Web Voodoo
After a quick Google search I can't say that I've "coined" the phrase. Somebody has even had that domain name registered since 1996, but still only has a parked page. Though perhaps there is some initial uniqueness in my intended context here.
You know what I mean about Web Voodoo? It's how, at worst, you can lead your self astray or, at best, back into a confused circle of unknowingness when you're trying to research some practical, remedial information on the Internet.
Don't get me wrong. I love looking up "how to" stuff. There's hardly a day that goes by when something or another makes me seriously wonder how we lived without the Internet. If you needed to do something but didn't know how, and you didn't know someone who did know how, and your local library didn't have any books on that subject, what did you do? You could probably find some reference material that would point you in the right direction of where you might find magazines from which you could learn about books that you could then go to the bookstore and ask them to order for you. You'd have to want to learn whatever it was pretty bad, and not be in any hurry, if you could afford to wait that long to get your hands on the desired information.
On the other hand, these days, you can find out nearly anything without getting out of your chair. Within minutes you can capture all kinds of links to all kinds of good information to bookmark and/or to save or print for later reading. But when it comes to "how to" or "what to do" stuff you often find out just too much damned information that eventually it all contradicts itself.
Always do it this way. No! Never do it this way, only do it that way. Use that much. No, always use this much. Always try this before you attempt to do that. No! Never do this unless you've already tried that, first, then do this. Doing it this way is harmless. No! This could kill you unless you have done that.
It's not unusual for there to be a world full of experts who all contradict each other. It's useful sometimes and helps one to apply some healthy skepticism before diving in to one method or the other without more research. But then the more you research you sometimes feel like you're back where you started. You just don't know what to do.
That's what I mean about Web Voodoo.
You know what I mean about Web Voodoo? It's how, at worst, you can lead your self astray or, at best, back into a confused circle of unknowingness when you're trying to research some practical, remedial information on the Internet.
Don't get me wrong. I love looking up "how to" stuff. There's hardly a day that goes by when something or another makes me seriously wonder how we lived without the Internet. If you needed to do something but didn't know how, and you didn't know someone who did know how, and your local library didn't have any books on that subject, what did you do? You could probably find some reference material that would point you in the right direction of where you might find magazines from which you could learn about books that you could then go to the bookstore and ask them to order for you. You'd have to want to learn whatever it was pretty bad, and not be in any hurry, if you could afford to wait that long to get your hands on the desired information.
On the other hand, these days, you can find out nearly anything without getting out of your chair. Within minutes you can capture all kinds of links to all kinds of good information to bookmark and/or to save or print for later reading. But when it comes to "how to" or "what to do" stuff you often find out just too much damned information that eventually it all contradicts itself.
Always do it this way. No! Never do it this way, only do it that way. Use that much. No, always use this much. Always try this before you attempt to do that. No! Never do this unless you've already tried that, first, then do this. Doing it this way is harmless. No! This could kill you unless you have done that.
It's not unusual for there to be a world full of experts who all contradict each other. It's useful sometimes and helps one to apply some healthy skepticism before diving in to one method or the other without more research. But then the more you research you sometimes feel like you're back where you started. You just don't know what to do.
That's what I mean about Web Voodoo.
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