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1. | Two Dads: One computer-maniac, the other computer-phobic.
I have two Dads. That sounds strange doesn't it? One is my genetic father, and the other is my geneticist father. The genetic Dad I've only ever lived with for one year when I was an infant, ...
[Added: 08 Feb 2006 Hits: 75 Words: 1195]
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2. | There's no reason to fear when making a website.
I've been writing about the Internet for a couple of years now so you'd probably assume that I am proficient with all aspects of the Web, from using search engines to building a website. Well, ...
[Added: 03 Feb 2006 Hits: 59 Words: 1151]
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3. | Make your own TV show
If you're anything like me, you've spent many, many hours of your life watching television. From sit-coms and game shows to cartoons and reality TV, we've sat in front of the box for a large part of our life watching stories of one ...
[Added: 31 Jan 2006 Hits: 84 Words: 691]
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4. | Social software? Check out Google Map mash-ups.
I asked a colleague from work today if he had any news about new Internet phenomena that would be cool to check out. He told me about the concept of social software. Social software is ...
[Added: 31 Jan 2006 Hits: 74 Words: 841]
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5. | What's stopping me from getting a website?
I've been having a bit of a problem lately. As I've been working for an Internet company for a couple of years you might expect that I'd have my own website by now. I really wouldn't mind having one. As a creative ...
[Added: 31 Jan 2006 Hits: 64 Words: 1380]
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6. | Humanity is striving for perfection. Are we judging ourselves too harshly?
What does it mean to be perfect? Many people strive for 'perfection' in their life, through their work, their family, and their love lives. All the time we hear about, or are even called 'perfectionists', and usually in a ...
[Added: 24 Jan 2006 Hits: 67 Words: 1156]
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7. | Realizing we are each other, we can learn to give of ourselves.
You might think I am some sort of idealist or believer in a utopian society, but there are some questions that I like to ask and wonder about in relation to the future of our species. One such ...
[Added: 16 Jan 2006 Hits: 61 Words: 1025]
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8. | Neopets: The power of children and their imagination.
If you haven't heard of Neopets than I have to seriously wonder what planet you come from, you definitely don't hail from
Neopia. www.neopets.com is one of the most popular sites on the whole Internet, and ...
[Added: 09 Jan 2006 Hits: 94 Words: 758]
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9. | Moon.Google takes you there. Virgin Galactic lets you see the stars during the day.
Every kid who has ever lived has wondered what it would be like if they could travel to the Moon. Originally I assume they would have imagined it as a giant white disc that one could fall off of if you got too close to the precarious edge. ...
[Added: 04 Jan 2006 Hits: 76 Words: 476]
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10. | Internet Dating: Future Internet: Human Collaboration Example 2
Internet dating has become a huge phenomenon in our contemporary, technology-based society. It is very interesting to say the least, and after speaking to a few colleagues and friends, it also seems to be a very controversial subject as well. Many important questions arise when thinking about this new concept. ...
[Added: 26 Sep 2005 Hits: 56 Words: 805]
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11. | Future Internet: Collaboration without loss of individuality: Example 1: Ebay
Throughout human history there has always been a conflict of ideas when it comes to group-based vs. individual-based societies. Of course there are pros and cons with both constructs, but I believe (and I am definitely not the only one) that we are entering a new age ...
[Added: 30 Aug 2005 Hits: 61 Words: 788]
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12. | Simple water could be showing us that our thoughts are interconnected with Nature
These words that I am thinking and then writing right now are affecting the world. I’m not an omnipotent power by any means, but my thoughts and feelings are alive, and when expressed they change the patterns of the objects ...
[Added: 08 Aug 2005 Hits: 47 Words: 530]
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13. | 'How to save the world' is an example of an individual person's blog that could open people&
Recently I have been having a look at a list of blogs that a colleague gave me, all of which have links to RSS feeds. This means if you download RSS software off the Internet you can automatically ...
[Added: 08 Aug 2005 Hits: 69 Words: 643]
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14. | Explore the Earth from Home
What the!!?? Google Earth? Has a company taken over our world? No, just mapped it out for you to look at.
I was over at a friend’s house the other day and on his computer he showed me his own house as viewed ...
[Added: 22 Jul 2005 Hits: 50 Words: 727]
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15. | Any Experience Can Change Your Life
Any experience, even simply going to a restaurant, can create new beliefs about how you want to live your life.
I have read in many different cultural and religious texts not to take any moment ...
[Added: 22 Jul 2005 Hits: 60 Words: 1255]
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16. | The Power of the Meal
Since the beginning of time one aspect of human social experience has stood out as the ‘place to be’ for communication and family bonding: the meal. In contemporary human life the evening dinner is often the only place and ...
[Added: 14 Jul 2005 Hits: 48 Words: 599]
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17. | Freedom on the Internet
The Internet brings freedom to speak your mind, but what if you're not allowed to use it?
Throughout all recorded history on our lovely little planet, Earth's human beings have been concerned with a few main ideals. One of these is ...
[Added: 24 Jun 2005 Hits: 45 Words: 728]
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18. | Give Back to the World, the Internet Makes it Easy and Free
Giving back to the world just became as easy as clicking a button on your computer screen, and it's free.
A week or so ago I wrote an article entitled, 'On-line charities are a perfect place to see how people help the world, ...
[Added: 24 Jun 2005 Hits: 42 Words: 621]
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19. | The End of TV
Television will soon be another reason to hook up to the Internet.
In the not-so-distant future TV as we know it, will cease to exist. This is going to have huge ramifications on the ...
