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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Jingle Bells

Vancouver loses in terms of holiday spirit. The lack of snow is the probable cause, but who knows! Baking shortbread cookies just doesn’t feel right (but I still did because, let’s face it, it still feels pretty good) and my heart breaks at the lack of Christmas lights. I want this city to look like a Lite Brite and it JUST ISN’T, and it’s JUST SAD.

At least I have Smokey to keep me company. Thanks friend, I needed to hear this voice of yours. You’re keeping my cheer alive.

I just bought 22 pounds of flour because it was a really good deal. TWENTY TWO POUNDS.

Remember how much I hated this motherfucking waste?

Thank you SO MUCH for the new umbrella, Emanuel. I love you!

Use of Internet Manifesto

judahkong:

1. Assume everything on the internet is public, that is potentially and assumed to be seen by everybody else in the world. Therefore:

(a) Do not do anything on the internet that you do not want other people to know about.

(b) Do not write or say anything on the internet that you do not want other people to find out about.

(c) Including e-mail, finances, professional, and social information.

2. Your face is seen by anybody walking by on the street. Why not those you come into contact with on the internet? Therefore:

(a) Why bother making information or images private on social networking sites?

(b) Why bother ‘untagging’ images of youself on social networking sites?

3. Assume that people who have found you online are there to see you in your domain. Regardless of whether you have ‘friended’ that person, or they have ‘friended’ you, assume that they are looking at your information because they want to. Therefore:

(a) Self censorship has no place in this, for if they are the seekers, then you are the sought- they are finding out about you on your terms.

(b) I have no B for this, but I want all three sections to look equal.

I totally agree. I also hate when people obsessively restrict their profiles, complain about old peers adding them on Facebook (who gives a shit?) or change their Facebook name so that people can’t find them. Things will leak someway, somehow! Besides, what makes their information so much more important to protect than anything you or I put online?

Oh right! I’m sorry, I just totally forgot that the internet is SERIOUS BUSINESS.

(My only addendum to this would be teachers, who should definitely restrict their profiles in an effort to not be totally weird and social-network their students. Because that is gross).

The internet really does know us.

The internet really does know us.

Wondrous.

Okay, Google Wave seems like it will turn into something pretty handy but there is something I do not understand - why is everyone so impressed by being able to view real-time typing?

Doesn’t anyone remember ICQ Chat? IT’S JUST 1996 AGAIN, GUYS.

Aw, ICQ Chat. It really was this terrible!

Is there someone in this world who actually enjoys Sandra Bullock?

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