Monday, July 8, 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

Pure Leaf tea by Lipton

Well, just bought a bottle of Green tea with honey from Pure Leaf. Its actually pretty good! The only problem might be considered that because they fill the bottle full there is no way to adequately mix the flavor before drinking. You have to drink some to make space, cap, then shake bottle. This evens out the flavor. Before doing this the tea is rather light (read watery) but after shaking the bottle the distinct taste of ginseng and honey came out. This is a drink I would get again!

Mobile Blogger client

Yeah so I have installed a mobile client. This should be interesting. Maybe I'll actually making use of this blog now. XD

UPDATE: It WORKS!!!!!! Of course it also hasn't increase the posting to this site. XD

Old people and feeding animals

So just watched an old man feeding pidgins. He got a warning from security that it is prohibited to feed the birds. There is an old man who lives near me who apparently cooks a pot of rice specifically to feed to birds. There is a woman who frequents an open lot and feeds the cats there. The lot is located across the street from the local humane society but they won't do anything about the feral cats. If you call the humane society they tell you to come by and pick up traps and to drop the traps off when anything is caught. What the hell. So what do you do again?
There is a park nearby and a woman goes there to feed the cats. She said that she is licenced and so is allowed to feed the cats and we should also have the kids on this particular outting not to mess with the cats. Well of course I checked with the humane society and the local university to check this out. I have never heard of a licenced animal feeder. Both responded to the negative about there being a licence let alone someone with the resposibility to feed feral animals.

Yeah. I don't get people.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Iceland plans to ban Internet porn. Sparks uproar.

Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir, a prominent advocate of online freedom said, "the key to protecting children and others from hardcore harm is for citizens to better inform themselves about the Internet and how it works."

So at least one person in government actually gets it.

Not that I'm advocating for porn (they have their own supporters), but I am advocating for a more educated Internet user. Why should 'net users have laws crammed down our throats because people can't be bothered to take some time and smarten up. Geez we put warning labels on products why don't we just ban those items too. Are we saying that are citizenry is just too frikken stoopid tooz unnerstan? Porn is an easy target. Not really socially acceptable, yet someone must be consuming it somewhere because they are still raking in billions. Maybe there are a few really rich reclusive porn consumers or else people just aren't admitting that they occasionally partake of adult entertainment. Yes, I know that Iceland is talking about the sub-genre of adult entertainment that deviates from what most people consider normal.

And once this COUNTRY-wide porn ban is in place, which is either going to be rather lax because of an ill conceived porn definition. Or else extremely draconian because they threw every possible permutation of "porn" into the filter. Ok, I guess we will just not expect much research into human sexuality to come out of Iceland. How long before this is attempted by other countries? We already know that there is censorship of the Internet in certain countries.

And why would anyone want to follow Iceland as an example. They were short sighted enough to create a credit driven economy. All their banks failed. Oh and now they are capable of deciding what is appropriate on the Internet.

The Internet is a whole big wonderful tool. It allows access to an incredible amount of information. But like everything else there is a dark and ugly side. Why is there always a someone, somewhere has to decide "yup, I think I will bend a rule. I'm not breaking it per se but not quite following it either." You've seen this mentality. The driver that passes the Speed Limit sign that reads 25, but I'm only going 32... Uh, yeah. It takes more time and a longer distance to stop the momentum that extra 7 mph. The "Please take one" candies that seems to disappear faster than there were people around to partake of this treat.

Really. I'm also not saying people should be ants either. But there should be a happy medium. A compromise that allows for a stable society and yet flexible to allow for growth.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Happy New Year!!! XD

Well, its now 3 days into the new year. The world has dodged the Mayan apocalypse (yes, yes I know…), the U.S. has averted its “fiscal cliff” (sort of), and the rest of the known world is marching along to the beat of its own drum.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Windows Live Writer

I read about this piece of software and thought that I would give it a try.
So here it is, the sample post created and posted from Windows Live Writer!

UPDATED: Sorry, I realized that I forgot to post the info on this software. :( I will also have this is a backup file account soon (just in case).


Windows Live Writer 

Windows Live Writer makes blogging a breeze. You can add photos and videos, format everything just so, and publish to most blogging services. Note that clicking "Download" means you agree to the Microsoft service agreement and privacy statement. Additional details below.

File Name: wlsetup-web.exe

Download link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/4/6/C46A51B4-7DCF-4699-A966-6EEEEB087930/wlsetup-web.exe

Size: 1.1 Mb

Install Instructions:

  1. Click the Download button on this page to start the download, or select a different language from the Change language drop-down list and click Change.
  2. Where you see a company or publisher listed in a security message, make sure the company name is Microsoft Corporation. If so, then it is safe to click Run, Continue, or Allow.
  3. The installer will open. Select the programs you want to install*, and then click Next.
    *Previously installed Windows Live programs will also be updated if you don't have the latest versions installed yet.
  4. Sit back and relax, or do other things on your computer while you wait. Installation shouldn't take more than a few minutes on a broadband connection.
  5. When it's done, you'll find your new programs in the Windows Live folder on the Windows Start menu. 
Additional functionality by Plug-Ins:
http://plugins.live.com/writer/browse?orderby=featured&page=1

And yes, I really am looking into using this software more. XD