Today is One Odd Day.

Thursday is one odd day in history. And when we say odd, we mean the date is -- literally.

May 7, 2009, or 5-7-09 is one of only six dates this century that will feature three consecutive odd digits.

Numbers lovers say the rare occurrence is an excuse to celebrate.

Three consecutive odd numbers make up the date only six times in a century. This day marks the half-way point in this parade of Odd Days which began with 1/3/5.

The previous stretch of six dates like this started with 1/3/1905 — 13 months after the Wright Brothers' flight," said Ron Gordon, the Redwood City teacher who enthusiastically promotes these numerical holidays, like Square Root Day on 3/3/09.

Gordon is offering a prize of $579 to those who celebrate the date with the most zeal or who get the most people involved in an Odd Celebration. ”We've established a contest and are offering the date in dollars ($579) to be shared by the winners. Prizes will be distributed to those who involve the most people in the Oddest Parade of Odd Characters, write the best Odd Ode, or create the best Odd Celebrations.

Our daughter Rachel, a sophomore at U.C. Davis, is sponsoring a Facebook event which can be found on Facebook under "events" , "Odd Day"---all are invited---bring your friends!!

Things to do on Odd Day: It's a great day to do your odds 'n ends, give a friend a high-five, root for the odds-on-favorite, read the Wizard of Odds, watch the Odd Couple, say aaaahd in the doctor's office, look for sea odders, find that missing odd sock, and beat the odds.

Odd Days are the unsung numerical peace-keepers---if it wasn't for odd numbers, all the even numbers would bump into each other!

These days are like calendar comets---you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day---and poof---they're gone!

The simplest way to celebrate Odd Day?---just share it with a friend. Greet them with the news of the day (they'll be awed)---and they, in turn, can tell another. It's kind of like a secret that you can't help sharing. A little math, a little smile, a little fun---that's Odd Day!

And why don't we celebrate even day? That's easy---it's one thing to encourage folks to do something odd for fun. But it's very different to urge them to get even with someone.

Odd Birthdays---if you didn't get one this year, Odds are you'll get an Odd Birthday next year. (and you probably had one last year too!)

An Odd Ode:

As Odd as it is, the day will be fine,

You see, it's the numbers 5,7, and 9.

Three odds in a row to tell you the date,

We've only three more, then a 90-year wait.

Nelson

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The Power Of Web 3.0.Just Try It.

Just in case you aren’t aware, Web 2.0 is a term coined to describe the phletora of websites that exists nowadays catering to Internet users to have a place where they can network and participate in a more interactive way. Examples of web 2.0 based are Flickr, where users can share photos, and Wikipedia, a place where users can help to contribute to an article’s content either by editing or adding to it.

And not forgetting, blogging is also included in the web 2.0 family. Compared to the conventional fashion of publishing, it allows readers to share their views by commenting on it. And recently there’s a discussion of the possibilty of the third wave to hit the web in near future, the web 3.0.

What exactly is web 3.0? It basically means web browsing with 3D experience. If Web 2.0 is built towards the social side of the online world, web 3.0 is expected to be where the money will be made by the corporations. Although it have existed for quite some time now, but the exposure is for web 3.0 based applications more towards focused groups. This is possible, thanks to the development of faster processors and hi-speed broadband access that keep on coming our way nowadays.

Web 3.0 based applications are expected to be a virtual reality location where user and consumers can try anything.

 

Web 3.0 Essential Elements:

 

The Data Web - The Data Web is already in motion. Massive amounts of data are being published online every minute in reusable and remotely queryable formats such as XLM, RDF, Website Parse Template and Microformats. This data is ultimately building the architecture for a more advanced categorization that will dictate the way both humans and crawlers seek and retrieve information.

 

The Semantic Web/SOA - The Semantic Web, as it is coined today, is based partially on present data grouping capability and partially on yet to be implemented or realized machine reading and understanding capability. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) allows different applications to exchange data with one another as they participate in business processes with the goal of coupling the services of operating systems, programming languages and applications. Together, the Semantic Web and SOA are envisioned to build a highly intelligent, multifunctional wired environment for sharing and retrieving information, both for humans and machines.

 

Ubiquitous Connectivity - As PC and CE (Consumer Electronics) technologies converge with video as the primary focus, traditional television viewing, computer usage and mobile phone usage are becoming interconnected, synonymous properties. With this convergence on the horizon, ubiquitous connectivity as it’s called, appears to be an obvious backbone in the emergence of Web 3.0.

