fulltime is sad without wikipedia. How many times have I accidentally looked up concepts for a project I'm doing at work, clicking mindlessly on the wiki link or even purposefully searching for it? Countless times! But, turns out, if you look at the pages in a different language or simple English, they're still available!
Pretty pictures from Russia.
Powdered alcohol sounds insane, but I guess it's real!
18 January 2012
17 January 2012
DAY SEVENTY TWO
Wednesday will be a sad, sad day for everyone who loves internet research: Wikipedia is shutting itself down for one day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act.
The protest is planned for 24 hours, starting on 18 January 2012, and is being embraced by a number of websites, including Reddit, Boing Boing and one of my personal favs, Good.is. Other companies objecting to the bill include Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter, eBay, Rumblr, Etsy, Zynga, the EFF, ACLU, HRW, and craigslist, which now has a corner of its website devoted to the bill.
What is it? In a nutshell, it will allow those who believe content is violating copyright laws/intellectual property laws to shut down the entirety of a website facilitating the violation. Companies could also have their funds cut off:
Why are there protests against the bill? Concerns range from the impact that the bill will have on internet companies to the threats it would have on whistle-blowing activities and human rights, and allowing companies and individuals to inhibit free speech activities.
Demonstrating that he's never seen Human Target season 1 episode 2, Michigan congressman John Conyers postulated that it's unlikely that the bill (or anything) could "break the internet." For one day, at least, the proposed bill will be breaking my heart.
For those of you in the US, write or call your Representatives to protest. For those outside the US, sign the EFF's petition.
The protest is planned for 24 hours, starting on 18 January 2012, and is being embraced by a number of websites, including Reddit, Boing Boing and one of my personal favs, Good.is. Other companies objecting to the bill include Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter, eBay, Rumblr, Etsy, Zynga, the EFF, ACLU, HRW, and craigslist, which now has a corner of its website devoted to the bill.
What is it? In a nutshell, it will allow those who believe content is violating copyright laws/intellectual property laws to shut down the entirety of a website facilitating the violation. Companies could also have their funds cut off:
If you ran a Web site that used PayPal or accepted payment via MasterCard, for example, and someone thought your site contained pirated content, they could contact PayPal or MasterCard and have those companies cut off access to your site, effectively shutting down your business.Major supporters include the RIAA, MPAA, other major news and music companies, Chemical companies including Dow, and PhRMA, the national pharmaceutical lobbying company. Very confusing supporters include Juicy Couture, Ralph Lauren, VISA, Mastercard, and a *large* number of labor organizations.
Why are there protests against the bill? Concerns range from the impact that the bill will have on internet companies to the threats it would have on whistle-blowing activities and human rights, and allowing companies and individuals to inhibit free speech activities.
Demonstrating that he's never seen Human Target season 1 episode 2, Michigan congressman John Conyers postulated that it's unlikely that the bill (or anything) could "break the internet." For one day, at least, the proposed bill will be breaking my heart.
For those of you in the US, write or call your Representatives to protest. For those outside the US, sign the EFF's petition.
16 January 2012
DAYS SEVENTY AND SEVENTY ONE
fulltimesucks apologizes for the horrible, horrible failure to update recently.
Did you know that white baby portabello mushrooms are also called button mushrooms? Crazy, huh! I learned that when looking up various root vegetables (actually, while then wondering what kind of mushroom I bought because it looks a little different than button mushrooms), having made a committment to purchasing and using new foods every week, ones that I've never cooked with before.
Inspired by my recent discovery of brussel sprouts, facilitated by my learning how to cook leeks, along with last year's new knowledge of how to cook celery root, this week at the market I purchased a root vegetable that I had no clue what it was. Actually, there are a lot of vegetables that I have no idea what they look like. Rutabega, turnips, etc - lots of them look alike. Or different. I wouldn't know. I also got beets. Turns out the mystery root vegetables are probably black radishes. Stay tuned for weekly updates of various vegetables I'll be sampling, and come by to help me get rid of my horrible clothes and eat said root vegetables (and mushroom risotto - another thing I've never cooked before)!
The market's also got some new mushroom varieties.
This weekend was super action-packed. From breakfast for dinner, pizza twice in one day, Mushy getting to meet her future life-partner, a fundraiser for square peg theatre, getting my hair all föned up for the first time, and the opening of baris's new bar, one really fun thing that happened was a flash mob. i'm in the picture there, kind of hidden by the japanese tourists. You absolutely cannot see me, but I chose the stupidest pose in the history of six minute flash mobs: charlies angels, with my arms pointing up. It's really, really hard to keep your arms up in the air for six minutes.
