Blog Assignment 4

Coding Horror

When I first started reading this I was curious about what Jeff Atwood, Coding Horror's author, meant when he was writing about mousing surface theory. It was an amusing article and he did give some good points to determine whether you need a mousepad or not. He also gave some recommendations of mousepads that offer a bit of variety depending on the user's taste. I liked the Razer ExactMat that he shows a picture of. Looks really cool. (Hey, where did he get that mouse from?) Anyway, check out the site and see if you like anything there.

Here's the link to the blog about mousing surfaces.
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001092.html

Google Public Policy Blog

This was an interesting article from the Google blog. In this day and age, when people are concerned about their privacy and the danger of their information being stolen and used maliciously, it's nice to read that Google is taking steps to make sure that our server logs are being secured diligently. In the article, which seems to be an ongoing series geared towards safeguarding your information, the author details the steps being taken to ensure our information, stored on their servers, does not fall into the wrong hands. Although there are some opponents to Google having certain information, such as IP addresses for 18 months or more, it is good to see that Google is making an attempt to keep our information private. Check out the blog and see what you think.

Link for the blog article:
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/03/using-log-data-to-help-keep-you-safe.html

TechMeme

Who knew that blogging could be a cause of death? In this blog article, Matt Richtel, of the New York Times, details the burden some people place themselves under to earn a living writing blogs. Mr. Richtel cited an instance where two well know bloggers died recently and there is some speculation that is was due to the stress of maintaining a blog that was read by thousands of readers. People get paid by how many times their blog have been clicked, while others get paid by the number of blogs they have going. As with any business, there are the people that strike it rich, while others just barely scrape by. This article does bring attention to the fact of the different stressors involved with writing and maintaining a blog site. It just reminds me of the fact that despite it all it is very important for people to be well rested and not chase after the greenback, or whatever form of currency, you crave. The bible does say that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Although, information is power, we find that too much information could kill. See what you think.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/technology/06sweat.html?ei=5088&en=b9031b1ab51405e4&ex=1365134400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all