•Ancient Philosophy on the Internet can Change How We Think
Ancient Philosophy on the Internet can Change How We Think
by: Jesse S. Somer
Here I am again sitting at my computer, my job is to write about the positive aspects of the Internet. I’d like to think of myself as a bit of a novice philosopher as well as writer. The other day in poetry class at university my lecturer mentioned a quote from a guy who I had already read and enjoyed, Baruch/Benedictus Spinoza. The quote mentioned was quite a simple one, and in my opinion simplicity is the best...
•Be careful when following the crazy yellow brick link trail.
Be careful when following the crazy yellow brick link trail. by Jesse S. SomerLinks, what are they? When you go to a web site, links are the little bits of information that when clicked on will take you to another website of similar context. The thing is, with these strange and mysterious human minds of ours that we know so little about, these links if navigated subconsciously can take one to places of information you normally would never travel to. You could start out in the light and end...
•Be Inspired to Create a More Humanistic Presence on the Internet
Be Inspired to Create a More Humanistic Presence on the Internet by Jesse S. SomerBeing a writer, when I was asked to do some research into what makes a good website, of course I straightaway went to check out all of my favorite authors. After sifting through a few standard sites I remembered to look at one of my all time respected writers-Paulo Coelho. Judging by how many books he has sold he is obviously a lot of people’s favorite, and his website is exactly what you’d want to keep the...
•Blog Construction
Blog Construction
by: Jesse S. Somer
Blogs like all forms of writing are an art form that takes knowledge and practice to do well.
Writing…Blogs…Blogs are on-line journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing…Writing is the process where one puts down words of a language on a format that others can read. This process has not been around very long, to use one of my writing teacher’s favorite sayings, “Writing has only existed for one day in the one year that humanity has...
•Blog Problems
Blog Problems
by: Jesse S. Somer
The real bloggers must come from another planet. I can’t find any here on Earth.
What in the world is up with the world of blogs? Blogs are meant to be this great new technology where people can share their ideas and interests with others around the globe. As far as I’m concerned the state of blogs is one of chaos, confusion, and anti-interactivity. The other day I decided to do some research on the Web and try to connect to some blog writers out there that...
•Blogs Aren’t Just About Expounding Your Ideas To Others...
Blogs Aren’t Just About Expounding Your Ideas To Others...
by: Jesse S. Somer
Blogs aren’t just about expounding your ideas to others; they’re about getting to know yourself better.
I still consider myself to be a blog writing novice but as I’ve got a few entries under my belt I can tell you about an unexpected bonus of this journaling process. A lot of people think that blog writers are just people who are tooting their own horns blabbering on self-righteously about what they believe to...
•Can the Internet Foster Intelligent Conversation?
Can the Internet Foster Intelligent Conversation? by Jesse S. SomerCan the Internet foster intelligent conversation and help to form new ideas and moral beliefs?A weird thing happened yesterday as I walked through my university campus. A young man approached me from a political organization that obviously was canvassing for new members. This is nothing new as there are always people attacking me for one cause or another. I am very interested in the ways in which life and human society works...
•Discover the Lighter Side of the Internet
Discover the Lighter Side of the Internet by Jesse S. SomerWe all know the Internet is a great tool for finding out information and sharing knowledge. But as a human sometimes sitting at a computer all day can get quite tedious, especially if it is your job 5 days a week. This feeling can be compounded by other problems in one’s personal life, and the result can mean little productivity because of a sour mood. Well humanity does have a lighter side, and this too can be explored on the...
•Do You Know What a Didgeridoo Is?
Do You Know What a Didgeridoo Is?
by: Jesse S. Somer
Do you know what a didgeridoo is? Do you want to do or learn something different? Find out about it and do it on the Web.
Do you know what a didgeridoo is? There are so many things in this life that are unknown to us. I bet you could find out about something outside your normal sphere of vision and experience everyday for the rest of your life and still not get close to knowing about everything out there. Not to mention the number of...