Do you need a cage??
I miss good beer, especially those with brewing processes involving dinosaurs. The letter there to a lawyer is awesome.
Mmmmm. Recipes for cheap food. Not as applicable here in Turkey because our prices are all wonky, but really pretty shots and nice recipes!
Crows that sled! Read/watch.
A great photo lineup of people in T-town. Link may be a little messed up for you but try just changing the 'm.facebook' to 'www.facebook'.
Thanks, Jesus!!
Did you know that white baby portabello mushrooms are also called button mushrooms? Crazy, huh! I learned that when looking up various root vegetables (actually, while then wondering what kind of mushroom I bought because it looks a little different than button mushrooms), having made a committment to purchasing and using new foods every week, ones that I've never cooked with before.
Inspired by my recent discovery of brussel sprouts, facilitated by my learning how to cook leeks, along with last year's new knowledge of how to cook celery root, this week at the market I purchased a root vegetable that I had no clue what it was. Actually, there are a lot of vegetables that I have no idea what they look like. Rutabega, turnips, etc - lots of them look alike. Or different. I wouldn't know. I also got beets. Turns out the mystery root vegetables are probably black radishes. Stay tuned for weekly updates of various vegetables I'll be sampling, and come by to help me get rid of my horrible clothes and eat said root vegetables (and mushroom risotto - another thing I've never cooked before)!
The market's also got some new mushroom varieties.
This weekend was super action-packed. From breakfast for dinner, pizza twice in one day, Mushy getting to meet her future life-partner, a fundraiser for square peg theatre, getting my hair all föned up for the first time, and the opening of baris's new bar, one really fun thing that happened was a flash mob. i'm in the picture there, kind of hidden by the japanese tourists. You absolutely cannot see me, but I chose the stupidest pose in the history of six minute flash mobs: charlies angels, with my arms pointing up. It's really, really hard to keep your arms up in the air for six minutes.
Do you need a cage??
I miss good beer, especially those with brewing processes involving dinosaurs. The letter there to a lawyer is awesome.
Mmmmm. Recipes for cheap food. Not as applicable here in Turkey because our prices are all wonky, but really pretty shots and nice recipes!
Crows that sled! Read/watch.
A great photo lineup of people in T-town. Link may be a little messed up for you but try just changing the 'm.facebook' to 'www.facebook'.
Thanks, Jesus!!
12 January 2012
DAY SIXTY NINE POST TWO
Fun fact: either someone was searching through google and went 20+ pages back (I stopped after that) for a search term, happening to stumble upon my blog after researching 20+ pages... Or one of my Google+ contacts searched the term "ephebophilia" and stumbled upon my blog. It's up to you which is true: that some rando searched through thousands of pages to find mine or if a contact here is interested in various philias. Betting can begin on who it was tomorrow.
Turns out that free coding website kind of sucks. Or at least really does not explain well what's going on. I'm quite inclined to do it via MIT instead, but will tough out the online thing another lesson or two to see how it's going. They do have a pretty interface which crashes easily if you create a circular or perpetual code, which I have now managed to do three separate times.
REMEMBER ALL FAITHFUL FULLTIME READERS, FRIDAY THE 13TH MARKS TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS: ONE, MY DAD WAS BORN (yay!!!) and two:
ASIAN INVASION. God, that continent is far away. It feels far away, that is... And is actually only a 30 minute or so trip. Let's leave the high paced stress of Europe behind and count the chopsticks in Asia this Friday! And don't forget to top it off with a trip to Reina this Saturday, where I'll be donning my Russian-prostitute outfit (minus the food stains and spill marks on my white t-thing, plus the GLITTER dress) and wearing a blond wig. Get your wig on, confuse the other half, and come with us!
Turns out that free coding website kind of sucks. Or at least really does not explain well what's going on. I'm quite inclined to do it via MIT instead, but will tough out the online thing another lesson or two to see how it's going. They do have a pretty interface which crashes easily if you create a circular or perpetual code, which I have now managed to do three separate times.
REMEMBER ALL FAITHFUL FULLTIME READERS, FRIDAY THE 13TH MARKS TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS: ONE, MY DAD WAS BORN (yay!!!) and two:
ASIAN INVASION. God, that continent is far away. It feels far away, that is... And is actually only a 30 minute or so trip. Let's leave the high paced stress of Europe behind and count the chopsticks in Asia this Friday! And don't forget to top it off with a trip to Reina this Saturday, where I'll be donning my Russian-prostitute outfit (minus the food stains and spill marks on my white t-thing, plus the GLITTER dress) and wearing a blond wig. Get your wig on, confuse the other half, and come with us!
