Change in Outer Space: One Small Tweet for Mankind

A recent magazine ad for HP  reads:

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[Picture of astronaut.]

INTERNET IN

SPACE.

YES, SPACE.

When the International Space Station needed an internet connection, they talked to HP.  So despite the obvious challenges posed by their location, in space, astronauts can now surf the web, send email and, yes, update Twitter while in orbit.

Network your world at HP.com/go/space.

LET'S DO AMAZING  [HP logo]

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Hmmm... After rereading the ad, I thought about this for a bit and have a few questions and concerns...

It says the International Space Station needed an internet connection.  And that they talked to HP.  But, it doesn't say HP was the one that provided the solution, or, the only one capable of providing a solution- although the ad may like you to infer that.  I may be over analyzing, but that part doesn't really matter to me anyway...

It says astronauts can now surf the web, send email, and use Twitter while in orbit.  But, it doesn't say why the International Space Station needed an internet connection in the first place.  THAT, is my big question and concern...

I could understand a need for the International Space Station to need internet access for faster communications... or to look up the address for Mars... and I could understand the need for an astronaut to send his/her family an email to boost morale when they cannot catch that outdated wireless phone floating around... I just hope the need for internet in outer space wasn't so an astronaut could use Twitter.  Not that I don't believe in freedom of communication and the pursuit of tweets for all... I would just like to believe there are more serious things to take care of in space...

Don't get my wrong, I love outer space and the idea of "following" an astronaut in outer space is novel... reading hypothetical tweets like, "Just ate a delicious freeze-dried sandwich," or, "Totally blacked out on the moon last night," or even those cry-out-for-help tweets like, "I'm sick and tired of floating wanderously through life... I gotta get outta this space!"

As marvelous as that may be... it seems rather unnecessary... at least to me.

When HP says "Let's Do Amazing" with their slogan, I hope they're referring to more important and amazing things then tweeting in outer space...

If not, I'd say HP is one small tweet for man, and one giant twat for all mankind...

But what do I know... I'm just an Earthling...

Change in Facebook: The New Update + Apples

I Like apples, okay. I might even include my liking of apples as an Interest in my Facebook Profile, okay. Worst-case scenario, I may cry out for help when feeling blue with a Status Update that says, 'I like apples!'

BUT, I'm not gonna create a Page or a Group to express my Interest for apples.

The new Facebook update has destroyed my Interests in the simple pleasures of life: such as apples. I can no longer tell the world with my Profile that I simply like apples… I must have a Page on my Profile that says, 'I LIKE APPLES.' Then, I could gather Fans from all around the world who like apples too! Facebook could help me gather statistics from all other Fans of apples. And if I reach 1,000,000 Fans for my liking of apples, I would start planting apple trees everywhere…

I worked hard on my Facebook Profile, okay…

4 years of belligerent college photos, 2 years of ‘WTF I'm outta college what do I do with my life now’ Status Updates, and 6 years of acquiring hypothetical Interests and trying to figure out who I am and what the internets are... and for what? So Facebook can turn all my Interests and most intimate hobbies into Pages with its newest update! Come on!

You can say I'm not a Fan of the new Facebook update... But hey, things change… for better or for worse… But, I really don't care enough about it to spend my internet efforts rallying '1,000,000 Against the New Facebook Update.’ I could care less… I’ll settle for a new profile and spend the unnecessary time venting through this blog post.

So check out my Facebook Profile and meet the new me: One with very few interests, no political or religious views, no sarcastic profile responses, and my support for random Pages, half of which I don’t even know what they’re about.

Cheers!

[These are Faceapples.  They're prototypes for the next Facebook update.  I'm the apple on the right because I will not support this next update.]