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Have a Green Halloween

Here’s hoping you will be enjoying a green Halloween. If you would like to share where you got the materials required for your costume then please feel free to share.

October 22, 2009 · 11 Comments

Mindreading No: Thought Pattern Recognition Yes

It’s not mindreading but scientists can use high-resolution brain scans to identify activity patterns that develop into thought patterns, revealing what a person plans to do in the near future.

July 14, 2009 · 17 Comments

The social impact of the internet on health care

So many people are turning to the Internet for health information that there’s now a word to describe people who frequently go to the Web for a diagnosis of their ailments – cyberchondriacs.

June 14, 2009 · 1 Comment

Internet relationships: When the walls fall down

A 45-year-old executive finds he’s no longer able to sleep at night so he’s, chatting online with female internet addicts like himself for hours on end.

A teacher stays up late night after night playing online fantasy games wherein she slays an imaginary foe.

A single mom homemaker turns on the computer when the kids go to bed. When they wake up, she’s still there, talking about sex and relationships in an online chat room.

April 26, 2009 · 40 Comments

No tolerance for trolls

Although it’s true that we all ought to be prepared to expect some negative feedback to any post we make to an online community forum, it’s also true that we ought to be able to cry “foul” and have something done about it when we experience an internet troll.

November 16, 2008 · 42 Comments

INFJ: The most rare of all the types

A fellow Blog Catalog member came up with an idea on the Discussion forum that culminated in many members taking the test and sharing their test results. This is a … Continue reading

June 24, 2008 · 31 Comments

Blogging: Defining Moments

I’m a member of Blog Catalog and awhile ago I came up with a notion that I shared with other members. The day I decided to delete a successful blog … Continue reading

May 13, 2008 · 20 Comments
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