Thursday, October 27, 2011
How to tell the difference between zombies and babies
An important guide, because mothers love you for hitting one with a chainsaw, not so much the other.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
It appears that most goths find it better to fade out than to burn out
It has taken me a couple days to get around to this article...
Growing-up for goths | Education | The Guardian:
Continuing with education and getting a decent job while staying involved isn't as hard for goths as it may be for those involved in other youth subcultures, some of which promote disengagement with school to the point that academic failure is all but inevitable."It's a relatively middle-class subculture, so despite … all the going out and being into the music, goths have always had a fairly positive view of people who are also achieving academically."
It means goths may have better career options than an outsider might expect. Succeeding in their chosen career had, Hodkinson observes, become increasingly important to those he interviewed as they moved into their late 20s and 30s, and he was surprised by how much participants in his study were willing to adapt their look to fit in at work. "I even gave people scenarios where they couldn't wear certain things. I expected them to say that they'd have to leave [their job], but they said they'd have to seriously consider it."
Most of his sample said they still were recognised as goths at work, but had toned down their look. "They retained a residual element of the appearance, but felt, for example, that colourful dyed hair wasn't going to work, and they'd stopped painting their nails black."
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As for me and my family? Well, every once in awhile one of the boys will mention dying their hair, but I haven't got them pinned down yet. And their mom still won't let me give them mohawks! (Whine.)
I am not a listable goth. No. Am I? Of course I am not...
Monday, October 24, 2011
Really now... How many websites does one fellow need? (Rubblebase)
Originally posted on A. F. Litt:
So, there are two "new" Rubble Sites. Jeez, I mean, come on man? How many websites does one fellow need?
Well, it looks like about six. Let's break it down...
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Well, it looks like about six. Let's break it down...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates
What surprises me is that LinkedIn is used less than Facebook or Twitter, since it is the site designed to present one's professional profile... Oh, very clever!
Let's face it. There is very little on my LinkedIn site that you cannot get from my resume. The other two sites, though? That is a fair representation of who I am as a person.
And once again I am left asking the question... What purpose does LinkedIn serve?
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Let's face it. There is very little on my LinkedIn site that you cannot get from my resume. The other two sites, though? That is a fair representation of who I am as a person.
And once again I am left asking the question... What purpose does LinkedIn serve?
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates:
The study found that more than 90% of recruiters and hiring managers have visited a potential candidate’s profile on a social network as part of the screening process. And a whopping 69% of recruiters have rejected a candidate based on content found on his or her social networking profiles — an almost equal proportion of recruiters (68%), though, have hired a candidate based on his or her presence on those networks.
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Who really needs a phone that can talk to you if no one else will?
I do not have a smart phone. Actually, after losing my phone about a week ago, I don't have a phone at all right now. But next week I am looking at getting a new one and I might upgrade to a smart phone. Not an Apple, but something a little more advanced than a phone that was just a phone. Do they even make those any more? My big concession the last time out was texting abilities...
The iPhone 4S? Way more phone than an old Luddite like myself needs.
Siri, Seriously: 10 Ways We're Really Using Apple's Voice Assistant [POLL]: "But once the novelty has worn off, will you really use Siri in your everyday life — or will she fade into the background, an unwanted extra like Apple’s previous iPhone voice control feature? After using the 4S for more than a week, I think Siri will enter our lives in small but vital ways. Most of these are things you could do before, but that required too many cumbersome steps that Siri can easily overcome."
iPhone 4S: Siri Politely Answers 10 Absurd Questions [PICS]: "What happened when we put the iPhone 4S’s (somewhat) intelligent agent Siri on the spot, asking her absurd questions? You’d be surprised."
STSS (Blog) Shit That Siri Says (Facebook)
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