2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News: A prognostication... It's rather interesting to just go through the map, thinking about it all, taking it all in...
Seven days left and then we'll all be able to put this year and a half to rest.
Thank God.
27 October 2008
26 October 2008
The Most Overhyped Gadgets
Yahoo! Shopping: The biggest let-downs? How have they been for you, should you've gone for them? I have nothing on this list.
Sarah Palin = Maleficent
Earlier, my friend Mike posted a tweet with the following question: "What if Disney did a movie about Sarah Palin?"
At first, I'd though, "Oh, they had, Snow White!" Then, as I was in the shower (naturally, because these things always happen in the shower), I was thinking, "No, not quite, there's someone better." And then she hit me.
Maleficent wasn't quite so known but in her little corner of the realm because that's how she's seen it fit for all this time, but then makes a stunning appearance during a major focus of the realm's attention. She's certainly got the attention of a good deal of homosexual males because "there's just something about her." All of a sudden, everyone starts talking about her for what she says during that major event, and it's her name everyone talks about. Her name is on everyone's lips, and it's her, and then this other one-eyed, old crow.
Her goblin legions do her work while she's concentrating on her work, but as time goes on, Maleficent shows even more character to where the old crow eventually abandons her too after his usefulness has withered (we never do see Diablo after he's done his work, do we?), and close to the end of everything, she turns into a heaving, fearsome dragon in a last-ditch effort to save all she's worked for.
Sarah Palin is Maleficent.
Thoughts?
At first, I'd though, "Oh, they had, Snow White!" Then, as I was in the shower (naturally, because these things always happen in the shower), I was thinking, "No, not quite, there's someone better." And then she hit me.
Maleficent wasn't quite so known but in her little corner of the realm because that's how she's seen it fit for all this time, but then makes a stunning appearance during a major focus of the realm's attention. She's certainly got the attention of a good deal of homosexual males because "there's just something about her." All of a sudden, everyone starts talking about her for what she says during that major event, and it's her name everyone talks about. Her name is on everyone's lips, and it's her, and then this other one-eyed, old crow.
Her goblin legions do her work while she's concentrating on her work, but as time goes on, Maleficent shows even more character to where the old crow eventually abandons her too after his usefulness has withered (we never do see Diablo after he's done his work, do we?), and close to the end of everything, she turns into a heaving, fearsome dragon in a last-ditch effort to save all she's worked for.
Sarah Palin is Maleficent.
Thoughts?
25 October 2008
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint Just By Carrying Your Phone
TreeHugger: Any one Crackberried wants to test this for me?
New Macbook Pro: What's the Eco-Impact of Building a MacBook from a Single Piece of Aluminum?
TreeHugger: Yes, it's another "green" article, but I really like them... Seeing as how some of you are ogling and eyeing the new MacBook, might as well as give another spin on it, eh?
Five Outstanding Green Restaurants
TreeHugger: These are the leaders people should look towards. It just takes a little effort if one would give it a chance.
19 October 2008
Army probes five slayings linked to soldiers in Colorado brigade
CNN.com: And yet another one... Are they just lowering their standards that all these violent guys are seeping into the armed forces? Only research can tell, because it's probable the forces themselves will say nothing.
10 October 2008
Why I Love My Phone in 1500 Characters
I've submitted this to a "Your Story" column, just because I felt like this... Seriously, do you guys use your phone much? I want to hear from you! What do you do with your phone? Is it just something you talk on, or is it your all-in-all?
My phone has become almost irrefutably my life, partly because of the portability, usability and because of the myriad of applications I've used to expand the usability. I go on the Internet roughly 5-8 times a day exclusively on my phone, upload content all the time to my blogs, read my news from it, access all four of my e-mail accounts... Seriously, about 99% of my Twitter updates and responses alone come from my phone.
