KENYAN AND CRAZY

According to internetlivestats.com there are over 3 billion internet users in the world right now. This represents over 40% of the worlds population, think about it. Almost half the world is "connected" which means that a lot of other crazy statistics come to light. A website call Alexa populates and stores these stats, they rank all the websites according to the individual or unique users who visit it and how many pages they visited it. Here is a screen shot of the top ten sites today. Without a doubt google.com reigns supreme as the number one site accessed in the world. You wonder why Sergei and Larry are so rich, because everyone uses their search engine.As an I.T. guy I actually find it idiotic that people dont memorize URLs anymore. If you are like me you understand this, someone would rather google facebook then click on the top result which is usually the site then go to it. I have seen it a million times, its making us lazy. But I digress, so why is the ranking s

I learned two statements as a child , one from a song and the second from a cartoon series. Ignorance is kind , knowledge is power. Anybody care to guess which was from where. What I realized from the sayings is that however much knowing a lot can be a good thing, knowing very little could also be in your favor. Case in point, believing in a being that you cannot prove exists is a kind form of ignorance. Children believing in Santa Claus gives them something to be excited about but the knowledge of his absence eventually frees them from dependance on the unrealistic at the expense of their innocence. So what brought this on, well when you sit across the table from someone you are having a discussion with and everything he says is a lie this can work either way for you. Not knowing the truth could keep from harm or take you straight into it. One could argue that you shouldn't trust everything that comes out of the mouth of someone who's sole purpose is to profit. Brings us to a

Hungover, i am sure was the first thought in everyone's mind on new years morning. Mine was more relaxed and quit sleepy I might add having the better part of the previous 24 hours moving from work to the club and eventually crashing on my bed just as the sun was about to rise. Just as a disclaimer, this post isn't about new year's resolutions, or reviews, just a look a some of the beautiful things that happened across the world when crossing to the new year