February 6, 2010.
Just to make sure she could remember all 3 talking points, Sarah double-checked the notes scrawled on her hand.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Even a co-worker on her employer’s network, FOX news, poked fun at Palin’s palm notes.
Republicans, you’re going to let this creampuff debate Obama?
Find a better candidate.
would Americans elect Sarah Palin?
Sadly, this photo of Sarah Palin is a fake.
Sad because it’s quite representative of her.
I’m reading that Palin is leading other potential Republican candidates for the 2012 election. Are the Republicans really that hard up?
She would be a disastrous President. An international embarrassment.
Yet the U.S.A. just might elect this unqualified woman. They elected an incoherent named Scott Brown recently, in a protest vote.
BBC poses another good question about Americans: Why do people vote against their own interests?
… it is striking that the people who most dislike the whole idea of healthcare reform- the ones who think it is socialist, godless, a step on the road to a police state – are often the ones it seems designed to help.
In Texas, where barely two-thirds of the population have full health insurance and over a fifth of all children have no cover at all, opposition to the legislation is currently running at 87%. …
I can understand a Texan voting against Obama. But I can’t understand what they see in Palin.
It’s not just me. I traveled for months in Europe and Asia last year. Not one non-American I spoke with liked Bush, McCain or Palin. Why do Americans vote for these people?
Enlighten me in a comment.
Superbowl commercials on YouTube
I couldn’t tell you who’s playing football … but I’d love to see the commercials.
Click PLAY or watch the Snicker’s ad.
YouTube has them all posted online.
next goofy Winter Olympic sport?
Here’s my vote: X-C Snowboarding
Get PHLAT, dude. Funny.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via The Outside Blog)
new Canadian airline security rules
Funny.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Thanks George.
Gymnast Kyle Shewfelt will be on the Mercer Report this coming Tuesday.