•Don't Let the Internet Overstimulate Your Mind
Don't Let the Internet Overstimulate Your Mind by Jesse S. SomerThe Internet is an awesome tool, but be careful and aware that the cloud of over stimulation doesn’t invade your mind.It seems we have to become aware of a new problem that is starting to invade our modern, industrial society, that being the problem of over stimulation. The Internet is an excellent tool but we have to remember that the mind is the most valuable tool imaginable. Some would argue that spirit or soul is of equal or...
•Enrich Your Experiences Through the Internet
Enrich Your Experiences Through the Internet by Jesse S. SomerThis may come across as a strange article contextually as I am a writer for a web hosting company who likes for me to spread the word about how cool the Internet is, so average people, if they ever get to read this stuff, may be inspired to partake in this new aspect of our collective, privileged, contemporary society. I have been an avid music listener and player for many years of my life and I want to give you the simple story...
•Experience New Realities
Experience New Realities
by: Jesse S. Somer
The Internet and Tom Robbins are both windows into new realities, realities that are prone to incite laughter and ludicrous behaviorisms.
These days I go on to the Internet not having any clue as to what is going to grab my interest on that particular day. What is slowly seeping into my subconscious like sludge into the sewer is the idea that I’m probably going to learn something new of interest to my already strange and twisted human existence....
•Experience the Strange and Twisted World of Internet Cafes
Experience the Strange and Twisted World of Internet Cafes by Jesse S. SomerBeing a novice of the Internet and realms of technology in general, the idea of hanging out in an Internet café scared me about as much as it used to when I first sat in front a computer trying to figure out how to turn the thing on. Pictures of super-obese, nerdy, snotty-nosed tech-heads filled my head as well as visions of stagnant, sterile rooms crammed with blue screens flashing the latest comic heroes and teen...
•Find People Lost in Space and Time
Find People Lost in Space and Time
by: Jesse S. Somer
Want to find information about someone lost in space and time? The Internet’s here: Just make your search one that doesn’t invade someone’s privacy.
Can you remember a friend or relative’s name that has disappeared from the Earth? You haven’t had contact with them in decades, but now you want to find out where they are so you can get in touch. In the old days this would have been nearly impossible, but now things are different. There...
•Freedom for All; Is it Possible?
Freedom for All; Is it Possible?
by: Jesse S. Somer
Freedom for all species and people, and freedom of stress; is it possible? Could the Internet be a tool to getting there?
Freedom, what is it? I am an Internet writer whose job is to write about the Internet. Does that mean I am locked into this one area? Am I allowed to write about other things? Well today I am going to test out my supposed freedom, by writing about freedom. Some people say freedom is a state of mind, but I don’t know....
•Freelance Work: The Changing Face of Employment
Freelance Work: The Changing Face of Employment by Jesse S. SomerNo more working for the same company for fifty years. Freelance work is becoming more and more prominent. On-line you can find work or someone to do a job. Check out www.guru.comThe world sure is changing, and if you look at job employment you will see what I mean. Let's just go back to our grandparent's generation, even though I'm sure if we went back further we would see very different structures of work in the tribal periods...
•Having a Portfolio on the Internet Can Help you Infiltate the Workforce
Having a Portfolio on the Internet Can Help you Infiltate the Workforce
by: Jesse S. Somer
If you’re an up and coming graphic/web designer just out of university, you’ll know it’s quite hard to break into the workforce. You have to contact employers one by one, spend your time traveling and lugging your portfolio to their offices. Well, things have changed, and for the better let me tell you. Now you can make your own on-line portfolio on the Internet, and send its web page address to...
•Health and Medical Advice on the Internet: Use It Wisely
Health and Medical Advice on the Internet: Use It Wisely
by: Jesse S. Somer
Health and medical advice on the Internet: Use it wisely to overcome illness and find more happiness in your life.
I’ve got a bit of a problem with depression and anxiety. I’ve been tackling these problems for several years without the use of modern medicine. Tai Chi, meditation, martial arts (exercise), and positive interaction with other people seem to keep a lid on my illnesses most of the time. I don’t like the...
•How Do We Find Legitimate Information Online?
