Why Facebook’s Like button is completely pointless

You see a funny, insightful, or cool status and press the like button. Five seconds later you forget about it.

The person on the other end receives a notification: “This person likes your status.” Five seconds later that person forgets about it.

In this respect the Like button is completely pointless.

What Facebook really needs: Grouped notifications

I went to the store, and I bought paper, I bought pens, I bought pencils, I bought snacks, I bought a book on why Deathgleaner has the best blog of all time…

Doesn’t that sentence sound so tedious to you? Why can’t we just say “I went to the store, and I bought paper, pens, pencils, snacks, and a book…”?

Oil spill orbs

Here’s an idea for you: what if we go out in the Gulf of Mexico, begin collecting all the oil that’s been leaking from the Deepwater Horizon, inject it into glass orbs, and sell it on the market?

You might think “why the heck would we do this?” This idea is a double-edged sword:

1. It directly helps with getting the oil out of the gulf; and
2. Proceeds from sales of the glass orbs can help fund the disaster relief in the Gulf Coast.

Why bother collecting the oil? The Deepwater Horizon spill is by far the largest spills in U.S. history, so this is a rare opportunity for the public to own a piece of history.

The glass orbs would be about 4-6 inches in diameter, contain crude oil from the oil spill, and come with a base. The base would have something that reads:

On April 20, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon exploded, subsequently spilling tens of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, endangering wildlife and the Gulf fishing industry. This orb contains the crude oil spilled from the largest oil spill in history.

It would be a worthwhile souvenir, considering that the money from each purchase of a oil spill orb would go to clean-up and restoration efforts.

There’s nothing to lose except the oil in the Gulf!

Quick Look: What is Google Buzz?

Just within the past 24 hours, Google released a new feature on its popular webmail service called Google Buzz. Their simple explanation: “Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting.” But I knew there was much more to Buzz than that.

This Blog Needs a New Title

Seriously, the name “Deathgleaner’s Blog” is very boring, bland, and un-original. Blogs like Rough Drafts (EasyBib’s Blog) have better names. I’m reaching out to my blog readers to come up with a better name for this blog. Please comment and tell me your idea. Thank you!

UPDATE: Hmmm… maybe something like DeathPress Blog? I don’t know.

UPDATE: Okay, since everything I write here is just random miscellany pulled out of my head, it should have something associated with “mind”.

UPDATE: Blog renamed to “Mind and Miscellany”. What do you think? I’ve also tagged a few posts that I forgot to tag earlier.

UPDATE: Yeah, I thought about the blog title and it’s not as good as I thought it would be. Most people who read this blog don’t know what “miscellany” means. I’m thinking of a new title. Any suggestions?

UPDATE: No suggestions, but I thought of a new name, “Thought Box”. Much better.