Jerry Seinfeld shares his views on the phenomenon of Facebook...
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I wonder if he has the new profile
It looks like just about everyone is on Facebook these days...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina prison officials say they have seized a cell phone from an inmate who was updating his Facebook page from prison.
Corrections officials told The Post and Courier of Charleston that 22-year-old Quincy Howard is in disciplinary detention and can't make collect calls or have visitors after the contraband mobile phone was taken from his cell earlier this month. Howard is serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter from Marion County. The newspaper reports Howard spent most of his time on Facebook last year playing the Mafia Wars and Cafe World games. But he occasionally gave status updates like: "RAILROADED BY THIS CROOKED A JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN SOUTH CAROLINA." Howard's profile picture was a photo of him in his prison jumpsuit.
wgrz.com | Buffalo, NY | SC Inmate In Trouble After Facebooking From Prison
Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Facebook contest
I'm always trying to think of new ways to get my blog out to more people. Right now, it's all I have to get my message out. It's where I hold court. When I ran for office in 2001, those in power did everything they could to discredit me. It's easy to say somebody is unintelligent when when they have no recourse to prove otherwise. How can one fight back when the incumbents are the ones on TV and radio all the time? In 2010, the answer is simple. Create your own media. In a very small way, we have done just that.
A good friend of mine, who wishes to remain nameless, has given me a $25 gift certificate to Chili's Restaurant. To be eligible, all you have to do is be one of my Facebook friends and hit the share button underneath the Carl's back post. By hitting the share button, you are exposing my crazy thoughts, ideas, and rants to all of your friends. Hopefully, some of them will like the blog and decide to come back. I am seeking other gift certificates or coupons from local businesses as I would like to do this once a month for my Facebook friends. Chili's does not endorse or condone opinionated blogs like mine. However, if you know a local pizzeria or store owner, I would be able to put their logo/phone number on the blog's sidebar as well as give them some publicity and hopefully some new customers. This will cancel out all the customers they lose for supporting a crackpot like me.
The reason I decided to share the Carl's back post is because I believe 2011 is going to be a great year for Western New York. I heard Andrew Cuomo say several times during the 2010 campaign that "anger is not a solution to our problems." Many voters were led to believe that Carl Paladino was just an angry guy with no solutions. Although this was a smart strategy on Cuomo's part, as many people were duped into believing in him, it simply was not true. While continuing to fight against unnecessary tolls and incompetent public officials, I believe Carl Paladino and company will set out to prove the naysayers wrong this year. They are already reaching out to the average citizen to join their fight for positive change. Please help spread the word by sharing my post on Facebook. Thank you.
A good friend of mine, who wishes to remain nameless, has given me a $25 gift certificate to Chili's Restaurant. To be eligible, all you have to do is be one of my Facebook friends and hit the share button underneath the Carl's back post. By hitting the share button, you are exposing my crazy thoughts, ideas, and rants to all of your friends. Hopefully, some of them will like the blog and decide to come back. I am seeking other gift certificates or coupons from local businesses as I would like to do this once a month for my Facebook friends. Chili's does not endorse or condone opinionated blogs like mine. However, if you know a local pizzeria or store owner, I would be able to put their logo/phone number on the blog's sidebar as well as give them some publicity and hopefully some new customers. This will cancel out all the customers they lose for supporting a crackpot like me.
The reason I decided to share the Carl's back post is because I believe 2011 is going to be a great year for Western New York. I heard Andrew Cuomo say several times during the 2010 campaign that "anger is not a solution to our problems." Many voters were led to believe that Carl Paladino was just an angry guy with no solutions. Although this was a smart strategy on Cuomo's part, as many people were duped into believing in him, it simply was not true. While continuing to fight against unnecessary tolls and incompetent public officials, I believe Carl Paladino and company will set out to prove the naysayers wrong this year. They are already reaching out to the average citizen to join their fight for positive change. Please help spread the word by sharing my post on Facebook. Thank you.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Shhhhhhhhhh...
If you're collecting unemployment insurance and working off the books as an apartment manager, it might not be in your best interest to post this information on Facebook...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Facebook sweepstakes
This guy in Wellsville claims to be one of the original founders of Facebook. He has prominent attorney Terry Connors representing him. A Facebook spokesperson calls the lawsuit frivilous. Was it "frivilous" when Al Gore invented the internet? I think not.
Next week, I plan on calling Connors to tell him YouTube was actually my idea...
Next week, I plan on calling Connors to tell him YouTube was actually my idea...
Friday, January 1, 2010
What-no Twitter Account?
Readers on Facebook will appreciate this story sent to me by Tim Higgins. An escaped British prisoner has a growing fan base and posts regular status updates on his Facebook profile. He has over 3,800 friends on the social networking website.
The guy taunts police in his misspelled posts and puts up pictures of himself eating pizza. He is serving a 7 year sentence for armed robbery. Authorities say he walked out of a minimum security prison. So, if he committed armed robbery, why was he in a minimum security prison to begin with?
The guy taunts police in his misspelled posts and puts up pictures of himself eating pizza. He is serving a 7 year sentence for armed robbery. Authorities say he walked out of a minimum security prison. So, if he committed armed robbery, why was he in a minimum security prison to begin with?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Facebook Allows Dead People To Create Profiles
Facebook will do anything to get more subscribers. Today, they actually made it possible for people to memorialize their deceased friends by creating profiles for them. All you have to do is show them an obituary. Because as you know, dead people like social networking sites just as much as you and I do.
I think they are taking things a little too far with this one, though. Can you imagine the pranks that are going to result from this? How are you going to react when you get an instant message from one of your dead relatives? I wonder if artists are going to have more Facebook friends in death than they had while living. Will the deceased be able to form groups on the site like Facebook dead people in favor of the Metric system? How about, We want them to bring back the old Facebook, too? And don't get me started on those ridiculous Facebook quizzes. Which Star Wars character would you be if you were still breathing?
Every day, I wake up and am shocked at what they will think of next. Next week, expect them to come up with some way for your pet dog to send Twitter alerts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/27/facebook-user-memorials
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