How Do We Find Legitimate Information Online? by Jesse S. SomerFraud, misinformation and opinions: How do we find legitimate information in this cacophony of written voices?Recently I was on the Internet looking up some books that I’ve read to see what other people had to say about them. I came across one book and a lot of people had said it was very fraudulent and that actually the author was not the kind of person you’d want to associate with. This got me to thinking. There is so much...
•Internet Theft and Fraud
Internet Theft and Fraud by Jesse S. SomerI’ve got faith in humanity, but what’s with all this fraud and theft on the Internet?My friends in the web hosting business have recently informed me that the big problem this year (2004) is security and fraud. I have read that currently the F.B.I. receives over 9,000 complaints per month pertaining to bogus email and websites. Why is this happening? Are just a few ‘bad apples’ doing it, or is it the result of a lopsided world economy where the...
•Internet Tutorials are the Teachers of the Future
Internet Tutorials are the Teachers of the Future by Jesse S. SomerI know some people don’t even believe that the Internet or World Wide Web exists. They think that it is an abstract concept and that if asked to show it to someone they would fail miserably. Well, whether or not it exists I think that the collective consciousness of humanity is evolving everyday because of the sharing of ideas on the strange boxes called computers and the electronic network that connects them.Every time I go...
•Learn About Love From Poet Rumi
Learn About Love From Poet Rumi
by: Jesse S. Somer
Learn about love by reading poetry by a long dead poet named Rumi. No need to look for ancient texts hidden in caves...Search the Net.
In this modern age of technology, busy lifestyles, and obsession with consumerism have taken a lot of the romance and love out of our lives. The Internet has become a medium to connect with people as everyone is finding it a lot harder to meet one another in the ‘real’ world. It has undeniably also become a...
•Martial Arts: Mind, Body and Spirit Presented Online
Martial Arts: Mind, Body and Spirit Presented Online
by: Jesse S. Somer
http://www.taichiacademy.com.au/default.htm
I am very interested in Martial Arts, as I’ve been training in Tai Chi on and off for ten years as well as an Internal Martial Art called Wu Dao Gong for a year and a half. I have searched many websites to find a good one to write about but none seem to compare to the site by the actual organization that I am fortunately part of. They are called the Tai Chi Academy and their...
•MSN Messenger Is A Sweet Way To Communicate
MSN Messenger Is A Sweet Way To Communicate
by: Jesse S. Somer
MSN messenger is a pretty cool invention. I mean I’m not really into serious discussions on the email, answers to questions can often take a few days to arrive because people are so busy these days. I’ve just been ‘hooked up’ into Messenger and it’s really a different kind of communication, quick, simplistic and even humorous with the capability to express your feelings with ‘emotion’ cartoons.
With Messenger you can...
•RSS Reader Is A Life Raft Saving Us From Getting Lost In A Sea Of Useless Information
RSS Reader Is A Life Raft Saving Us From Getting Lost In A Sea Of Useless Information
by: Jesse S. Somer
One of the main problems with the Internet these days is the fact that there is so much information out there; it can be quite hard to find the particular knowledge that you’re looking for. It can often feel like you’re surfing waves of thick chocolate fudge sauce and your honeycomb board has a crack that’s getting wider by the second. Over stimulus is the issue here; you wanted to read...
•Sci-Fi Communications at Home
Sci-Fi Communications at Home by Jesse S. SomerComputers and web cams are taking communication to levels only imagined in sci-fi novels.One of the most incredible inventions I’ve ever come across is the web cam and its process of video conferencing. This is just so futuristic I can’t believe they really exist and are readily available to anyone with the Internet, speakers, and the right software. I’m not absolutely sure but doesn’t this spell the end of telephones? Now we can have...
•Short Story: Take a Trip To The Temple Of The Great Tomato
Short Story: Take a Trip To The Temple Of The Great Tomato
by: Jesse S. Somer
Jimmy Jenkins Jr. is not an adventurer, traveler, or pioneer. Far from it, Jimmy has had the same job, in the same office for 15 years. He’s got about 2 years of holiday time built up because he never, and I mean never, goes anywhere, not even to the Coast for a day in the sun. He works very hard, is an amicable fellow, but is single, 39 years old, and boring. Boring is this guy’s middle name. I don’t think he has...
