What is it that draws me to check my facebook page at least twice daily for new updates? What prompted me to install facebook on my blackberry so I get alerts whenever someone types in what they are doing at this moment? It is like the modern day version of people watching at the mall, without looking creepy (sometimes). Except, I know all (if not most) of the people whom I’ve accepted as “friends”. I find it interesting to see what my friends are up to, who’s birthday is today, to keep in touch with people I normally don’t have the time to keep up with. I have a cousin in the Philippines that stays in touch, classmates that moved all over the country, and family that I keep up with by reading their posts and “tweets”.

Here’s something funny and indicative of the “times”: I was sitting watching TV in the living room while on my laptop when I get a Facebook IM. It’s my wife, sitting on the other couch with her laptop, trying out all the features on facebook. My eighteen year old daughter, now a freshman in college and also on facebook, is chatting about going to a concert later… all I need now is my 4-year-old daughter to be on her computer chatting about the latest Barbie fairytopia or the latest incarnation of Veggietales video. (Don’t worry, it will be a while before my daughter is even allowed to think about being on an Internet social network.)

I hope we don’t forget what it’s like to just call, or visit face to face…

I guess I could just video skype.

I never realized how fast people were going to jump on the deconstruction of Apple’s new iPhone. The monday after the weekend release, videos were popping up on You Tube of the deconstruction (more like DESTRUCTION) of the new gadget. Personally, I don’t see how someone could buy a new iPhone, only to take a hammer and nail to it.

There was some sanity on the midst of the craze. Check out http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone . The people at iFixit had done a superb job at the deconstruction of the new iPhone. What’s nice is the even give some hints on how to do the deconstruction yourself with step-by-step instructions and pics.

So I hear Apple sold 525,000 iPhones since it’s June 29th launch according to Reuters, with half of the apple stores on the US west coast selling out the first day!  I’m sure more have sold from yesterday to todays posting. For those of you who have been in the dark- hard to believe nowadays, the iPhone is a phone with a web browser and music player that just went on sale last friday.

I have to admit, I really want one. But not enough to switch cellular companies, incurr and early termination fee of $250, pay $500 to $600 for an iPhone (I would have to buy the $600 one- more memory), and then pay AT&T $245/month for the service plan that would allow full funtionality of the iPhone. I think I’ll wait…

For more info on the apple iPhone, visit http://www.apple.com/iphone/?cid=AOS-US-KWG-iPhoneMM-US for the apple iPhone site.

Sorry, just had to do it
Confucius Says…
Man who sneezes without tissue takes matters in his own hands.
Man who pushes piano down mineshaft get tone of A flat miner.
Man who cut self while shaving, lose face.
Man who tell one too many light bulb jokes soon burn out.
Woman who puts detergent on top shelf, jump for Joy.
He who has a sharp tongue cuts own throat.
A bird in hand makes hard to blow nose.
He who stick head in open window get pane in neck.
Man who eat cookie in bed wake up feeling crumby.
Man who keep feet firmly on ground have trouble putting on pants.
Man who leap off cliff jump to conclusion.
Man who live in glass house dress in basement.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Man who run in front of car, get tired.
Man who think he is Number One is next to nothing.
Man who wish to make headlines should sleep on corduroy pillow.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.
To make egg roll, push it.
Two wrongs not make right, three lefts do.
War does not determine who is right - war determine who is left.
People who make Confucius jokes speak bad English.

Welcome to Chadfucius Says.
Long Time Blogger, First Time Blogging!
I guess I can’t start without actually explaining the “Chadfucius” thing. It actually started as a nickname given to me during my impressionable middle school years. “Go ask Chadfucius, he probably knows the answer…”, was the half joking, half serious taunt from my peers. Throughout the years it grew into a type of party gag. I was the purveyor of mindless trivia- you know, the stuff you would never take the time to think about unless you were stuck in solitary confinement or some similar situation. Needless to say, I was the favorite team-mate for board games like Trivial Pursuit or Cranium.

The nickname stuck, so here I am- Chadfucius