Facebook is ubiquitous. If you need to find someone, chances are they're on Facebook. And most people are so hooked on it that they'd never delete their account. Would you? If not, can we keep the next generation off it? I think that's a key part of ending Facebook's ubiquity. This Gen OnCurrent generations (Boomers, …
Author: Jason McFadden
I blog curious and sundry mind-candy to tinker with the thinker at Jason Journals.
Family Pummels Heavy Bag
My entire family of seven takes karate. We've been kickin' it Kyokushin style for a few years at the YMCA. The fitness is fun and challenging. To help with training, we bought a heavy bag! The first thing to notice is the color: in-your-face red! Not boring black. This heavy bag screams, "Alert, get fired …
The Matrix Turns Twenty
One of the awesomest sci-fi movies ever came out in my life-time; it literally had people saying, "Whoa!" Yeah, it was influential. But the kinda scary/crazy thing that gets me now is this: it came out 20 years ago! On March 31, 1999, The Matrix hacked its way into our psyches and astonished us with …
We Play Nintendo
Last year for Father's Day, my wife surprised me big-time with a refurbished Wii U! I hadn't gamed Nintendo in years. Next thing you know, my family has six 2DS hand-held systems! Now my wife and kids get into playing Nintendo like I do. I've kind of been a Nintendo fan my whole life. Growing …
Spring Forward No More
Let's talk about daylight saving time for a sec. Raise your hand if you'd like to see it abolished! My hand is raised. Last Fall, when we were supposed to "Fall back" (turn clocks back one hour), I wrote about finally ending this whole messing with the clock thing every year. So it's time to …
Deleted My Instagram Account Today
Another day. Another deletion. This time it was Instagram. I had almost deleted my account back in December last year but just removed the app from my iPhone and left the rest alone. Until today. I dropped a nuke from orbit. There wasn't much to nuke really. I had only just created my account in …