[Added: 24 Jun 2005 Hits: 143 Words: 782]
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20. | Charitable Giving Online
On-line charities are a perfect place to see how people help the world, and inspire you to join a good cause.
It isn't hard to see that a lot of people, animals, and the environment in general are being neglected in our world today. That's ...
[Added: 24 Jun 2005 Hits: 45 Words: 952]
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21. | Prophetic Nerds
Internet nerds are actually secret prophets who change the way our world works. Check out Skype, a type of future communication technology.
I am an Internet creative writer and journalist and yet knowledge of the technical side of computers still eludes me. As I work ...
[Added: 14 Jun 2005 Hits: 56 Words: 944]
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22. | Limiting Perceptions and Broadening Horizons
A balance of "tunnel vision" and broad perspective are needed for human society to flourish.
If you live in modern society I'm sure at some point in your life you've sat in a window seat of an airplane looking down at the fluffy blanket of clouds and ...
[Added: 14 Jun 2005 Hits: 58 Words: 1197]
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23. | Knowledge From the People, For the People
Knowledge from the people, for the people, and free for the people, check out Wikipedia.
I’ve heard about it a lot but until today I had never checked it out, Wikipedia the free on-line encyclopedia. ...
[Added: 14 Jun 2005 Hits: 52 Words: 709]
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24. | A new definition of "Buyer Beware"
"Who's Suzie?"
My wife Katrina had been acting strangely ever since I had returned home from my Native American cultural class, not to mention the weird phone call I received just before I left, full of little pauses instead of our usual fast-paced communication. Now that I ...
[Added: 17 May 2005 Hits: 48 Words: 896]
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25. | Audible Books: The Evolution of Story Telling
In the days of old, stories were usually told orally from a tribal storyteller or one of the wise elders or chiefs. The next progression in storytelling came with the first hieroglyphics and visual representations of ...
[Added: 17 May 2005 Hits: 66 Words: 805]
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26. | "Winnie the Pooh": Online Educational Fun for Children
Recently I read a very cool book called "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff written back in the 1980's. It shows how the popular children's cartoon bear Winnie the Pooh created by A.A. Milne in England in the 1920's, ...
[Added: 17 May 2005 Hits: 88 Words: 625]
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27. | The Ultimate Source of Knowledge at Your Fingertips
When I was young, and that wasn't very long ago (I'm just about to reach my thirtieth birthday), information wasn't easy to get. When it came to education and research about specific issues and ideas one would usually go to the library or possibly to see a professional in the ...
[Added: 10 May 2005 Hits: 50 Words: 846]
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28. | Take a look around; do you think things are balanced in our world?
Balance, now here is a topic that has been hounding me since the day I was born. An understanding of balance seems to be a very important idea when it comes to living a happy, 'balanced' life here on Earth. It has come ...
[Added: 22 Apr 2005 Hits: 74 Words: 857]
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29. | Can the Internet Foster Intelligent Conversation?
Can the Internet foster intelligent conversation and help to form new ideas and moral beliefs?
A weird thing happened yesterday as I walked through my university campus. A young man approached me from a political organization that obviously was canvassing for new members. ...
[Added: 22 Apr 2005 Hits: 45 Words: 938]
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30. | The Universal Connection
Do you believe in random coincidence? Or, do you think that there is some destiny involved when things magically 'come together'?
I believe in a phenomenon I have been known to call a 'Universal connection'. Yesterday one of these destined occurrences ...
[Added: 22 Apr 2005 Hits: 68 Words: 911]
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31. | Breaking Down the Language Barrier
Pretty soon language will no longer be a barrier that keeps humanity separated.
The Internet has become the ultimate medium for communication amongst humans. When it first began, websites were predominantly written in English, but over time all the major languages in ...
[Added: 15 Apr 2005 Hits: 44 Words: 623]
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32. | Get to Know People through Websites
Web sites are places to get to know and understand each other as real people.
Web sites are not just places to sell things; they are a medium where people can get insight into other people’s lives. Take the musician Xavier Rudd for example. I ...
[Added: 08 Apr 2005 Hits: 57 Words: 778]
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33. | I Come From the Movie Planet, How About You?
When people ask me where I am from I often reply jokingly, “I’m from the Movie Planet.’ That’s what I reckon people from other planets would call us here on Earth. How many movies have I watched in my life? How many hours have ...
[Added: 29 Mar 2005 Hits: 125 Words: 757]
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34. | When Human Beings Take It To The Limit
In life we all have dreams and goals, aspirations to follow a certain path that will lead to social achievements and personal growth. We all hope to fulfill a destiny where we can put all of ...
[Added: 29 Mar 2005 Hits: 42 Words: 705]
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35. | Businesses Need to 'Rehumanise'
Big companies and corporations have lost the human touch. The question is, when will humanity catch on, or like robotic sheep will we do whatever the business shepherds tell us, no matter how bad we are treated? I am talking from firsthand interaction here. Aren't you tired ...
[Added: 22 Mar 2005 Hits: 43 Words: 721]
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36. | People Around You are People Like You
Wake up and realize the people around you, are people like yourself.
Most people in the world these days are living in cities, some upwards of 30 million individuals as in the case of ...
[Added: 15 Mar 2005 Hits: 59 Words: 776]
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37. | Depression: Escape Your Mental Prison
The way out of depression could be in changing the way you perceive the world around you.
There is an illness all around me in modern society that seems to be spreading like the Black Plague once did in ...
[Added: 18 Feb 2005 Hits: 61 Words: 978]
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