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Category Archives: Internet
Googled
I’m reading Ken Auletta’s 2009 book Googled. It is filled with privacy experts decrying Google. I don’t share this concern. I think much of this is generational. Kids today are generally more comfortable sharing information about themselves on Facebook etc … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged Facebook, Google, government computers, ken auletta, privacy experts
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Tagged.com Creates Social Havoc
Report: Shelly emails: I am doing some research on tagged as I want to expose what a scam site it is I am new on youtube and basically clueless how to do most things on here and my profile is … Continue reading
Posted in Internet
Tagged attorney general cuomo, ny state attorney general, state attorney general, tagged com, youtube
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Mother Me
One of the traits I love most about myself is my ability to draw out mothering from women. I can’t get enough! Hey, have you noticed sex differences in Facebook pictures? Girls pick up photos of themselves looking cute. Guys … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Internet, Personal, Sex
Tagged cute guys, eternal youth, predator prey, sex differences, vampires
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Author George Gilder Speaks About His New Book ‘The Israel Test’
6 pm. Jan. 12. 2010. Skirball lobby. George Gilder paces nervously. A man promises to get him a cup of coffee. George walks off and drinks some cold water. “Now’s my chance,” I think. I summon my courage and I … Continue reading
Posted in Camera, George Gilder, Internet, Israel, Skirball
Tagged Alexander Technique, George Gilder, hp 95, lips move, men and marriage, nervous nelly
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Facebook & MySpace As A Time Suck
I’ve only found social networking media a timesuck in two cases. One, in the case of Tagged.com, because I inadvertently allowed it to spam my entire lukeisback at gmail correspondents and I got a lot of confused and concerned friends … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged lukeisback, myspace, networking media, social networking, tagged com
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Does Facebook Lead To Defamation?
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: In this week’s The Jewish Press, R. Mordechai Weiss writes [on page 25]: Then came Facebook and Twitter, which took the Internet to a new level of impropriety. Things are written on Facebook that end … Continue reading
Posted in Gossip, Internet, Orthodoxy, The Jewish Press
Tagged abe froman, Facebook, facebook home, gil student, impropriety, jewish press, lashon hara, orthodox rabbi, rabbi moshe, rabbi weiss, twitter
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Facebook Saves Time
A lot of people — usually losers — tell me they’re not on Facebook because it is a time-waster. It takes them away from the study of Torah. I find being on Facebook saves me time and allows me to … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Personal
Tagged Facebook, holy purposes, mortification, sacred text, time waster
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Guard Your Eyes
From Hirhurim: Dear Rabbi *******, As you are certainly aware, addiction to Internet pornography is a very serious problem in the Orthodox world today. It affects all spectrums of Orthodoxy, from Modern Orthodox to Chassidish. It is unknown how many … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Pornography
Tagged e mail account, free internet filter, internet pornography, life preserver, orthodox world, remarkable website
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Facebook Addiction
I’ve never spent even an hour on Facebook during a 24-hour period but I have a friend who confesses she drank a bottle of wine last night by herself and spent six hours on Facebook. This does not seem good. … Continue reading