Why Wikipedia is Awesome
The comic will explain itself. I submitted this one with high hopes, mainly because it’s true. When you go to Wikipedia, you can’t NOT start looking at other topics.read more | digg story
Merry Christmas, Many Days Late
Hey guys, so it’s all over now! I’m less than a week late, but oh well. I received Mac OS X Leopard, a new keyboard, and iPod nano among other things! So what’d you guys get? Or what did you give? Shortest post ever.
Here we are, Christmas Eve
Gee, guys. It’s almost Christmas and I don’t know anyone who hasn’t told me they’re excited. Perhaps it’s a little odd, but I’m not nearly as excited for this Christmas as the last. I mean, I’m still excited, but this December hasn’t felt like Christmas for me. It’s going to be a white Christmas and the carols play on all around me, but I can’t put my finger on it. It’s slightly disturbing that all of Canada and parts of the US have been trying to remove use of the word ‘Christmas’, and maybe that’s affecting me a bit too much.
It’s been 3 years that my persona has existed within a blog, and although this has been the second iteration of that, the memories live on. Last year I posted on my blog a page called the memorial wall, and this year will be no different. Tomorrow, on Christmas day, you’ll find an updated the.christmas.wall page. This years wall is very different from last years, but the idea behind it remains the same – to thank all those that have supported me throughout the years. I really appreciate all you guys have done for me, keep it up!
Merry Christmas, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
EDIT: I’m disappointed, WordPress. Either they have a major error, or they’re also trying to sensor Christmas. I can’t tag my post with “Christmas”, only “Christma”. How about that?
The case of CS3’s icons
Come on Adobe, what’s the deal?
So we all know that the CS3 suit has come a rather long time ago. We’ve heard all sorts of complaints about the new icons. (Photoshop CS3’s icon, pictured left). I know the last thing you want to hear is that I hate the CS3 icons. We’ve heard it already. I’m here to say that I don’t — I really don’t.
I thought I would, though. And I did, for a time. When the beta came out, I thought to my self, “this is honestly the coolest temporary icon I’ve seen in a while”. I thought it was cool because I thought that it was nice of Adobe to give us a remotely viewable temporary icon, not because I thought it was an amazing icon overall.
The beta comes and goes, and the icon hasn’t left with it. Adobe, I think you forgot to change icon files!
But no, that’s the icon. In fact, a similar scheme is followed with each of the CS3 applications. People think to themselves, “what’s so creative about these Creative Suite icons?” There isn’t anything creative about them. I remember someone saying “this is what happens when the marketing team takes over the graphic design”. They’re coloured boxes with abbreviated names in them. Yippy?
So I thought I would hate these things. I really did. I even switched to Adam Betts‘ CS3 icon replacements. I loved them, and for months I used them. Yet suddenly, one day I think to myself – I’d really like to go default again. I couldn’t find the old icons anywhere, just replacements. Here I was, wanting to go backwards, and the world would only go forward.
In fact, at that time I was going backwards with a lot of UI features. For example, I ditched UNO (Mac OS X). I wanted to see what Apple had given me in the first place. I was becoming a purist.
Really, I think this is why I now love the CS3 icons so much. I’m a purist. I never got my original icons back until I reinstalled the applications. Being a purist, I don’t think I’ll be doing too much customization when I upgrade to Leopard.
Wow, I’m weird, changing tenses and all.
Math Teacher DIVIDES BY ZERO (Not Satire)
Schoolchildren from Caversham have become the first to learn a brand new theory that dividing by zero is possible using a new number – ‘nullity’. But the suggestion has left many mathematicians cold.
WHOA!
The King of Nerds
Hey peeps,
Upon wondering whether or not I should write a blog post, I began to reflect on a recent “response” done for English class. It was about the comedy that is life. I don’t think J.K. Rowling, or J.R.R. Tolkien, or Shakespeare, or even Mr. DeBartolo could write any situation that’s better than life in itself. If life were a person, he (or she) would be the funniest jerk I’d have ever met in my entire life.
Why though?
Well, think about it. At least in my shoes. I’m not the most popular guy on the planet, clearly. I wouldn’t call myself the stereotypical nerd, either. I mean, I’m interested in technology while also never being in a serious relationship, but I’ve also got a crap load of friends. Each and every one of those friends is different, and I wouldn’t ever change that.
So where does this fit in? This hasn’t happened to me, but I can only hope it does: Nerds sprout up. Look at Bill Gates, the man who co-founded Microsoft. I’m betting he didn’t get lucky during high school (or even college for that matter). But how many years later, where did he end up? He became the richest man in the world. (Not anymore, but he was for a good amount of time).
This all leads into my theory. Life really is a comedian, and no one can argue with that. 99% of all the high-ranked jocks won’t get passed a job at McDonald’s by the time they’re 25. Maybe we were made fun of, and hurt, and persecuted throughout high school, but our time to shine is near.
Don’t worry – if you’re in my position, you have so much to hope for. A bright future with all the furnishings. Don’t waste the opportunities you have – they’ll take you further than your social status will lead you to believe.
