Merced SunStar comments on SB 719
In a recent article on the passing of SB 719 the Merced Sun Star presented a balanced piece regarding the successful passing of the legislation.
One of the comments on the website asked the question:
All you geeks out there beware!
Playing games too much can be bad for your health. Or even kill you!
Sarcasticgamer.com is reporting: that a guy in Aisa was playing online constantly for 72 at an internet cafe. He collapsed and died from a type of heart failure brought on by lack of sleep…
Let this be a lesson to all of you who I would classify as the “uber geeks”. You know who you are…
How not to upgrade a website…
My local paper, the Merced Sun-Star recently upgraded their website….
Unfortunately, despite some improvements it has become a lesson in how not to upgrade a website.
The first thing I noticed was that all my RSS subscriptions were not refreshing. So I visited the site, to find out what had happened. Whilst there are some new “bells and whistles”, a lot of the site does not seem to be working as expected.
