Ahh man. Good times.

"Stay gold Pony Boy."

[NSFW] This is rad. Wax On, F*ck Off.

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

PORN!

This is an interesting info-graphic about how big porn is. Answer? Pretty damn big. Especially in Utah?

Via: Online MBA

Openbook - See what's public on Facebook

Openbook - See what's public on Facebook

Reggie Watts

This guy is amazing.

Check out Reggie's site at ReggieWatts.com

Browser speed test commercial

I've been using Google's browser, called Chrome, exclusively for about six months or so. For the previous 5 years I used Firefox. I love Chrome. If you haven't tried it, do it. It's great.

Here's a link to an ingenious commercial that demonstrates Chrome's speed. Enjoy.

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/05/potato-gun-lightning-and-sonic-magic.html

It's a shame... REALLY.

All I want in a social network is to have a place to share events, ideas and information with my "real" friends. Also, to not have to worry about what the company who runs the network does with my information. I'm OK with a company using my info to target ads with information such as age, gender, marital status, hobbies. But, if they grab my friends info, or info from my status updates; I have a real problem with that. My info is obviously valuable, so why don't I have the right to have it used in a matter that I find valuable.

The real problems with social networks are the dumb people who post divisive thoughts. Or, the people who post about their "mafia's" and "farms". Do we REALLY care about peoples thoughts on the power of Christ, and/or prayer? Save it for church. Do we REALLY care about peoples thoughts about how awesome Sarah Pailin is. Aside from being a "MILF" what else is compelling about her? Here's a hint, not everybody agrees with your political beliefs. I REALLY don't care about your shitty virtual Mafia and how many gangsta's you mowed down. I REALLY don't care about how many virtual acres you cultivated for you prize pig. Now, if you want to share your thoughts about your real life mafia, then I'm down.

There are hundreds of sites where I could do any of the things that I listed above. The problem is that not enough people that I know really want to go to those sites and I don't want to put up with the garbage on the sites that they are on. Despite my own thoughts about myself, I don't think that many people really give a crap about what I'm doing or what my thoughts are. It's a shame. It's a shame that we don't care more about each others real lives. It's a shame that we don't feel like we can tell others that they are valuable. Why is is so hard to make real connections with the people that we want to share with?

ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner

Great tool for analyzing your security on facebook.

ReclaimPrivacy.org | Facebook Privacy Scanner

Unfortunately this tool doesn't address some fundamental issues I have with facebook. For instance the idea that facebook is trying to become the internet. AOL died for a reason folks. I like to have options and have openness to do what I want without being tethered to an amoral corporation. Anyway, moral of the story... Don't drink the Kool-aid and don't be sheep.

Lewis Black: Glenn Beck has Nazi Tourettes

Oh man. Lewis Black is hilarious.

Well that was a pain in the ass

So, I decided to cut out early on facebook. The process of deleting your account is a pain in the ass. Facebook doesn't provide an easy solution. I happened to come accross an article that details the process.

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/security/permanently-delete-your-facebook-profile-account/

Even after all of that, my account is still not deleted. Facebook is giving me 14 days to change my mind. Amazing.

A letter to my facebook friends.

After almost 3 years; I'm leaving facebook. I will delete my account on Friday, May 14th. Why? To put it simply, the juice is no longer worth the squeeze.

It's been a hard decision. I'm leaving behind some comedy gold from old posts. I'm leaving behind past conversations and experiences I've shared with my friends and family. I'm leaving behind renewed connections to people who I once knew. I'm leaving behind an important tool for expressing myself. These things that I value are being eclipsed by the constant changes that have been going on at facebook.

I value certain aspects of my privacy and I want to control what and who I share that information with. As time has gone by on facebook I control less and less of that. In turn they make more and more money from that information. I'm tired of being pounded by all of the requests for the latest crap farm game. I'm tired of knowing that every time one of my friends adds an application, my info is being given to the application publisher. I'm tired of reading about the boring, mundane, "my life is the best" posts by people who I really don't give a shit about. I'm especially tired of censoring myself for fear of offending certain people (even though they aren't afraid to voice their opinions). And really, at the end of the day, most of you guys really don't give a flying finger fuck about me or what I have to say.

I won't go on any further, but if your interested in reading about some privacy issues, read here.

http://calacanis.com/2010/05/12/the-big-game-zuckerberg-and-overplaying-your-hand/

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/

http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook

http://gizmodo.com/5534736/more-reasons-you-should-still-quit-facebook

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/things-you-need-know-about-facebook

http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

If anyone is interested in staying connected with me there are numerous other social websites that I dwell in. You name it, I'm probably already there. I can forward that info if you wish. There's also email; if you don't already have my address, let me know... If you're worthy you can have it. ;)

Thanks guys,

Matt