When people used to talk about being entered into rehab, you used to always assume they were being treated for a drug or alcohol problem.  No longer is that really the case.  Now, it’s entirely possible that their online addictions will get addressed as well.  I had heard of places that catered solely to online addictions, well now as it turns out while you’re getting your drug problems taken care of you can also handle that Twitter addiction.  Apparently Lindsay Lohan is doing exactly that while she’s away at the Betty Ford Center.

I’m not saying that it’s unnecessary, after all, Lindsay is well known for her keeping everyone updated through her Twitter account.   It’s just interesting that now we need a support group to keep our internet addictions under control.  If you have an addictive personality already though, then it’s not surprising that you’d latch onto something as addictive as the internet.  Hopefully the group will help Lohan keep her online life a little more in control.  I’m curious to see if the groups do actually help though.

Source: ChipChick

Very few people that frequent the internet have managed to avoid someone chewing them out unnecessarily.  In real life you’d get a nasty look for the occasional round of bad grammar or having an oppinion that differs from someone else.  However, on the internet death threats over something so small are nothing out of the ordinary.  Names that would normally be kept in someone’s head to simmer over later are sent out for the world to see over something incredibly trivial.  Well one woman became fed up with the remarks of one man and decided to take off with gun in hand, ready to kill.

The 25-year-old, Breana, traveled over 200 miles from Kansas City, Missouri.  She was picked up Wednesday morning in Ottumwa, Iowa.  All of that just to chase down Forrest Jamison who made derogatory postings about her on the internet.  By now she’s probably out in the world thanks to her mother posting the $35,000 cash bond.  Of course her mother, Susan Greathouse was also arrested for calling and harassing Jamison.  It turns out some of those crazy overreactors online are just as nuts in the real world.  Sometimes those annonymous bashings cause real world problems.

Source:  Switched

Even bankrobbers can’t help but confess their daily activites to Facebook.  Try as they may that urge to broadcast to the world is clearly too much for them.  Police believe that they have nabbed the Where’s Waldo Robber all by the handy process of spying on Facebook.  The diabetic bank robber posted that he committed a bank robbery in order to pay for his medical expenses.

According to the police the robber threatened to blow up a bank.  The brother of the robber admits that his brother the bank robber has a serious drug problem, which explains a whole lot.  The 29 year old, Ryan Homsley is now a suspect in the robbery thanks to his confession and for posting a surveillance photo of himself at the bank on Facebook.  Did I mention he has a serious drug problem?

Source: Switched

I know I’m not the only one that has seen the desks that try to get people not only up and standing, but up and moving in some cases.  For the most part I really just don’t see standing desks really catching on.  Now I imagine some will convert to the standing desks, but I’m not sure it’s the right choice for everyone.  However, it’s quite obvious that sitting around all day isn’t the best for your health.  In fact the American Cancer Society links those jobs that require us to sit around to a rise in obesity, diabetes and morality.   Which might be enough to get some people to change their ways.

I’ve never minded being up on my feet all day long, in fact I prefer it.  Yet I’ve always found it uncomfortable to stand in the same place all day long, which is what a standing desk would require.  Yet that’s what some are suggesting is the solution to this predicament, since our bodies are made to be up and moving.  Personally, I read about a trick (oddly in a fashion magazine) that I’ve been trying out.  It was actually an article about losing weight without trying and one tip has helped keep me from getting that drowsy feeling you get from sitting at a computer too long.  The concept was to set an alarm on your computer for 10 till and for those ten minutes you get up and do something that requires you to stand.  It’s one of those tricks that would only be usable if your job allows it, but when I’ve remembered to do it it’s helped a great deal.

I know, another day and yet another study.  However, this one offers news that should be surprising, but in some ways really isn’t.  PC Tools released a study that revealed all sorts of unattractive things about some US internet users.  Of course PC Tools put a spin on the news that almost makes the statistics seem a little less ridiculous.

