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Category Archives: Internet
Ellen Pao Steps Down From Reddit
Comments to Steve Sailer: * There is a big problem with Reddit, its far deeper than Pao, perhaps Steve can give us his two cents based on his marketing expertise. Reddit made last year a laughable 8.3 million in ad … Continue reading
Union of Jewish Students of France Pushes Hate Speech Laws
I hate to see Jews at the forefront of restrictions on free speech. The Forward reports Oct. 24, 2014: A little over a year after a French court forced Twitter to remove some anti-Semitic content, experts say the ruling has … Continue reading
Steve Jobs Was 56
The chairman of Apple computers is dead. I think I first encountered a personal computer around 1981 at the Albion Field Station, a Seventh-Day Adventist retreat in Mendocino County affiliated with Pacific Union College. The operator of the station had … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Internet, Personal
Tagged apple computers, auburn journal, gladstone observer, high school sports, placer high school, sierra community college, tannum sands
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My Blog Loads Too Slowly
I have a question for you. My website lukeford.net loads slowly. In particular, IE browsers pop up with this: “A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly” Do you have any suggestions? I think the problem … Continue reading
I Have No Use For People Who Take Offense
If you use the phrase, “I’m offended” or “That’s offensive”, I want nothing to do with you. I’ve worked hard to create a life where I can say what I want. As I live this vision, I encounter increasingly few … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged delicate sensibilities, hot blonde, internet highway, shul, temerity
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My YouTube Videos Have Over 4 Million Views
On June 18, 2010, my YouTube video views passed three million: Now I have total upload views of 4,022,155, channel views of 141,559, and 1,472 subscribers.
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I Made ‘Technology Review’
Chaim Amalek emails: What? This is a fairly high-brow title. There is a piece in the Sept Oct issue by Scott Fayner on so-called “tube” sites, bemoaning the fall in revenue due to free sites that stream content that a … Continue reading
Posted in Internet
Tagged Google, luke ford, oct issue, patent work, scott fayner, torah jew
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Facebook Friends
A classmate of mine from Pacific Union College Elementary School (1977-80) posts to her Facebook: “How many of us really know everyone on our FB list?…..Here’s a task for you… I want all my FB friends to post how you … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Internet
Tagged classmate, crotch, facebook friends
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I’m Losing My Life To Distractions
This article rings true to me. I find I’ve become addicted to the thrill of email. I check mine way too much. I got a Blackberry two years ago so I could check my email anywhere. I have friends who … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged Alexander Technique, deadly consequences, mail phone, mr campbell, productive research, train engineers
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