Posting . . . and you

This 50s style PSA was a pretty funny way to educate people on posting to the Steam Forums. I LOLed.

(via Digg.com)

After going 5 days without posting last week I decided that I needed some way to find new stuff to talk about. Brendan has been using Stumbleupon for years now, so I thought I would try that. Basically, you sign up and download a toolbar for Firefox (other browsers are supported, but why would you use another browser?). When you sign up you tell them some of the things you're interested in. On the toolbar there's a button marked "Stumble!" Click it to get a random page from your chosen categories. The toolbar also has thumbs up and thumbs down buttons, so when you're on any web page (whether you stumbled to it or not) you can give it a positive or negative rating. It's a good time waster because you can keep clicking Stumble! until you find something interesting. You get a profile page (mine, Brendan's) that shows what you've said about pages you rate and it shows links to the pages that you liked. It also creates an RSS feed of links that you like. That way your friends can see what kinds of things you're stumbling upon. I included my feed here on Danny's Blog Cabin. You can see it on the right under the heading "Recent Stumbles." So, even if you don't decide to sign up, you can come here when you're bored and find some fun links.

Dear Brendo:

Since you're not going back to China, and you're moving back to California, I figured you might want to take a look at Freecycle. Once you figure out where you'll be living, assuming you get your own apartment, or you just need furniture, check that site out. It's all free dude. And it's not like they list tattered broken down stuff. I know someone who furnished his entire apartment thanks to that site.

I am going to a baby shower today. Not just a regular baby shower, a double baby shower. That's right, 2 people I know are having babies. The scary part about this is that they are both my age. Yesterday I went shopping for baby gifts, which is actually harder than one might think. Do you go with the pack of "onesies" hoping against the odds that they haven't already received 20 similar packs? Do you go with a baby blanket? Babies grow fast. In 6 months, nothing labeled "newborn" is going to fit those babies. Should I have bought something for a 6 month old since once the baby is 6 months old it isn't going to have anything to wear because everyone bought newborn items? Such a dilemma. I ended up with baby hats, rattles that you strap to the baby's arm, and a book about babies. This long introduction brings me to my actual point: Pacifiers. This is a public service announcement from me to anyone ever planning to have a baby. Do not let the use of a pacifier go on much pass the child's first birthday. Why, you ask? Because I have seen too many children with teeth problems or speech problems caused by use of a pacifier until they were 3 or 4. Sucking on the pacifier can cause the teeth to be pushed forward. (So can sucking the thumb). It can also a delay in speech (in extreme cases, I admit). If you are trying to get a baby to talk and he has a pacifier in his mouth, how is he going to speak? That's all. I just saw a lot of kids with pacifiers at the store yesterday and wanted to say something. I realize I don't have a baby and when I do I will probably understand why parents use them until the child is 3, but I am going to do my best not to!~Kelly

And this was before I read the comments that said you can get a boost in mid air.