According to the study a quarter of us are perfectly ok with staying connected during sex.  Not only that but according to 29 percent it’s just fine to connect during a wedding.  That largest number was 41 percent who don’t see a problem with being online during family dinners.  Now PC Tools claims this just means that staying connected is a very serious issue and that we have to stay connected no matter what the circumstance.  Personally, I still like to shut off my gadgets in order to really enjoy what’s going on around me as I know others out there still prefer to do.  A strange twist is that people would rather get a colonoscopy, visit the dentist, change a diaper or get stuck in traffic than to clean up their computers.  Basically a lot can’t handle shutting down, but even more refuse to do the day to day maintenance that keeps computers running smoothly.

Source: Switched

At some point or another we have all been a little bit of an addict to our tech toys.  Some have it a little worse than others, but none of us are perfect.  Every so often I have a day that I feel like I have to step away from the technology.  Truthfully, I don’t have that hard of a time, but that’s just because I really enjoy hiking.  Hiking is one task that can take all day and you really can’t use your phone in the areas I tend to frequent.  Now there are others that may not remember the last time they went completely offline.  If you want to give it a try there is one site that you can head to and make a pledge.

You’ll be pledging to do 10 no device dinners between now and Thanksgiving of this year.  Then on Thanksgiving Day have a full no device day.  Originally it was set for September 18th, but they’ve changed it to Thanksgiving Day.  The goal of the founders is to help people really enjoy the people around them instead of constantly checking their phone.  You can read all about why the founders decided to start up this pledge.  Right now they have 10,729 pledges and it’s still a long way from Thanksgiving.  Head on over to their website if you think you can handle the time away from your gadgets.

Source: GadgetLab

Google Street View is notorious for catching all sorts of strange events.  This time it caught a girl laying face down on the sidewalk in such a way that people were soon outraged.  They all thought there must be some unreported crime in the neighborhood and complained that the Street View car didn’t even bother to stop and help the clearly injured girl.  After a little digging it turned out though that the little girl was just fine and only playing a small trick on her friend.

The 10 year old girl of Worcester, England, Azura, was playing with another child when she tripped and fell.  She thought it’d be funny to instead of jumping up, play dead.  She had no idea that the Google car was taking all sorts of images of her playing possum.  She is now very proud of her internet publicity and is excited to go back to school and tell all of her friends about the incident.

Source: Switched

Sometimes you just are in a rush to get your posting up and running, so you just quickly click through your pictures when you’re selecting them.  After all, they were all together, so just mass uploading them shouldn’t be a problem.  Those of you that have nude photos on your phone or computer may want to double check your pictures though.  Otherwise you may make the same mistake as this seller.

The British man was attempting to sell his 1996 MG MFT on eBay when he accidentally uploaded the picture above.  I could see how it could happen, but that doesn’t make the guy any less foolish.  It’s always wise to just double check your entire post for any slip ups, even if you’re not worried about stray nudes making it onto your post.

Source: Geekologie

It’s Friday and the cold hard truth is that we’re all wishing it were the end of the day, so that we can begin the weekend.  If you’re having a particularly tough Friday then you could probably use a couple time wasters.  Thankfully, the internet is jam packed full of absolutely pointless, but still funny videos and quizzes.  One of the best but dumbest things to come around is the pug that can say Batman.  To make it even better, someone with too much time on their hands actually matched it up to go with the old Batman theme song.

If you’re tired of the animal related videos, then College Humor has a great Steve Jobs parody video that’s worth checking out.  If that doesn’t waste nearly enough of you time, type up about 3 paragraphs of anything you choose and paste it here to find out which famous author your writing style resembles.  Between the 3 of those that’ll at least get your mind off of business for a short while.

Aigner is the German consumer minister and she believes that the net needs 10 golden rules of etiquette.  Not just any rules though, ones made by those that use social networking websites.   She intends to use a similar principal as they already use for Germany’s urban transit system.  It runs on an honor system where people pay metro or bus fees despite the fact that there are no law enforcement officials present.  Apparently it actually works pretty well.  Although I think she might be a little too optimistic when it comes to the internet.

With the bus system, part of the reason it works is because everyone there sees you not following it.  Sure, they may not arrest you, but there’s a certain amount of shame that goes with it for most people.  However, the internet allows you to remain anonymous if that is what you choose.  Sure, I think that the ones that already use common sense about what they post will follow the rules.  It’s still highly doubtful that internet users will see the error of their ways and start following a random set of rules.  I imagine there are a few rules that many of us might like to enforce though.

Source: Switched