Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

A Word On The Afterlife


"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. 

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."

Luke 16:19-31 KJV

Thursday, October 3, 2013

What Do Heidi Klum and Tope Oluwole Have in Common?

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According to Google, a lot. So, every once in a while, plus 'cause I'm a geek and I like search engine updates, I check out me on search engines. Don't look at me like that. People who haven't even met you are Google-ing you right now, and you're not even famous. That hiring manager, your boss, your date, your _____. The point isn't to be squeaky clean, but rather (as I tell folks) realize that once anything about you or your namesake is on the internet (regardless of how it got there), it can be data mined. So do your best to make sure you put out as much good vibes as you can. Tangent.

So instead of the typical Google web search, I went further and clicked on the images link. The first image was, big surprise, yours truly. The next several: my book covers, friends on Google+, Meetup.com acquaintances, Google-related stuff of mine, Linked In connection folks, my app, public postings, Nigeria-related stuff... Then it got interesting; a graph of Oluwoles and their location world-wide. Five are in Poland, and they are probably related to me.

Then it got weird: a couple of images of Heidi Klum. I attributed it to what I like to call Metadata VoodooTM (I define this as what happens at the long tail end of any search: leftovers). But then there were more images of Klum, and more. Now I was a bit embarrassed, which quickly shifted to concern. There were more than a dozen images, easily. This wasn't Metadata Voodoo. This was coming up this often because there were a considerable about metadata.

One of the first things I learned about debugging code is that when you get an error at a particular line of code, it's typical the result of something immediately before the error was raised. Most adults do this naturally already. If you see a new dent in your door at the shopping mall, the first place you typically investigate is the car next to you.

I also noticed amongst the Klum images, some of the movie that always comes up when I search me; The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. This movie stars my (much more attractive) namesake, and (drum roll please) Heidi Klum.

Google you, and let me know what interesting things about you pop-up.