I heart teh internet Click here to comment

I’m a little less homesick now thanks to www.KROQ.com. KILO here in COS is horrid compared to what we have back home. My brain is happy. :))

-TJ

Scrubbing internet property Click here to comment

So.

I’m thinking of scrubbing alot of stuff online. I’m mostly considering abandoning my current IM accounts and re-creating new accounts that will mostly remain un-published… either that or just totally abandoning IM. I have a phone, and I’d rather hear from my friends instead of text them. ICQ as of late has just become an avenue for spammers to send me links to their gibberish.info sites, and MSN, Y!M, and AIM are rarely, if ever, used.

The big-picture motivation? I would like to gradually spend less time looking at a computer, and more time looking at a real sky, with real sun, real mountains, real wind blowing across my real skin. 1280 x 1024 resolution on a 19″ flat panel… or infinite resolution in a stereoscopic display? It’s up to me.

-TJ

The nanny corporation Click here to comment

(About: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/061117/b4011063.html?.v=1)

I read the following paragraph at the end of the above article…

“For all the benefits Armstrong and others have gotten, some critics fear the creation of a new nanny corporation, where employers increasingly monitor personal issues that cost them money. But as long as companies are on the hook for health-care coverage, don’t expect their mothering to change anytime soon.”

The “nanny corporation” isn’t exactly a new idea. The Air Force is an example of this method of doing business. We have mandated Physical Training (PT) program that keeps the corps healthy. We have mandatory remedial PT programs for people who fail their PT evaluations. And beyond health issues, we have people that go to counseling for substance abuse and financial irresponsibility. We get weekend safety briefings, monthly vehicle safety briefings… you name a motherly custom and we probably have it, right down to signs in some bathrooms that remind people to wash their hands with soap and warm water before exiting.

Is it good? I think so. I realize that the bottom-line motivation for corporate entities to implement policy regarding personal-life issues is to save money in the long run, but if in the process a person somehow becomes better–by health, personal habits, or otherwise–I think it’s not so bad. At least I’m given another reason to take care of myself in such a case where simply living longer is not a tangible enough reason for me to move my fat ass.

-TJ