Pope Benedict's Replacement Will be 'Ideological Clone'

Now that the Pope has resigned from office there is the near impossible task of choose the next Pope. Even though it might seem that all 10 of the current Cardinals would be able to vote for the next Pope, Benedict has already chosen only 6 out of the 10 Cardinals to vote. John Thavis, author of The Vatican Diaries, said "Even a pope that dies in office has a strong influence over the selection of his successor because he has appointed many of the cardinals who will be voting. This has always been true but it is doubly true now because he is still alive." With this being said it is certain that the next Pope will be very similar to Pope Benedict. To read more, click here.

This is a huge event in the world's history because this is the first time anything like this has ever happened. It will be interesting to watch and see what actions they take regarding this event. I think they need to put a lot of thought into who will take the place of Pope Benedict because if they don't it could have a huge effect. What do you think about the Pope resigning? What effect do you think this will have?

Star Holdouts

We see this every year in the NFL. Star players that are upset because of their salaries. It happened last year with Maurice Jones Drew and its starting to happen again with star Vikings receiver Percy Harvin.
I hope the Vikings can work something out with Harvin. If the team would let him go or even trade him it could be a major blow to the team's offense. This isn't the first time Harvin has lashed out. He was upset at the start of the 2012 season as well, when he requested a trade because he was upset about playing time. Harvin is in the final year of his contract with the Vikings and could be in a different city next year if the Vikings feel like letting him go, but Harvin is an outstanding player, and I know I would hate to see him playing for a new team.  

The Eleventh Plague

I recently read a book called...well the Eleventh Plague,(direct your attention to the title) by Jeff Hirsch. The story is set after a brutal war that ravaged America; leaving most of it in ruins and killing two-thirds of the population. Stephen, main protagonist, follows his father across America in search of valuable things that can be traded for food and supplies. When his father falls into a coma after an accident he must find help soon before his father's condition worsens. He soon comes across a small town called Settlers Landing whereas they stay until his father is better. Stephen soon learns a lot of things about America's past and about school. After an innocent prank ignites a war with bandits Stephen must right his wrongs and become a leader. This book here is fairly decent although I wish there was more to it at the end. The Eleventh Plague is for anyone who is into post apocalyptic world. One thing I don't like about books and movies on the post apocalyptic worlds is that they never focus on the mental aspect on the people. Like how they would act and think when something goes terribly wrong. Walking Dead does a sort of great job at it. So if you like the Walking Dead or anything apocalyptic than this is the book for you. Wait how did I go from The Eleventh Plague to Walking Dead? Oh well, read or watch you choose. Both are good.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I recently read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. It is Harry's third year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and he seems to have a bit of a problem. You see, there is a killer on the loose. His name is Sirius Black. He is the first person to ever escape from Azkaban, the wizard prison, and according to the Ministry of Magic, he only escaped for one reason: to kill Harry. People say that Sirius Black was a big supporter of Lord Voldemort before his downfall. It is said that Sirius is the one that told Voldemort where to find Lily and James Potter, Harry's parents. So as the year goes on, people get more and more scared that Sirius Black will break into the school. And he does. More than once.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione encounter many other problems as well, such as a hippogriff that is sentenced to death for nothing, Draco Malfoy's ever annoying presence, and a new teacher that suspiciously misses school once a month. Not to mention the dementors at every entrance to the grounds. Dementors are the guards of Azkaban. They are not human. They are creatures that feed off of other people's sadness, and have the power of sucking out one's soul.
As the book goes on, Harry learns more about Sirius Black and how he knew him. He finds out that Sirius was his father's best friend, and Harry's godfather. If he was his best friend, why would he sell them out to Voldemort? Or did he? To find out more, you will just have to read it!
I would recommend this book to everyone. It covers almost every kind of genre and is just a great book and series.

Move Over Siri, WunWun Gets Stuff Done

WunWun is an iPhone app that allows you to assign people to your random tasks. The app's name stands for "What you need, when you need it". It delivers practically anything to your doorstep and takes items off that ever-growing to-do list. Although, at the moment the app is only available to those in New York City. After downloading the app and entering your address and billing information, request a service or task, set a deadline and one of WunWun's employees will text, email, or call you confirming your request.

The startup is only 2 months old and just recently launched only in New YorkThis service is also available 24/7.

WunWun categorizes requests as either a delivery or service. For deliveries, users are charged $15, plus the cost of items purchased and a credit card surcharge fee. For services such as getting your dog walked, the rate is $2 for every five minutes plus the cost of supplies necessary to complete the service. Requests made between 9:00 p.m. and 8:59 a.m. cost $2.50 for every five minutes of service or a $20 fee for deliveries.

As of now, WunWun's network of helpers consist only of 28 people and it hasn't outsourced its work to  other businesses or vendors. WunWun enlists local residents who may be looking to make some extra money.

I think this is actually a pretty neat idea. I don't have an i Phone but I think it would be a helpful app if it ever extends out from New York City. Although I like to do things myself just to make sure they are done right, so I'm not sure if I'd like other people doing things for me. Would you use this app? Do you think it'd be helpful?


Read the article here.

Facebook glitch temporary breaks the web

Facebook, the number one social site broke the web on February 7.  Anyone on the sites Hulu, Lifehacker, Washington Post, ESPN, CNN, NBC, Kickstarter and plenty of others where transferred to the Facebook error page.  This happened around 4:15 pm and 4:40 pm PST.  A Facebook spokesperson says that they quickly resolved the issue and Facebook Connect is once again back to normal. 

This surprises me that a huge social network can break the web.  There are so many websites out there. From a survey in 2012 there are 644,275,754.  That is big and that was in March when that survey took place.  My guess is that number is way bigger.  So imagine if Facebook screw up all of those websites.  That would be a huge problem.

This is what the editor of this article thinks-

Facebook will do absolutely everything within its power to prevent another issue of this magnitude; however, the bug does present an opportunity for website owners to step back, big-picture style, and re-evaluate the growing trend of social network integration.

Do you think this will happen again? Why or why not? Where you on the web when this happen?  What was your reaction?

http://www.techspot.com/news/51584-facebook-glitch-temporarily-breaks-the-web.html

http://howmanyarethere.net/how-many-websites-are-there-on-the-internet/

Mark Of Athena

      I have recently read a great book to an awesome series called the Mark Of Athena. This book in t

he third installment in the Heroes Of Olympus series. The Heroes of Olympus series takes place after the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series which states that seven chosen demigods will be chosen to defeat Gaea and close the doors of death.
      This book starts out with four Greek demigods flying to San Francisco to the Roman demigod camp to find Percy and the other two demigod. Once they get there stuff bad happens and the adventure for the book begins. Through out the whole book Percy, Annabeth, and the five other demigods run into monsters, other demigods, Romans that are trying to kill them, gods, and giants. The ending will the shock you and probably leave you mad because of the cliffhanger.
      This book is great because it has awesome characters, a great plot, cool dialogue, and a great ending cliffhanger. I personally love this book because you can relate to the characters in a way and try figuring out the way the are going to solve the problems and traps they get in. My personal favorite character is Percy the son of Posidion or Neptune. In this book he figures out he's not the big fish in the sea and it really frustrates him and he feels vunerable when he can't save his friends. I beg you to read Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and then read the Heroes of Olympus series both of who are written by Rick Riordan. He also has an Egyptian series called The Kane Chronicles. If you like the Harry Potter or Hunger Games you will probably like this series.