09.24.07
The use of Hi5
Incredibly, I’m subscribed to many online services as Facebook, Hi5, MySpace, etc. I just subscribe them to see what they have to offer and that’s it. Some people tend not to subscribe these sites for reasons I cannot understand. One of them is online availability which I can’t understand because they are already available through their homepage, one more service spreading their availability won’t matter. Another is spam possibility which I can also not understand. Hey, we’re in the days where spam filters will filter 99% of your spam with rare false positives. I receive 6000 emails of spam a month, so what if I receive 1000 more? Gmail just filters it out!
Well, yesterday I was thinking about a friend I don’t see for a couple of years, and I decided I should give her a call, however, since I’m mobile phone free in the UK (almost a year) I lost her phone number. Damn! So, I decided to search for her. Google – nil, Hi5 – 1. YES! It was as easy as entering her first and last name in the search box and I got 42 results. In a matter of seconds I filtered 42 faces and found the one I’m looking for. I’m truly, truly happy!
This however, comes only with honesty. If you register yourself with a made up name and put the picture of a horse as your photo, then this won’t work but still, it was the first time Hi5 was of some use.
Fortune Of The Day
“We should be open minded but no so open-midned that your brain falls down.”
– Richard Dawkins
Cabin Crew: Seats for Landing!
I’m back… here’s the start of a new term 2007/2008. Second year of my PhD and the return from some nice holidays in Portugal.
A lot of posts are delayed, others were forgotten and even other I just gave up writing. A lot of things are happening that I’d like to talk about but time is not enough for everything and blogging is not, in my case, a top priority.
From books, video games, work, politics, education, I have draft posts on all of these… hopefully soon I’ll have the time to post them! Stay tuned…