 

 

An example would be the Second Life, where more than 1 million players, including offline merchants participate.

Other example is SpaceTime3D. After you type in your search term, you will see pictures of the web pages for your search. You can shuffle through these pages to make finding the information you are looking for easier.

I have been using SpaceTime3D and yesterday I emailed a comment to community@spacetime.com. They sent me the following Info:

 

"You can search using SpaceTime3D any time directly from Firefox's and Internet Explorer's toolbar as shown below.  You can choose this option while you are on our search page (http://search.spacetime.com) and select "SpaceTime" from the drop-down menu.

Please make note of the following:

This is a Beta - We think its really good but it isn't ready for public release yet.  You may find things that aren't perfect.  We really depend on your feedback to help make SpaceTime3D better.  This is so important to us that I am asking you to send feedback and criticism to us at community@spacetime.com.  We promise to be extremely responsive in getting back to you and making improvements.  Help us make SpaceTime3D great

We´re adding content - Now you can enjoy 3D Search (or Visual Search) from sites like Google, Wikipedia, About.com,Answers.com and Amazon.   We're excited to expand this list of content but we want to make sure we make SpaceTime3D as good as it can be first.

It´s usefull- Because SpaceTime3D works in any browser without a download, we think it's easily accessible, time-saving (because you no longer have to click back and forth between a list of search results and the actual web pages you really want to see) and fun.

Feedback- As a new website, we are sure you'll find ways to help us improve SpaceTime3D and make it better.  We welcome your feedback during this Private Beta and trust that you'll give us time to improve before you blog about it.  Please email us comments at community@spacetime.com

Mac Users - Thank you so much for your continued patience.  With the Mac's superior graphics and performance we are certain that SpaceTime3D will be especially captivating and useful for you.   

Tech specs- SpaceTime3D works best with newer more powerful computers that have access to high speed broadband.  Furthermore, we ask that you set your computer to a minimum of 1280 x 800 screen resolution or greater for the best experience.

Thank you for using SpaceTime3D! "

Instead of moving at the speed of light, the evolution of the internet, and technology in general, seems to take lightspeed jumps. Now start to enjoy The Web 3.0.

Nelson

www.yourclickmarket.com

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Someday Never Comes

Giving Yourself an Out

Do you know how to tell a successful person from a unsuccessful one?. The easiest way is by the language they use. When you talk to a successful person about his goals, he`ll tell you what he plans to do and when it will be done. When an unseccessful person talk about his goals (assuming he has one), you´ll hear something along the lines of: " I hope to do this someday". Here is a clue for all you loser out  there: Someday Never Comes.

You know why a person with a loser´s mentality always uses words like "Someday", "I hope" or "I wish"?. He does it because it gives him an out and allows himself to not be accountable for his word. If he was to place a time limit to the goal and doesn´t do it, he fails and a loser hates failing. Winners has no fear of failing because they know success is made from a string of failures.

Everyone has dreams and goals. The only different between a dream and a goal is a dream with action. We all have dreams; becoming financially independent, having a family, helping charities, etc. However, how many of you have made a goal to achieve your dreams?. If you have, did you place a time limit on it,  or did you just say: "I`ll do it someday" or "I hope it will happen".

A goal without a time limit is not a goal

Can you imagine buying a presale condominium and not knowing when it will be completed?. The only answer the developer wil give you is; It´ll be finished someday. Would you buy it?. Well, imagine trying to sell your dreams this way: "Someday my dreams will come true". If you wouldn´t buy the condo, why would you buy the dream?.

If you wish to achieve anything in life, you have to place a time limit on it. A time limit forces you to take action instead of sitting on the couch saying " Someday i´ll get there". Don´t be afraid to fail. Know that failure is required in order to succed. You Will no find a successful person who doesn´t have a few stories to tell about their failures (I think a posting about some of my failures would make for a good future post).

Making a living off the internet is something many people want to do. It is something many of my friends dream of doing. However, after all these years, only two have actually done it. You know why?. They actually listen to me when i said: "Go, build a Site". Others whom I gave the same advice to were all positive, saying "Ya!. Sounds great, i need to do this. Working at a job sucks!".

I´m still waiting to see the sites. I,m sure they will get to it Someday.

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