Today's distraction provided by the offspring breeding department. Sadly, I've heard of a few of these items though none currently can be found in my home.

20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants

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Few things are more uncool than when you mom or dad latch on to the latest slang phrase or start leaving comments on your MySpace page. The following is much worse my friends. It's an attempt by corporate mofos to sound hip and to start something viral. This video was a nominee for "Best Song" according to last year's Pwnie awards. Take that for what it's worth:

Yes, that's Dan Finnerty (aka the wedding singer at Will Ferrell's wedding in the movie Old School). He's about the only redeeming thing in this video since the words are no more than oddly placed industry jargon and lamo rhymes. Hell I'm in the industry and still didn't understand what they were trying to say. Hardware/Software based security? Not if it's put together by the same guys that made this video.

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The long weekend brought more than holiday festivities. In total we gathered 3 1/2 inches of much needed rain over two days. Everything is green and the air is humid. Thankfully the rain brought relief to the vegetation that was already weak from last year's drought and also to this years garden. I had a chance to take a few more snapshots of the possible cornucopia which you can see here.

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I'll be the first to admit that my personality doesn't fit that of a stereotypical geek, but then again it's all relative to the basis of comparison. When I lived and worked in Raleigh it seemed like everyone was to some form of high tech. At any given gathering I could immediately strike up a conversation about the latest gadget or application, and more importantly pick up otherwise unknown tech tidbits. Later, when I moved back to Charlotte, I found myself less in the company of geeks but still among folks who knew a thing or two about technology. I still managed to pick up a few things but mostly I found myself explaining the latest tech to interested ears. The burden of keeping current quickly fell on me, but thankfully there are many reliable resources on the web and elsewhere.

Unfortunately I somehow have found myself in a downward spiral of tech. My annual toy budget shrank under the demands of family life and frequently I found myself in the company of parents and neighbors who had little interest in high-tech and have no inclination to learn. Aside from two or three friends that I talk to outside of work I rarely pick up anything new. It's both frustrating and understandable at the same time. Not everyone is into tech gadgets or the latest Web 2.0 website and that's fine. Sadly the void of the tech savvy is enough to make you play dumb and pretend you know nothing, and by in large the experience is not limited to tech.

I increasingly find that most folks, at least in my age and life experience bracket, have no desire to learn or try something new. For them the day to day grind is an exercise in survival and anything beyond is simply too much to handle. Learning is seen as a necessary evil which is used only in the continuing quest to strike it rich. Rarely is the pursuit of knowledge perceived as a lifelong task which enhances the experience and enjoyment of life.

For better or worse we have to accept the reality of our current situation and to be considerate of others and their varying tastes. Still I feel we do a great disservice to ourselves by accepting brain drain to be an inevitable part of our place in life. Whether we suffer from physical or psychological desolation we all need to make a point to venture forth in search of new inspiration and those of like mind with which to share it. Otherwise we will simply rest easy and become stagnant eventually transforming ourselves into an uninteresting and unhappy person that no one wants to be around.

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