One hell of a site

Morning folks!

Today at breakfast, I went online to watch the news of something that merits attention. On Facebook, I saw that one of my friends had shared a link to this site: www.upworthy.com . Always yearning to discover or learn something new, I obviously clicked on the link.

I had heard of this site a few days ago, but I hadn't looked at it yet. The site's motto is: "Things that matters. Pass'em on." And that is what Upworthy is all about. We could say in a way that it is a news website, but it's kind of the opposite of what we are used to. 

Normally in the news broadcast, only the bad stuff is shown. Because people want what is "relevant" in our world. That is one golden rule of journalism: If a dog bites a man, not important. If a man bites a dog, let's report on it!".

The Upworthy philosophy is completely different. The people there think that we are more receptive to encouragement than to threat. That's why they show what goes well in the world, in order to set an example. But don't misunderstand me. This doesn't mean that upworthy-stories are set in a world without problems; it's just that they have found a way to deal with it.

A great example would be this utterly current story: Zach Sobiec

I personally stopped the video after a few minutes, because I thought "Boy, if I watch this video till the end right now, this is going to be a tough day."

On the other side, these videos will certainly cheer you up:

Jerk in a diner

In the street

I honestly haven't explored the whole site yet, so my opinion might not be as accurate as it should be, but I think I can't be totally wrong.

Could this be the most upworthy site in the history of the internet?

Enjoy, and have a nice day!

Earth Day

Blogging for the second time today, what is up?!

If you’ve been on Google today, on April 22nd, you might have seen this homepage.

When I saw it, I clicked on it and discovered that today is Earth Day! This means that all around the world, more than 1 billion people are participating in this worldwide even that celebrates Earth and environmentally friendly behaviors.

If there must be an official day to think of the Earth, fair enough…

Anyway, as I said, lots of people are involved in today’s actions, as you can see on this site:

Earth Day

Cleaning beaches, planting trees, taking part in a walkathon… Showing one’s concern can take various forms.

And you can do it too:

« Start doing something to lower your carbon footprint, and take a photo of yourself being part of the solution and upload it to The Face of Climate Change Wall. »

Here’s a bonus: this video is four years old and at the time, world leaders were attending the summit for climate change in Copenhagen. I think you will like it.

Time for Climate Change

So? Did you like it?

Level: Asian

Hello folks!

You know how sometimes on the Internet, some Youtube comments rank (as a joke) Asian people skills just below or just above Chuck Norris?

Well, this morning I just discovered another cool example:

You may have heard of the earthquake in China. Everybody was of course panic-stricken, everybody but a Chinese journalist, who followed her journalistic instinct to report about the event. 

Ah yes, I almost forgot, it was her wedding day.

Wanna see a picture?

Awesome, isn't it?!

Chuck Norris, you'd better watch out!