educating eric

Came across some Apple Discussions and I just have to say -- stay away from iPhoto! Yikes! One of the links gives a stunning example of the problem. Hey, software has bugs; I understand that. But since Apple fans keep insisting that their computers are the best thing since sliced bread, sometimes we need to realize that they're as error-prone as any other piece of technology. (We've already established that for their leadership...)

Times have changed since my homeschooling days, according to Katherine Kersten: Home-schooling lets kids realize their potential . But what hasn't changed is the driving principle behind it: "What Jessica loved most about home-schooling was the opportunity to pursue her interests avidly. Her mother puts it this way: 'We didn't have to close the history book at 11:45.' "

The AdSense ads on my main page are now a steady stream of Public Service announcements. Not that I have anything against them (though the ones that show don't relate to my blog content in any way, shape or form, which defeats the whole point of putting ads on your site so you have additional "relevant content", but I digress.) The only logical explanation at this point is that, because of my complaint about Blogger stats, I've now developed bad Google Karma and I have to pay that off by doing some unknown series of actions before my "real ads" will come back. That makes about as much sense as anything else. I feel really, really sorry for people who are trying to make any sort of living off of their ads! Playing the stock market is more reliable than this! (Now that I've said all that, I'm sure that brilliantly appropriate ads are right around the corner for me... right?)

Here's the tragic story of a 4-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed in Minnesota ; file this quote under in the "Famous Last Words" department: "'They thought they had the kids under control,' said Sgt. James McKenzie of the St. Louis County Sheriff's Department." Something tells me that dressing a four-year-old up in camouflage clothes and letting him run around a shooting range isn't the best thing to do?

I thought I was the only person frustrated with the totally hosed Blogger "post count" -- the thing that says I've posted nothing (zip, zilch, nada) since I started this thing -- but I'm not alone, according to Blogger Blog: Possible Blogger enhancements : "Blogger should get the present kinks out before they proceed to more SUPER new features. I would like to see the 'post count' brought back to life or else erased from view. It's a misleading lie to say I have 200 posts when I probably have twice as many. But is Blogger embarrassed? No, they're adding new features that will probably also never work properly!"

It's a long story as to how I came across this, but read the article Gagged, But Not Dead and then Google around for "Sibel Edmonds" to get the scoop (or lack thereof) on a really interesting story.

Remember those Emergency Broadcast System alerts on the radio? Here's a story about the day when the "test" came across as real . There's more colorful version of one jock's experience out on the web as well...