DAY SIXTY NINE
Murders linked to Iran's nuclear program. Rick Sanatorum thinks murder is "a wonderful thing." Campos and Lemieux think that "the arbitrary murder of civilians still wrong". If you don't read Lawyers, Guns and Money, do.
This year is the year of productive skills. Last year was the year of being lazy. So far, I've started learning to code, arranged Turkish classes, and have set a violin-purchasing expedition into motion. Other skills I plan to hone this year include getting my hair and nails did weekly and wearing high heels with grace. What will you be doing?
This year is the year of productive skills. Last year was the year of being lazy. So far, I've started learning to code, arranged Turkish classes, and have set a violin-purchasing expedition into motion. Other skills I plan to hone this year include getting my hair and nails did weekly and wearing high heels with grace. What will you be doing?
11 January 2012
DAY O TRILOGY POST - POST THREE
to the guy who probably thought i was a stalker. roar!
Sad yall. One of my friends from science camp went to school with him.
This author has both a very poor understanding of market economics and an inability to discern utopian measures that will not work. Nona, Nona, Nona.
Tommy wrote this! Major congrats! And everyone else, read, read, read, read!! Though I'd hardly call someone who drove a Bentley for a week -- even if it was lent from a sketch mobster who is criminally represented by Tommy's dad -- and went to GPS as solidly middle class.
Sad yall. One of my friends from science camp went to school with him.
This author has both a very poor understanding of market economics and an inability to discern utopian measures that will not work. Nona, Nona, Nona.
Tommy wrote this! Major congrats! And everyone else, read, read, read, read!! Though I'd hardly call someone who drove a Bentley for a week -- even if it was lent from a sketch mobster who is criminally represented by Tommy's dad -- and went to GPS as solidly middle class.
TRILOGY OF DAYS POST TWO
Another story from 420characters by Lou Beach, a series of stories written in the style of status updates:
I'm in love with Charlton Heston, but the one from before he became a wackjob Republican. Once time travel is perfected, we'll be together like we are meant to be. There's just something about over-dramatized old movies that i love! AND, he lived in Rosscomon county, which is where my okcupid 99% match/highest match of all people in Istanbul's dad lives.
It is Nicholas Steno's birthday. Without doing any external research, I'm going to guess that's where the term "stenography" came from. He seems relatively boring but maybe some geography/geology/natural science folks feel differently. Maybe.
I hope you all know how much I love good.is. I love that they have a series called "people are awesome." This one is about paying it forward.
While attempting to find Rick & Steve, a series I want to watch about "the happiest gay couple in all the world", I instead found this shocking news: Legos make you gay. I wonder if the 'girl legos' (no assembly required... or possibly allowed...) also do this?
HE WAITED all his life for a splashy catharsis, irrefutable evidence that a profound change had transformed him. It took him many years to realize that he had been altered each day by the sun's rising and the moon's movement, by the unfurling of his daughter's tiny hand to grasp his thumb, by the cat on his chest, by the glass of water his wife brought him before bedtime, by the questions his son asked.Reminds me of Brian Andreas. Except story people is way more sappy and less morbid (very few stories about accidentally cutting off the top of your own skull with a chainsaw to awake to your dog lapping your blood). An example:
One Halloween, my sister made a magic wand & she went around giving wishes to all my friends, but when she got glitter on all the candy they yelled at her & she went home crying & later on my mom made me share my candy with her & she was so happy she flung glitter all over & gave me an extra wish I know didn't work because I still have a sister who loves shiny stuff.But that's just for my glitter party. A real example:
Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.
I'm in love with Charlton Heston, but the one from before he became a wackjob Republican. Once time travel is perfected, we'll be together like we are meant to be. There's just something about over-dramatized old movies that i love! AND, he lived in Rosscomon county, which is where my okcupid 99% match/highest match of all people in Istanbul's dad lives.
It is Nicholas Steno's birthday. Without doing any external research, I'm going to guess that's where the term "stenography" came from. He seems relatively boring but maybe some geography/geology/natural science folks feel differently. Maybe.
I hope you all know how much I love good.is. I love that they have a series called "people are awesome." This one is about paying it forward.
While attempting to find Rick & Steve, a series I want to watch about "the happiest gay couple in all the world", I instead found this shocking news: Legos make you gay. I wonder if the 'girl legos' (no assembly required... or possibly allowed...) also do this?
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