Name Change

Just when they had Facebook cornered, it changed its name to Meta ?! * * * The LSW (Long Suffering Wife) and I would NEVER think of changing our name . . . But we do ask for your help!

PLEASE support Dry Bones by donating through PayPal or by using your Credit Card.
Just click on the link below:
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ALSO PLEASE NOTE:
TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)
1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”
2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:
REPORT, Inc.
 PMB 225 1121 N. Bethlehem Pike, Ste 60
Spring House, PA 19477
U.S.A.

The Name Game

Facebook responds to whistleblower charges by changing its name?!! * * * What's in a name?? Ours is Dry Bones, and If you're one of the many many fans who have helped us, we thank you so much! If you've been meaning to help . . . NOW would be a REALLY good time to do so. Just click on the link below:
Donate

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:
TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)
1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”
2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:
REPORT, Inc.
 PMB 225 1121 N. Bethlehem Pike, Ste 60
Spring House, PA 19477
U.S.A.

Zuckerberg

Yikes!
Baby-faced Mark Zuckerberg sold out!
Facebook falters.
* * *
We have not "sold out."
That's why we need your help.
Please consider making a donation to the Dry Bones Project so that we can continue doing our cartoons.
Check out how by clicking on drybonesproject.com/365

Privacy!

The generation gap is getting wider!

Test Yourself

Test Yourself.

Privacy!!

The generation gap is getting wider!

face it

According to Time:

More Than 11 Million Young People Have Fled Facebook Since 2011

Skeptics of Facebook’s business model have long pointed to anecdotal evidence that the social network is losing its luster with teens as evidence that the firm will ultimately be unable to justify its $140 billion valuation. Indeed, even Facebook itself admitted last fall that it had lost younger users. “We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially younger teens,” Facebook chief financial officer David Ebersman said during a call with analysts.

But it’s always been difficult to gauge exactly what the magnitude of this lost interest has been. On Wednesday, the digital consultancy iStrategy Labs released a study that draws from Facebook’s Social Advertising platform to glean exactly how many young users have left the social network in recent years. The resulting estimates are pretty staggering. According to iStrategy, Facebook has 4,292,080 fewer high-school aged users and 6,948,848 college-aged users than it did in 2011. -more

It Don't Work That Way Anymore!

This blog is run on blogger. A few years ago they changed the way it worked and I became a "Classic Version" holdout

When Microsoft added the dumb ribbon to MS Word, etc. it forced me to relearn how to use my old and trusted tools. facebook? gmail? twitter? Nothing still works the same, which has led me to formulate a rule:

Nothing continues to work the same way once you've learned how it works!!

BTW I recently decided to set up a Dry Bones YouTube "channel." I began with an Internet search for technical info and insider tips on how to do it. Most of what I found were painful posts, pitiful whimpering and cries of anger. Seems like YouTube had just changed the way YouTube "channels" worked.

Overwhelmed

Am I the only one being overwhelmed?

Likes and Links

I love Mr. History.
He gives me a chance to look objectively at the bizarre age in which we live.

So do YOU like him?

Jewish Mother Joke (1997)

July 09, 1997

Today's Golden Odie cartoon was published fifteen years ago in July of 1997.

Back then eMail was cutting edge. If I did the cartoon today it would be a facebook joke.

Test Yourself

I like to think of today's offering as a funny "test yourself" cartoon.

On the other hand it could be seen as being in a new and disturbingly expanding category of Dry Bones cartoons.

It's an "old guy living in the confusing future, trying to keep up" cartoon.

Your thoughts?

What the ?

In the digital world in which we all are now forced to live, the old rule "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" is no longer honored.

Your thoughts?

Communicating (2004)

Today's "Golden Oldie" cartoon is from 2004.

My new definition of a Golden Oldie is a cartoon done before the age of the blog. Which, for Dry Bones, began in August of 2005. Technology is moving and evolving so quickly that the idea of passing on our cultural messages with a CD seems archaic.

So we are now proud to announce our newest ways for you to follow us and get your daily Dry Bones Cartoon:

At Twitter:
http://twitter.com/drybonescartoon

At Facebook:
http://facebook.com/drybonescartoon/

FaceBooked!

The speed with which technology is evolving is breathtaking. Those of us who were familiar with record players and typewriters see the rapid change more clearly than most.

And the social changes based on the ever-new technologies is even more radical.

Yesterday I sat in my kitchen in Israel munching breakfast and watching a movie ...on a computer ...from a website that was "streaming" an American TV cable station. The movie was "2001 A Space Odyssey". The LSW (Long Suffering Wife) and I reminisced about when 2001 was in the future.

But I'm the last to complain. Folks younger than my socks are now reading and enjoying Dry Bones cartoons in countries around the world! ...of course many of them are reading the 'toons on their phones!!

And there's the Dry Bones Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/DryBonesCartoon

Yikes!

Sunday Mail: "FanPage"

Posting a cartoon every weekday leaves no room for me to simply share news, ideas, and other stuff with you. So welcome to 'Sunday Mail: Letters from Dry Bones', the new, once-a-week Dry Bones feature.

Dry Bones Fan Club???:
A Dry Bones Fan Page has just been set up by a fan at FaceBook. This means that, somehow, I've been tricked into providing insider info, raw gossip, paparazzi photos, who knows?

To join, just click on FanPage. (If you're not a member of FaceBook yet you'll be able to sign up).

Come to the FanPage and say hi! ...and stay tuned for further developments, this could be fun! How many real Dry Bones fans do you think are out there? And what will happen when we have a place to meet? Yikes!

Sunday Mail: January 20, 2008

Posting a cartoon every weekday leaves no room for me to simply share news, ideas, and other stuff with you. So welcome to 'Sunday Mail: Letters from Dry Bones', the new, once-a-week Dry Bones feature.

Item One: Face Places! Social Networking?!!
MyPlace? Facebook? I have tried my best to ignore the spread of these online communities ...but more and more folks are opting in.

In the beginning, not long after I started the Dry Bones blog, a friend whined that it was too much trouble to check in with her web browser. She wanted it sent to her by email! And so we searched and searched and found a way to provide the stuff by email.

But two years have slipped by and the girl is now pushing me to find a way to supply her, and other facebook folks, with the daily Dry Bones "fix".

Are you on Facebook? Any tips, ideas, aps, or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Item Two: January Clearance Sales?!! Weird how the Internet becomes more and more like the "Real World". It turns out that on the Net, January is also the best time to buy stuff due to post-holiday clearance sales! Check out this link for discounts of up to 70% on products and software related to Israel, learning Hebrew, the Bible and more. Get your goodies now before they put the prices back up again!Jewish Software January Sale