podcast

Want more cool stuff on your iPod or other MP3 Player?  Check out PodcastAlley.  You can learn all about Podcasts andget more than you’ll ever have time to listen to.  Don’t be shy,check it out!

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Intervention

I’m addicted to the new series Intervention onA&E…A new documentary series, INTERVENTION profiles people who are losing the battlewith their addictions, and whose friends and families feel the only remaining optionis to hold an intervention.Each documentary follows the lives of these addicts, taking an unflinching look atthe impact of their addictions on their everyday lives, all the while the addictsare unaware that an intervention is being planned.Each airing ends with the friends, family and a professional interventionist urgingthe addict to get treatment. If the individual should choose treatment, the addictimmediately enters a widely respected treatment facility.

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Hotel Rwanda - don’t stop there…

I saw Hotel Rwanda thisweekend.  I know I’m going to take a lot of flack for this, but the moviewasn’t that good.  I think the movie is getting a lot of accolades becauseit’s educating people about the genocide in Rwanda that took place in 1994. I think everyone should know about that.  And that’s why I say the moviefalls short.  There’s just not enough time in a movie to do the topic justice. But…

If you don’t know about Rwanda, go see the movie.  Rent it, buy it, whateveryou have to do.  See the movie.  You’ll have a sliver of knowledgeabout the genocide.  If you’re moved, if you want more information, ifyou’re outraged, I recommend reading a book called “WeWish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families.”

We Wish To InformYou goes into greater detail, has more insight, and it very well written. It will give you a better understanding of the events, but will leave you with noexplanations.

If any of this frustrates you, then I suggest you learn about what is happening in Darfur rightnow.  Genocide is taking place as I type this message.  10,000 people willbe killed today.  Learnmore, then makea difference.  I hope you will.

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Violence and Suffering in Sudan’s Darfur Region

For those of you who have recently watched Hotel Rwanda and can’t believe whathappened in 1994…  It’s happening again in Sudan.  Here’sa website with information, history, and ways to help out.Save Darfur.org :: Violence and Suffering inSudan’s Darfur Region“government forces and militias conducted indiscriminate attacks, including killingof civilians, torture, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape andother forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur.These acts were conducted on a widespread and systematic basis … The vast majorityof the victims of all of these violations have been from the Fur, Zaghawa, Massalit,Jebel, Aranga and other so-called ‘African’ tribes.” – United Nations Commissionof Inquiry, January 25, 2005.

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Tip for GM - make a car we want to buy

GeneralMotors reports $1 billion first-quarter lossDETROIT - General Motors Corp. reported its deepest quarterly loss in more thana decade - $1.1 billion - as rising health care costs and lackluster response to somenew models hammered its North American business. With health costs not getting anycheaper and Asian automakers grabbing more of the market, the outlook for the world’slargest automaker remains bleak.Ouch!  Well it’s no wonder GM is having tough times.  They are outof touch with reality.  These are the guys running people off the road with theirmega SUV, TheHummer, trying to make sports cars out of their luxurycars, and cranking out nasty designsfrom the 80’s. These are not the cars American’s need and, based onthe numbers, not the cars American’s even want.Let’s set aside the fact the GM is having a tough time with health care costs. Forget the fact that the United Auto Workers union won’t reopen their contractto help out.  These are huge issues, but not the main problem facing GM, andother US auto makers.  The bottom line: your cars are no good.Here’s what we want.  And I’m speaking for all of America when Isay this.  We want a car that gets 50–70 MPG, and costs less than $10,000. Better yet, we want a car that doesn’t run on gas at all.  We don’twant to have to buy a Sherman Tank just to feel safe driving to work.  I’mtired of dodging Hummers all the time.The Smart CarI vote for a new kind of car.  Chrysler has a new car that I think is pretty…Smart.  Yep, it’s the Smartcar.  They are all the rage in Europe.  Now we’re talking. Come on GM, make something cool.  Something practical.  Something smallerthan my house.

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New Blog!

I was about to give up on my blog.  I’ve been getting massive amounts of spamin my entry comments.  My site was hacked, and I just wasn’t having much fun. Well today I found a solution to my problems!  I upgraded my site to dasBlogversion 1.7  It seems that I wasn’t the only one having spam issues.

It took me about an hour and a half to complete the upgrade, but now things are muchbetter.  I’ve turned my comments back on, but you’ll notice that you now haveto enter a security code.  This keeps automated spam programs (robots) from blastingmy site with ads for online poker.

The upgrade not only prevents the spam, but it cleaned out all of the old spam. The little utility that upgraded my blog found thousands, that’s right, thousandsof spam entries.  Those are all gone now, and my blog is now clean.

The last little bonus is a boost to the performance of my blog.  Now you shouldsee things appear a bit faster, and my ISP will be happier as well.

Now that my blog’s technical problems seem to be fixed I’ll try to post more often. My next project is going to be a minor overhaul of the rest of my site.  Plansinclude:

• Getting rid of my tech blog.  I never post to it and I don’t really want to anymore.
• Adding a groovy link to my Photoblog.
• A new look for the entire site.  That’s a big project, so don’t plan on thathappening anytime soon.

 

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Mannon’s Cogitations

My Dad has a new blog.  He’snew to the blogger community, but already has some pretty good stuff on his blog. He’s retired, so he has some wisdom to impart to us kids.  You can read his blogby clicking here.

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Photoblog

I now have a photoblog.  I’m now adding photos to the photoblog because it seemsto be a bit easier to update and you can use RSS to subscribe to it.  You canfind it at photoblog.markwallace.net I update it several times each week.

I’ll still be posting images to my photo galleries, but less frequently now. I’m not sure yet how I’m going to decide what goes where, but I’m sure I’ll work itout.

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