My brain is back!

For the past week, since i started this blog, i've had a terrible sinus infection. Those who know me know that i am incapacitated when i get them. Today i'm feeling alot better and am really ready to do some intellectual shit. (yes, using inappropriate words completely nullifies my reputation, and it is a joke.)

Ok.

My friends have spent alot of their time lately writing dissertations about their beliefs on issues that they have either just been enlightened upon and what to share their knowledge, or really feel that other people should know.
I must first welcome their ideas and willingness to actually sit down and compose a sort-of literature. I am currently writing a book and find it hard to even find the courage to put myself out there.
I can't help feeling, though, that they are publishing these pieces because they feel some authority on their subject and feel that it is necessary for them to enforce their opinion on their readers. If this is their true intentions, then they are severely in the wrong.
It's not that i don't like reading their opinions on things (i spend a good amount of time reading books that are dogmatic by nature), it's that i feel they don't have the true authority to speak on it (Then again, who does?), as well as the writings seem to purpose some self-gratification.
Either way, i think that any time we write something, we should check our motives. I would love to trust their opinions and not have them be tainted by ulterior motives.

What i wanted to actually write about today was philosophy. A lot of the people i encounter (including my friends mentioned above) are involved in some philosophical mission. It may just be that age, or some trend, the epistemology behind the "philosophical mission" is not really what I'm worried about (today). I'm having a difficult time with understanding their conclusions. It seems that the way they go about their assessment is to look at a picture, gather small facets, then section them off into little partitions. It seems like if they're able to label it, or to establish a general tag, then they are satisfied in their understanding. The problem with this is that they're going to find themselves with too many partitions and are not going to be able to refer to their "directory of beliefs."
I used to think that their thought process was anti-philosophical and anti-scientific, but the more i read the more i see famous philosophers doing the exact same thing. That bothers me, of course. (Then i consider their motives to be money and how can you earn money if you run out of subjects to talk about?)

Is it not better to develop a scientifically distilled viewpoint with which to look at everything?
Is it not more satisfying than a constant struggle?
I do not know for sure, but this is the way I'm leaning- heavily.
Problems with this are close mindedness, or too-open mindedness. Either way, please consider your motives in everything. And stop being assholes.

Open

I'm not really sure what to write about right now.
My main objective was to post about OpenDNS.

If you don't really know what DNS (Domain Name Service) is, it's how a web browser knows to go to "facebook.com". Basically, you use this service as a giant directory, like a phone book. Most people use the DNS servers that your internet provider sets up for you. So what is OpenDNS? It is a free service that sets up custom directory options. The thing is, your internet browser can only go as fast as the DNS. Most DNS servers, like comcast's, are overloaded. Comcast doesn't really care if you have a slow DNS server because you are just a dollar sign to them. If your Internet seems slow, you'll probably ask them to up your bandwith (which means more cash for them) when you don't really need to. OpenDNS is dedicated to providing the best DNS service, all for free. Not only that, but you can customize what websites you allow access. That means, pornography blocking for the children (or anyone).
I've been using OpenDNS for about a year now and couldn't be happier. One of the most useful facets of OpenDNS is their statistics and caching. I am able to speed up the more common websites that i visit. Check it out at www.opendns.com

On a little side note, you need to go visit my friend's website. He is an awesome artist. Like, awesome. www.Revolution77.com

Why Write(blog)?

All of my friends are doing it.

I've been thinking about starting a blog for some time now. There is always a large amount of traffic going through my mind, but i have had a hard time justifying putting myself out there.
So what has changed?
Not a whole lot. I think i've just become more uncomfortable with loosing my thoughts. So, i'm sad to say it, but this is more for me than it is for you. I don't really care about .
I do, however, care about most issues that i plan on writing about here. It is for this reason that i have titled my blog "credo". I was going to title it "important shit worth talking about," which is opposed to my other blog "non-important shit worth talking about," but i felt that might be too presumptuous.
I do find myself with a natural inclination to write mindless words, because this is "The Internet."
I will try to keep that to a minimum.
So, to the actual information.
There is a lot of talk about waste these days. People talk of wasting resources like water and oil, or goods like food and plastics, but no one ever talks about wasting services. Services? Huh? As you know, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is in charge of delegating band ranges for our radio and television communications. Few know, however, that the FCC holds an abundance of non-commissioned "white space," or areas where broadcasting is not permitted.
These non-commissioned spaces are in waste because they could be used in valuable applications, specifically, broad wireless Internet. Yes, national wireless Internet is possible. This is all explained, with better words, on many websites. What I'm asking is that you, my friends, would go and learn about it. After some investigation, if you'd like to support it, you can sign a petition here.