12.21.2012 = Doomsday?
No, I am not trying to be tragic or talk about the Armageddon. But the Mayan prophecy about the transition that will supposedly happen on December 21st, 2012 has been following me everywhere I go these days. I have to be honest and say it is more than common that I will see titles about this when I've visited the bookstore more often lately; but I've also seen it on TV, YouTube, the pharmacy, internet ads. So I started wondering about it.
Do I really want to read about what the Mayans said would happen? Yes. But at the same time I wonder if I really want to make my brain burst with an overload of things I will probably not be able to comprehend. And then there comes Physics and Astronomy in the equation... No thanks! But I'm still curious. And I found some pieces of information, mostly for my own knowledge, but since I'm supposed to post something on my blog today, I might as well share it.
Mayan End Times Prophecy -- This will give you more or less general information about what the Mayans predicted, and what (according to them) would happen. Mind you is a long read, but if you're interested, you may find it entertaining. It's a little bit scary for me, but that's because I relate everything that sounds apocalyptic with fear.
No Doomsday in 2012 -- An explanation of why there won't be such thing as Doomsday on 12.21.2012. And that's the one I'm more interested in, probably because I think there's still too much to do for the human kind to go belly up right before Christmas.
Nobody really has the answer, and Doomsday is something many people obsess about. From religious individuals, to cults, and even scientists. What is there for a mere mortal like me to do? Rationalize the fact that there is a big need for better things, and that the world is definitely not going through peachy times. But I can't spend my time thinking when it all will end... I would go nuts. Besides, let's say I start getting ready and anxious and I die before Doomsday. There went all my energy when I could've used it in a better way.
The resources are many online and offline. I might read a few, just because I'm curious like that. But I think Doomsday for me will be the day when I lose all hope. And I don't plan to do that.
Minimalist
After taking a careful look at my blog, I decided I had too much crap on it. So I decided to change it again, this time using Derek Powazek's Depo-Clean theme. I tweaked it a little, and guess what? The font is plain Times New Roman (changed it to Palatino). :-)
Now if only I could figure out how to create a decent archives page...
Google for Diabetes
You have seen the doodles on the Google home page. They occasionally change their logo, celebrating "uncommon" holidays.
This year, as part of the activities leading up to World Diabetes Day, TuDiabetes.com and DiabetesDaily have teamed up to get more than 20,000 signatures as part of a petition to ask Google for a World Diabetes Day doodle.
TuDiabetes.com is inviting EVERYONE touched by diabetes to join this initiative:
-Add your signature to the Diabetes Doodle petition @ www.diabetesdoodle.com
The Browser War
I remember when the only options I had were IE and Netscape. I also remember when IE became the epitome of evil, Netscape itself disappeared, and a little fox took over. I remember when my computer started liking singing Opera as well because any respectable self-named web designer needs to test in different browsers. And then Mac OS was generous enough to provide Windows with a Safari version. I'm very fond of the memories of Firefox working well and dandy in my PC until one day it decided it didn't like Dell... my Dell, anyway.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, I have IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari installed. But it is not enough. Especially now that Google has come up with its own little, nice, simple, easy to use browser called Chrome. So guess which one I'm using to post this?
And people say technology makes life easier...
Green, green, green…
I got the re-designing bug. Blame Daniel, who did the same over the past week. I got tired of the raspberry or whatever the other color was.
Now I have to wrap it up and join the husband and his friends at the bar to celebrate a birthday.
