The intent of this article is to give some background as to where i'm been/how i've acted online. At this point i've been online for something like fifteen years. And for most of that time i've lurked. I tend to be slow to get involved in things with people (both on and offline). Look, listen, get a feel for whats going on, then jump in and make a fool of myself. This is meant with some seriousness, but mostly humor, after all, if i can't make fun of myself who can? I've been a gamer (a...

       I'm sure some of you have noticed the phenomenon that is search engines, with google seeming to be the most common. With 'googled' being a word used offline it's gotten around, that's for sure. You can put just about anything into the nice search box and get results. Sometimes this is good, when you find what your looking for or other useful bits of information. Other times you'll find complete junk, which is bad. I'll go so far as to say it's ...