Link Mania

In "Working for Netflix at a Shipping Center", a former employee describes his experience working for Netflix. His experience wasn't as fun as he thought it would be.

"Wow! web 2.0 is really here" is a quick blurb about web 2.0 that mentions a few noteworthy sites the author has found. One of site that I particularly liked was Clickcaster. Mainly, Clickcaster is a site for hosting audio files, but it even goes so far as to record audio from within the site. Its functionality regarding audio storage is similar to what YouTube does for Video and Flickr for photos.

Halo3 Beta FAQs from Bungie.

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A huge advance has been made in printer technology by Zink Imaging. Their innovative idea is for the paper to hold the color, thus allowing for inkless printers. Read more here.

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Marriage in America

Recently, Time magazine's John Cloud wrote an article about Marriage in America. He begins the article with this statistic: "51% OF WOMEN ARE NOW LIVING WITHOUT SPOUSE".

I am not particularly fond of the wording, but Cloud defends marriage well throughout the rest of the article. I don't exactly like the introduction, but it provides a nice contrast for his rebutting oppositional view.

The author takes a pro-marriage stance, which I wholly agree with. He assures us that marriage is not declining as much as we may think. This news is comforting to hear for those in favor of marriage. Overall, the article was quite intriguing and provided some interesting statistics.

My take on marriage:

Marriage is only a subsidiary of much larger problems in America. Society's acceptance of many other controversial issues has changed in accordance with marriage over the years. This includes the rise of atheism, the greater acceptance for homosexuality, and etc. In my opinion, these other issues exacerbate the problems surrounding marriage, which eventually perpetuate its decline.

Personally, I think it’s rather sad that marriage, the once sacred institution, is slowly fading. I hope that it will gain ground in the future, but the chances of that look slim. To me, it appears marriage is only one of many things going wrong in the world. Many things seem to be taking a turn for the worse. I don't think change is bad, but the outlook for the future seems bleak. Hopefully, it will all work out in the end, regardless.

The issue seems to be black and white for most people. Many see the decline of marriage as innocuous, whereas others, such as myself, see it as a tragedy for society. Although I take the pro-marriage stance, I try to stay as neutral as possible on this subject because, truly, I am not sure what the best answer is, which is why I try to keep an open mind.

Only time will tell...

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