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EMA 'Thank you!' and... Swine Flu?

Published 23 May 09 01:57 PM | root 

Well this is awkward. I won the 2009 EMA award for best blog but I haven't blogged in... awhile.

But many thanks to all those who votes! To see the other awards/winners, check them out here.

 

So where is root going with his first post in a while? Is it about his new house? Nope. The new car? Nope. The wedding that's coming up (11/1/09)? Haha, no. Dare I say Swine Flu?

OK, no really. The title wasn't some randomness I sometimes throw in for giggles. I really mean to talk about swine flu. Some of you might remember the death of practicality  post. Well this post is (mostly) about the death of individual opinion. Who was scared of the swine flu back when it hit epidemic proportions on the news? Be honest and raise your hand. What about now? Still scared?

"What do you mean death of individual opinion root?"

I mean the news. Some of you might not believe in the local/national news, but in advertently you do (read: your friends who do). I don't mean to go so far out there as to beleive nothing in the news like some paranoid lunitic. 911 really did happen and wasn't some government hidden agenda. But these stories of clear FUDs? And actually I'm not just talking the news. Could be email. Could be anything. The infamous FWD emails. Snopes FTW! This is why I love shows like Mythbusters or sites like straight dope. There is always someone out there wanting to make a big deal out of nothing.

And that's the end of that rant.

Since this is (suppose to be) a technology blog, I'll end it with two things. Browser speeds - check it out. I use Chrome at work and like it alot. Funny how Safari actually won but the article is about chrome...

And have you guys been following RealDVD in court? If you like (cough) backing up (cough) your DVD's, I'd suggest you take a look at this. No decision has been made yet but there are some great arguements. What do you guys think about DVD backups for personal use? Comment below.

 

Well, time to go do some yard work. Ugh. I hate growing up.

 

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Root

Comments

# HOGHAULER said on May 27, 2009 9:04 AM:

It is not the growing up it's the growing older that will get you root!! As for the swine flu, I don't watch the news at all they try to make too much of nothing out of anything!!

# wyldstallyn said on May 27, 2009 2:47 PM:

Great to see you bloggin' again root!

I like Chrome but I'm sticking with FireFox for now... The browser competition is definitely good for all the internet users out there though. We'll see what kind of feature sets Chrome brings out in the next release!

# jogrady said on June 1, 2009 7:25 PM:

I wanted to comment about the shipping, I paid $20.54 in rush fees and shipping for a $150 moboard..... the order was 5/30, and they are saying will arrive 6/3/09, is this a ripoff or what , why are they taking so much for shipping ,..... I do not understand..... why deceive us so with the rush order fee of $5.00 and the shipping fee of $15.00 when it only costs them $4.00 maximum.... why not just raise prices... ??

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About root

I currently live in Plano, Texas and work at an IT outsourcing company as a SAN Storage Administrator. You can say I'm one of those 'just out of college kids'.

Hobbies: writing, computer building, reading (usually computer books but I get around to SciFi/Fantasy once in a while), movies/tv, bars, IT security, and of course Eggxpert.

Not much of a Myspace/Facebook kind of guy. My top (dot com) sites I visit are Gmail, Eggxpert, Writing, and Digg.

In short, I'm just another guy with a computer and an internet connection.