We'd save a lot of comments if we avoided making comments on how many comments we'll have, avoided making comments about comments about the number of comments, and mostly importantly, avoided comments saying how much less comments there would be if the previous two comment types were avoided. Ermmm...
On a more serious note, just because posts like this usually devolve into a browser flamewar, I can say that personally as a web developer, news posts about browser exploits are some of the most important to me.
Certain stores restrict games be age. I remember I got carded for buying Diablo II way back in the day.
I'm not sure whether or not a law restricting games by rating would be successful or not though. It's fairly obvious that parents don't give two shits about the game their kids are playing, in fact most parents are probably buying their kids games any way. Even with a law it'd be business as usual with video game stores.
"You mean the world doesn't want to hear about the latest dress you got, or your personal problems with your boyfriend/girlfriend?"
I think you are blurring the lines between the many different kind of blogs. Blog is a word that sort of covers a lot of different things. They can be be the new dress style Live Journal sort of blog that you first mentioned. But many blogs have an incredible amount of professionalism that are not even close to an IM topic. Many of these blogs have fantastic commentary on political, technological, and even religous topics.
It's true there is a certain of buzzwordiness about a blog. In fact my boss once asked me "what is a blog and do you think it would benefit the company?" after he read about them in a magazine. But despite the buzz words and the live journals, I'd wager that blogs are here to stay.
I watched the movie first and then read the book later. I couldn't believe how close the two were. And I honestly enjoyed the ending to the movie better than the ending to the book. (The only thing that was really changed).
While it's obvious the original poster seemed more interested in IT-only side jobs, I think non-IT side jobs are worth a mention. I worked in room service in Las Vegas for a few years after college to help pay off my IT schooling. I finished paying it off just this last September so I promptly gave my two weeks notice.
Though honestly I do really miss it at times. My job is computers, my hobby is computers, it was nice to make some cash and spend my time on something other than sitting in front of a computer.
And up until my most recent IT job, I was making far more money doing room service.
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We'd save a lot of comments if we avoided making comments on how many comments we'll have, avoided making comments about comments about the number of comments, and mostly importantly, avoided comments saying how much less comments there would be if the previous two comment types were avoided. Ermmm...
On a more serious note, just because posts like this usually devolve into a browser flamewar, I can say that personally as a web developer, news posts about browser exploits are some of the most important to me.
Certain stores restrict games be age. I remember I got carded for buying Diablo II way back in the day.
I'm not sure whether or not a law restricting games by rating would be successful or not though. It's fairly obvious that parents don't give two shits about the game their kids are playing, in fact most parents are probably buying their kids games any way. Even with a law it'd be business as usual with video game stores.
"You mean the world doesn't want to hear about the latest dress you got, or your personal problems with your boyfriend/girlfriend?"
I think you are blurring the lines between the many different kind of blogs. Blog is a word that sort of covers a lot of different things. They can be be the new dress style Live Journal sort of blog that you first mentioned. But many blogs have an incredible amount of professionalism that are not even close to an IM topic. Many of these blogs have fantastic commentary on political, technological, and even religous topics.
It's true there is a certain of buzzwordiness about a blog. In fact my boss once asked me "what is a blog and do you think it would benefit the company?" after he read about them in a magazine. But despite the buzz words and the live journals, I'd wager that blogs are here to stay.
I watched the movie first and then read the book later. I couldn't believe how close the two were. And I honestly enjoyed the ending to the movie better than the ending to the book. (The only thing that was really changed).
While it's obvious the original poster seemed more interested in IT-only side jobs, I think non-IT side jobs are worth a mention. I worked in room service in Las Vegas for a few years after college to help pay off my IT schooling. I finished paying it off just this last September so I promptly gave my two weeks notice.
Though honestly I do really miss it at times. My job is computers, my hobby is computers, it was nice to make some cash and spend my time on something other than sitting in front of a computer.
And up until my most recent IT job, I was making far more money doing room service.