I would like to give a round of applause to Ben Stein’s movie Expelled for exposing a serious problem: the refusal of scientists to accept a rivaling theory. In fact, not only are they unwilling to accept it, they’re downright unwilling to co-exist with it. I’m talking about the theory of creationism.
Why is it such a problem to believe that a supreme creator may have created this world? This doesn’t (necessarily) contradict your theory that animals evolve and the fittest will survive. It actually has the potential of meshing with it quite seamlessly. (Does anyone know how God created the world? For all we know…it was by placing a little amoeba into a drop of water and commanding it to grow and evolve. And after we die and figure that out, he’ll say, “Boy what of bunch of bickering kids you are.”)
Mr. Stein’s movie has been panned by almost everyone that calls himself an evolutionist or Darwinist and I’m not in the least bit surprised. In fact it only goes to prove his point even further…that these people are absolutely unwilling to even consider coexisting with such a line of thought. STOP THE BICKERING!!! Let’s just all smile at each other and say, “You know what? I might be wrong, you might be wrong, we both might be wrong, or we both might be right. Let’s work towards developing a process for teaching both views, and let individuals choose for themselves what they agree with.”
And by the way, go watch Ben Stein’s movie and visit the Expelled website for more information.
I’ve been in the process of redesigning my business site for a little while now. It’s not quite ready yet but it’s almost there. (For those of you who don’t know, I do marketing and design for small business on the side.)
As part of that redesign…I’ll be attempting to start doing any business related blogging over there at the Starpointe Marketing Blog. That should free up this blog to be more of my fun/random blog.
Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a happy Earth Day. Now I’m no hardcore environmentalist or anything. I’m just as wasteful as the next guy. But I do think it’s important to take a moment to consider our impact on the world around us.
For about a year now, my wife and I have been looking for tiny, painless ways we can reduce our wastefulness. For example, we’ve started declining plastic bags at the grocery store whenever we feel like we can carry what we’ve bought in our hands. We also try to bundle up a little more at home rather than keep the heater running non-stop.
What else can we do? I welcome your recommendations in the comments.
Almost a year ago, world-renowned whiner Michael Horowitz wrote an article on CNET called, “Everybody Likes Mozy — Except Me.” In his article, he proceeded to address his concerns with using Mozy’s automated online backup product. The article has always bothered me for two reasons.
First: because I work for Mozy. It’s a great company and we’ve got an excellent product. I frequently hear stories about people that nearly lost years worth of photos/media, documents, etc. when their computer died. It makes me feel good to be providing a product that makes people’s lives better.
Second: his review is misleading. For example, he bashes on Mozy for only keeping 30 days worth of files. He neglects to realize that Mozy is a backup program…not an archiving program. There’s a huge difference. It keeps a backup copy of your files just in case.
I’ve considered writing a rebuttal to his article but haven’t as many people would only view this as being a canned employee response. Fortunately, I don’t have to. An article published recently at Backup Central entitled, “Bad Mozy Review Makes No Sense” did the legwork for me. In the article, backup professional Curtis Preston addresses each of Mr. Horowitz’s complaints and addresses why they’re either inaccurate or irrelevant. Thanks for the post Curtis. I appreciate it.
Okay, I should have blogged about this two weeks ago, but I just haven’t had a chance. First, a little background. Mozy has a group on Facebook called the Mozy Giveaway Group. It’s basically just a place for anyone who’s a fan of Mozy to gather with the chance to win prizes periodically.
Well a couple of weeks ago, we had our first prize drawing. In classic Mozy style, we decided to do it a bit differently. Basically we got our intern to dive or “bob” in a big tub of macaroni and cheese for raffle tickets. Each retrieved ticket = one winner. Yes, it’s weird…that’s what makes it so awesome.
Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a happy 
