Autoplay this!

Yup, self-explanatory, right?

Nevertheless, the whole Facebook experience, which has been, so far, enough of an adventure, escalated to a whole new level of stupidity, with the "video autoplay" feature. 

Technically speaking, the "autoplay" feature, freshly implemented in Facebook, chips your bandwidth to the point that, sooner or later (rather sooner), your Facebook page will be as dead as a doornail. In layman's terms, the "autoplay" thingie is like a lap dance: you will enjoy it until your pockets are empty.

Without further ado: 

In Firefox: Click on the arrow that points downward (near the padlock icon). From the menu, select Settings. On the left hand side of the screen, select Videos and switch the autoplay option to Off. That's it.

In Chrome: probably the same procedure, except this time you'll have to fiddle with the extensions and plugins, too.

In Internet Explorer: Don't know, don't care, hehe.

God's Not Dead

Because is summer time and, as we all know, during summer time you get pretty bored, I went to see the above mentioned movie. The premise is very straight forward: Kevin Sorbo (aka professor of philosophy Radisson in this movie) is a declared atheist (because "of the way his mother died, he couldn't do much about it and, furthermore, God didn't do anything about it."). Shane Harper (aka Josh Wheaton in the movie) is a student with exactly opposite beliefs. Josh is a hardcore Christian and he is given the chance to prove that God exists, in professor Radisson's class.
You have the whole plot unveiled right in front of your eyes: Radisson (the atheist) is the prosecutor, Wheaton (the believer) is the defender and the rest of the class is the jury. Somehow this movie has landed on the plot of the "Inherit the Wind", but, so far, it's ok. I presumed it was just a lack of inspiration. It happens very often, lately.
Then, all the plot went awry. Both Paul Kwo (aka Martin Yip in the script) and Hadeel Sittu (Ayisha), even though they are dedicated to their respective religions at the beginning, decide that the Holy Bible is the real thing and they should follow Jesus. Which is, from my standpoint, kind of an underlined opinion about what people should believe in. Cameo appearances by David A.R. White (reverend Dave), Benjamin Ochieng (reverend Jude) and Dean Cain (Mark), the latter one being a complete conundrum for me, since lately he's specialized in B-movies, with apocalyptic themes.
At some point, I tried to fantasize about Kevin Sorbo breaking out of the script when somebody in the auditorium yells "Hercules!" It would have given a little momentum to these 113 minutes that I wasted, on my dime. Just picture Kevin Sorbo ripping his Armani suit, invoking Zeus (Anthony Quinn) and mopping the floor with Josh. Man, that would've been a game changer... And when the students in the class tried to revolt, there would've been Xena, entering stage left.
This movie is a No-No, definitely. And, paraphrasing the Principal in "Billy Madison": "Mr. Wheaton, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
Finally, I suspect that this is a GOP campaign.

The Zuckerberg Theory - The Dumb Fuck Conundrum

"They trust me - dumb fucks" said Zuckerberg, in an interview first published by former Valleywag Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider and confirmed by Zuckerberg himself in Jose Antonio Vargas's New Yorker piece. The fact that we stand the numerous, pointless, idiotic changes in Facebook makes us, really, "dumb fucks".

A two step strategy to get back your Facebook wall: 1. Install the Timeline Remover add-on (Firefox); 2. Install the oldnewsfeed add-on (also on Firefox); 3. Go to bed thinking that by following the first two steps you managed to wipe Zuckerberg's smirk off of his face. 4. Think positive thoughts, tomorrow they may come up with some other crap...