•Slow Pokes: Short story on the changing world of writing
Slow Pokes: Short story on the changing world of writing by Jesse S. Somer“No one will ever know who I am, I’m a nobody-writer from nowhere… I’ve had a thousand rejections from all the major publishers. It seems my destiny is never to be read, another nameless soul lost to the sands of eternity.” Johnny’s face twisted into a pained grimace, you could tell his heart was tied up in a pretzel knot of self-deprecation.“What’s the use in writing if I know no one will ever read my stories?’ He...
•Surf Waves With Jack Johnson
Surf Waves With Jack Johnson
by: Jesse S. Somer
Like a laid back, relaxed beach vibe? Surf waves in reality, musically, and on the Net with Jack Johnson.
Lately I’ve been listening to some pretty cool music by some beach bum named Jack Johnson. The tunes he plays really touch a chord within me. They are just so honest and selfless, like stories being told by a wise old palm tree that has endured countless days of peaceful monotony, and yet have also experienced the rare tropical storm with...
•The day my computer died
The day my computer died by Jesse S. SomerI’ve always been a skeptic when it comes to technology, especially computers and the Information Age. I used to think it was crazy how people would put their total faith into a machine, some even more so than in their faith in humanity. Human beings are flawed, imperfect creatures. I say this in a positive way because if humanity were completely positive and perfect we would have nothing to learn, and life would lose its vitality and mystery....
•The Internet could be a beacon of light when all seems hopeless
The Internet could be a beacon of light when all seems hopeless
by: Jesse S. Somer
Darkness surrounds you on all sides. Sometimes it just feels like you’re totally alone in the world. Many belief systems say that to find happiness and peace you need to go within yourself and speak to a higher power, asking for help. Some believe that all things in life are reflections of your self, part of a whole singular universal life force. Well if this is the case, it means that all objects are just...
•The Shakuhachi: What is it? The place to find out is that fountain of knowledge called the Internet.
The Shakuhachi: What is it? The place to find out is that fountain of knowledge called the Internet. by Jesse S. SomerWhen most people used to hear a new word the most obvious reaction was to go straight to a dictionary and find out what it meant or what the object was. These days you could go to on-line dictionaries, but even that is often unnecessary. Just type the word into your Web search engine (E.g., Google) and see what comes up. How hard is that?Well, fortunately I know what a...
•The Universal Connection
The Universal Connection by Jesse S. SomerDo you believe in random coincidence? Or, do you think that there is some destiny involved when things magically 'come together'? I believe in a phenomenon I have been known to call a 'Universal connection'. Yesterday one of these destined occurrences deeply affected the mood I was in and took me from feeling pretty low and depressed to feeling a joyous epiphany. Let me tell you about what happened. You see, I don't believe in random, arbitrary...
•The Use and Abuse of the Internet
The Use and Abuse of the Internet by Jesse S. SomerOne small change made a huge impact in a day in the life of Zardinia Zaffas.I can see you right now. You’re sitting at your desk staring into the computer screen, the Internet is connected and the information is flowing like a river. If you are at work, you are randomly checking email, News sites and interesting topics in between your necessary tasks. There’s a woman like you out there, her name is Zardinia Zaffas and this is an interesting...
•Web Hosts: Helping us navigate through this future techno-world.
Web Hosts: Helping us navigate through this future techno-world. by Jesse S. SomerComputers, Internet, Web sites…what do they all mean? Hey, you’re probably not a technophobe, I mean you own a microwave right? Just push a few buttons and the food cooks itself-easy. Now, they tell you the best way to share information, have a business, and generally communicate in life, are on the Web. I don’t know about you but for me the Web conjures up visions of a giant spider whose sole intention is to...
•Writing Good Blogs
Writing Good Blogs
by: Jesse S. Somer
‘Bad blogs have got to go, blogging could be really cool if done properly, maybe even with a pinch of love.’
There’s a lot of blogs out there on the Web, most of which don’t entice one to go back regularly to read updates. What is missing from these on-line journals that would essentially make them ‘good’ blogs? Well, the answers in life usually come down to simplicities. So let’s look at the problem like we were children. Children don’t complicate...
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