Mom Convicted After Locking Son Out of Facebook (Responce)

Facebook is not only making headlines about privacy or technological progress. Dan Fletcher from Time Magazine writes about an surprisingly strange occurrence. A mom "was convicted on a misdemeanor harassment charge, receiving a $435 fine and mandatory parenting and anger-management classes, according to the Associated Press, as well as a 30-day suspended jail sentence to be served only if she violates provisions in her year-long probation." What was the reason for all this?
Was it some serious crime? No, it was for the simple act of locking her son out of his Facebook account. Granted that neither mother nor son acted  Biblically (see Associated press version); this court ruling is a sad reflection on our society's loss of parental authority. Parents have Biblical mandate to bring their kids up in the fear of the Lord, and children are commanded to obey their parents.This is God's clear and simple design -- which sinful humans have managed to corrupt for centuries, but never to such an extent.

¹But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. ²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents,  ungrateful, unholy . . . ¹³But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them
- 2 Tim. 3:1-2, 13-14 (NASB emphasis added)

May these kind of articles encourage us to think about the coming of our Lord, and to pray for the salvation of sinners before that glorious day.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a really cool resource. It allows you to read books online for free. They are able to do this legally because all the books they provide have expired copywriters. Obviously they don't have the more recent books but they have many of the classics. Some books are even offered in the audio format. The down side is that you have to read them from a computer screen (which is not so great on the eyes) unless you have a Kindle or Nook. In my opinion a good old paper book is the best -- this site however is still worth a look.

Google= Topeka

Google renames it's company Topeka? This is perhaps one of the coolest April fools jokes ever. Had me fooled for a while, until I thought about the practical implications of changing a companies name (especially one the size of Google). I love how Google is always in on the fun stuff, and that's what makes them such a great company.

Skhizein

I always liked short films because they are a rare art form. It really takes some skill to get a message across in a short amount of time. Recently I found an awesome short about Schizophrenia. This film gives us a short glimpse of what an insane person might experience. I think its in French(with English subtitles), but that just proves how good it is.

Awesome 3D simulations

Found a really entertaining website by Peter Blaškovič. He is some graphic designer/ 3D animator. His site has some  some cool things to mess around with.  And the best part is that they are all based on mathematical algorithms, therefore proving that math is cool.



Here are my favorites:
Flame
Fluid Fire3
Fluid Painter
Fluid Water
Bio lab