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Christine O’Donnell is running for the Senate of the United States. She basically will be in a position where she will have the power to dictate what happens with the country, what might be taught at schools, what might be right or wrong so to speak.

Well, take a look at these quotes from O’Donnell, published in here:

Well, as the senator from Tennessee mentioned, evolution is a theory and it’s exactly that. There is not enough evidence, consistent evidence to make it as fact, and I say that because for theory to become a fact, it needs to consistently have the same results after it goes through a series of tests. The tests that they put — that they use to support evolution do not have consistent results. Now too many people are blindly accepting evolution as fact. But when you get down to the hard evidence, it’s merely a theory.

What!?

And then she adds:

Well, creationism, in essence, is believing that the world began as the Bible in Genesis says, that God created the Earth in six days, six 24-hour periods. And there is just as much, if not more, evidence supporting that.

The hell!? And there is just as much, if not more, evidence supporting that

What? So believing in an entity that is all magical without proof and believing in the things written on a book without any proof of what was written there is more proof? How is that logical?

Don’t get me wrong, you can believe in whatever you want to believe and as long as you don’t cause any harm you’re find. But, saying that because it’s written in the bible is proof that the creation really happened, magically and then saying that all the evidence that points to the fact that the world is older than your little book says it is and that animals (and yes, humans are animals!) evolve and continue to evolve is bullshit because it’s not consistent!?

What the fuck!?

again:

There is not enough evidence, consistent evidence to make it as fact, and I say that because for theory to become a fact, it needs to consistently have the same results after it goes through a series of tests.

OK. Then, show me proof that some big all magical dude created the world and everything in it 5000 years ago and that dinosaurs live with men, in fact man rode dinosaurs. Show me consistent evidence to make it as fact.

Damn… I just needed to express my disgust.

fuck it! this message will self destruct in 2 hours.

“Inbox Zero is all about the outbox.”

- Shawn Blanc in Inbox Zero

quenching:

riisa naka, ”the girl who leapt through time”

I liked Kyudo before, but now… well…

Inbox Zero – Shawn Blanc:

Inbox Zero means I care more about the outbox than the inbox. It means I choose to focus my time, energy, and attention on creating something worthwhile instead of feeding some unhealthy addiction to constantly check my inboxes. Pressing the Get New Mail button or refreshing my Twitter stream is like pulling the crank on a slot machine. Did I win? No. Did I win? No.

As I have said before: Be Pavlov, not the dog.

Seth’s Blog: It’s no wonder they don’t trust us:

minimalmac:

Seth Godin describes a recent experience helping a friend set up his PC:

First, the setup insisted (for my own safety) that I sign up for an eternal subscription to Norton. Then it defaulted (opt out) to sending me promotional emails. Then there were the dozens (at least it felt like dozens) of buttons and searches I had to endure to switch the search box from Bing to Google. And the icons on the desktop that had been paid for by various partners and the this-comes-with-that of just about everything.

As someone who occasionally has to set up new PCs for my clients, I can relate. I keep a copy of PC Decrapifier on my thumb drive for this very purpose. It’s a maddening and confusing experience at best. I have no idea how regular people do it.

He then goes on to mention how such experiences are an overall diluting of trust in the digital world.

The digital world, even the high end brands, has become a sleazy carnival, complete with hawkers, barkers and a bearded lady. By the time someone actually gets to your site, they’ve been conned, popped up, popped under and upsold so many times they really have no choice but to be skeptical.

Here, here! I could not agree more. I refer you to my pledge to you, the reader, for my stance on trust, ethics, and this site.

Oh! I feel your pain!

You can also read about how painful is to buy a PC as well…

Medieval Multitasking: Did We Ever Focus? | Culture | Religion Dispatches:

This is a fascinating look at the illuminated manuscript of Medieval times and how they were often closer in design to a webpage then physical book.

The function of these images in illuminated manuscripts has no small bearing on the hypertext analogy. These “miniatures” (so named not because they were small—often they were not—but because they used red ink, or vermillion, the Latin word for which is minium) did not generally function as illustrations of something in the written text, but in reference to something beyond it.

The author goes on to mention other similarities as well. She then comes to this conclusion:

All of which is to say that there were a lot of “distractions” built into a medieval book.

I kind of have to take issue with this. Mainly because, when well done, the links, images, and even the ads on a site can and should enhance the content, not distract from it. I would like to think that I do this here. It is certainly my intent and goal. Even in the examples she gives, it is clear to me that this was the intent of the authors of the illuminated manuscripts.

I think the real difference is that the manuscript, while large, was contained. One did not find themselves, over the course of reading, suddenly in a whole different book or even a whole different room. In contrast, the internet is vast and seemingly endless and it is very easy to follow a trail that takes you quickly away from the content and context in which you started. In other words, it is a whole other level of distraction – almost deserving of its own word.