What I like most about my phone, though, is that it's helped me enormously with my quest to become ever greener by nearly eliminating my casual paper usage.I was going to an afternoon meeting with my boss, his assistant and the corporate auditor, and when everyone was bringing a pad and paper to take notes, here I was with Julianus (what I call my phone affectionately). While everyone was writing notes the "old-fashioned way," this self-proclaimed 21st Century boy was typing away, adding to a task I'd set up and making notes for later. It may take longer, but I've taken pride in the fact that I've decreased paper usage by one more person.
I was in another meeting that required a lot of reference material. While everyone else, it seems, was plodding away trying to find a specific text, I'd already scanned the texts to my Documents application earlier and had all the answers and references right there. I could answer questions a lot more efficiently than the others because the information was right there, and without all the weight!
I *love* my phone.
My phone has become almost irrefutably my life, partly because of the portability, usability and because of the myriad of applications I've used to expand the usability. I go on the Internet roughly 5-8 times a day exclusively on my phone, upload content all the time to my blogs, read my news from it, access all four of my e-mail accounts... Seriously, about 99% of my Twitter updates and responses alone come from my phone.
What I like most about my phone, though, is that it's helped me enormously with my quest to become ever greener by nearly eliminating my casual paper usage.I was going to an afternoon meeting with my boss, his assistant and the corporate auditor, and when everyone was bringing a pad and paper to take notes, here I was with Julianus (what I call my phone affectionately). While everyone was writing notes the "old-fashioned way," this self-proclaimed 21st Century boy was typing away, adding to a task I'd set up and making notes for later. It may take longer, but I've taken pride in the fact that I've decreased paper usage by one more person.
I was in another meeting that required a lot of reference material. While everyone else, it seems, was plodding away trying to find a specific text, I'd already scanned the texts to my Documents application earlier and had all the answers and references right there. I could answer questions a lot more efficiently than the others because the information was right there, and without all the weight!
I *love* my phone.
02 October 2008
2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate Debate Thoughts
I caught it a little late because my computer was defragmenting, but when I did, I was glad I stayed to watch it. It's the first thing I watched as a person newly without cable!
I liked this one better than the Presidential Candidate debate #1 because they actually interacted. They weren't (completely) hostile, though Sarah Palin sounded scripted. Glad to see she doesn't change very much, eh?
The only thing about Joe Biden is that he kept pronouncing things really... interestingly. On pronunciations, Sarah Palin says "nucular" instead of "nuclear."
I liked that they were rather light-hearted. They both smiled, and took strides with it. There were a few jabs, and even a low blow that had me going "OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH" out loud, but it was good.
During the debate I was drawing Sarah Palin's U.S. flag pin because I liked the design. I'm a horrible artist, but it gave me a chance to test out my new (and by new I mean second-hand) graphics tablet. I like it so far. Hopefully I can develop another side of my creativity.
So, there's my horrible artwork up above! Toodles!
01 October 2008
Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives
MakeUseOf.com: Just in case you hadn't heard of any of these...
6 alternatives to help you ditch cable television
Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers: I'm seriously considering it, and it comes more each day. I've been thinking about it for a while, actually. I thought about it when I'd gone to North Carolina for a weekend and realised that I'd not turned on the television once.
I realise that every weekend, when Saturdays and Sundays generally happen with the TV off. The only thing I think about now is Stargate, and it's probable I can get that on the Internet somehow as well. The Internet is the way of the future, is it not? I mean, the moment that we decide to give up our consumerism and develop ourselves instead for the sake of human improvement, we'll progress, right?
I think I'm going to do it. Sorry, Comcast. You've just lost a little revenue.
I realise that every weekend, when Saturdays and Sundays generally happen with the TV off. The only thing I think about now is Stargate, and it's probable I can get that on the Internet somehow as well. The Internet is the way of the future, is it not? I mean, the moment that we decide to give up our consumerism and develop ourselves instead for the sake of human improvement, we'll progress, right?
I think I'm going to do it. Sorry, Comcast. You've just lost a little revenue.
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