I stumbled across an article on WalletPop about how to actually delete your facebook account.  I have deactivated it before, but got into it again because of the nasty addictive properties of the social glob.

I deleted my account, finally.  It says it has deactivated it, and if I dont login for 14 days it will be deleted.  How considerate, to give me a second chance, or third, or fourth.

Why delete?  Use a search engine to find “pirate monkey donkey violation cuba” and then load your facebook page.  Wonder how facebook wants to provide advertisements for cuban freakshows, or whatever?  Clicktrails.  Prominent ad servers accumulate data on your clickings about the web.  They compile this into a clicktrail, and profile your browsings about.

This is well and good, supposing you want your browsing experience to be enriched by advertisements.  Sure, ads are a way for sites to make money and companies to advertise relevant products and services to you.  I just dont think they need to know that much about me in order to be able to enrich my browsing experience.  I’ll enrich it myself, thank you.  I’m fairly intelligent, I can find what I want easily enough.

So, here’s a link to a case study of a company that uses AWS to store and compile data about your so called clicktrails.  Here’s an amusing Oatmeal comic demonstrating facebook’s addictive properties.

I’ll agree completely that facebook is in many ways an invaluable way to connect to all kinds of people, friends, family, etc.  I’m just not willing to cough it all up in order to conveniently click “Like” on someone’s status update.

Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano, Washington is a great place to really stretch the eyes, legs, and mind.

There is sufficient day hiking to be done and fairly comfortable sites.  Dont rely too much on the maps that are offered, just wander around and pay attention.  The reservations web site offers some perspective into the [...]

I met up with a recently departed, yet more recently rejoined PNW fan & friend Erik, for a lil BBQ weekend before last. Good times, good food, good hangin, just like always. He’s one of my best friends that despite time, space, or other obstacle, is always solid & great to hang with. [...]

I recently accepted that I cannot do any real decent day hikes without a car. I’ve avoided meeting people for over a year because many people don’t understand, accept, or judge my values. Reality is, I probably do a lil judging myself, but that is beside the point. I met a cool [...]

I needed to get out of town for the holidays, partially because of boredom and lack of any family party responsibilities this year, but mainly because I felt I was about to lose my mind. Everyone continues to tell me how crazy I am, and I am tired of hearing their opinion since I’m [...]

Sandy & Cara are here in Seattle from Traverse City for Coffee Fest, so I met up with them to do a little coffee shop tour.
We met up at Vivace on the north end of Broadway and continued up the hill to Victrola, had some nectar and headed to the evil enemy empire’s 15th ave [...]

This is the place I go when I need some quiet. Its entirely foolish of me, because it is never quiet. It is a state park, that’s where people go to hang out away from home in their tents or an RV or day use area. I like state park tradition.. the [...]

My G1 and I have been getting along quite nicely since I picked it up a few months ago.  I have been running Cyanogen’s modded ROM on it happily, and love it dearly.
I try and camp a few times a month, you know, and I typically go to a state park because I’m always camping [...]

I’m off on a burrito mission today, all the way to Olympia via public transit. Its going to take awhile. A random poll of customers at work this week revealed that nobody is doing anything interesting or unconventional, so by comparison this must be worthwhile use of my labor day weekend, right?
The place [...]