I kept forgetting to upload this. SVC has an app (at least for Android), and after I installed it, here’s the screen, this made me smile:
I’m unable at the moment (while I’m still trying to fix the backend, and quite frankly, some of the front) of the new site) to post the videos that go along with this article, but it’s worth a read: a college newspaper does an entire edition without technology.
I copy edit by hand, I miss too many things if I’m only looking at it on the screen. And I’ve done extremely simple layouts by hand, but doing an entire issue would not only be a fun challenge, but also amazingly crazy!
Too long to be a TV ad, but still worth passing around:
I meant to post this before, but enjoy:
I’m just going to start off (I’m yelling this in my head): World’s biggest lightsaber
The blog over at The Office of Letters and Light has a great blog post about the important of hufflepuffs. Make sure to read the whole thing, but here’s a snippet:
But we all know a Hufflepuff. Some of our closest friends are probably Hufflepuffs. A Hufflepuff will split a cookie with you, and give you the bigger half without even thinking about it. Hufflepuffs always know how to defuse awkward situations. They make the best wingmen. They’re not dramatic, they don’t fish for compliments, and they never have problems dealing with change. When your ego gets the best of you, a Hufflepuff will keep it in check. Hufflepuffs are charismatic, empathetic, and easy to take for granted because they put their friends before anyone else.
Why? They don’t need a reason why. A Hufflepuff doesn’t need to know the good deeds you’ve done, or how powerful your wand is, and a Hufflepuff doesn’t care how you do at math (thank goodness).
So, remember the crazy debate of the Park 51 mosque? What if it opened and no one noticed? Yeah, world is still spinning, I promise.
More later, I promise, just wanted to pass on a few links before I lost them.
Just a short test post from my Nook to see if this will work.
Quick update for everyone, let’s see what the Internet has brought us today:
First up, check out these awesome Crayola sculptures:
Copyranter is one of my favorite blogs, and I especially love his glee at this story. Make sure you read it until his last sentence.
The next Abarat book, which I’ve been waiting for for about five years, comes out on Tuesday. I’m very, very excited:
This is awesome, and amazing. Technology can start to recreate movies from what you see in your mind. Awesome possibilities, especially for the future of storytelling.
Two more quick posts from Copyranter. First, awesome use of cables to advertise:
And lastly, awesome fortune cookies:
I especially love the expiration date one.
I’ll be back soon with more, but for now, I need to head out, I’ve been at Panera for too long at this point.
Written: 09/25/2011
I’ve been writing as “The King of Spades,” for a few different reasons. So I thought I’d search online to see what else is out there under the same name.
First up, King of Spades Online…who makes…spades! You know, shovels!
Next up, The King of Spades…the MMORPG! Looks interesting, but I don’t have enough time to play any more games, so sadly, I’ll have to pass on this one.
And then I went to Wikipedia. Here is the description of the King of Spades:
It is representative of a person who is intelligent and authoritative in judgment, and is not easy to get along with. In the art of card fortune telling, the King of Spades is viewed as a dishonest lawyer
Maybe I should have called myself the King of Clubs instead:
The King of clubs has the meaning of good character and loyalty and the realization of ideals. The card is said to be one who has great power, but one who is not aware of this, and is outwardly cheerful but inwardly reserved.
All my best
The King of Spades
Written: 09/25/2011
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell ended on Tuesday. I’ll have a lot more to write about this, I have some amazing videos and articles to share about it. This post is going to be all over the place as I try to grapple with what’s going on in the military, in the Boy Scouts and in my head.
I’ve been trying to figure my own emotions about this, and I’ve found that I’m conflicted, and I shouldn’t be.
Of course this is fantastic news. The world hasn’t ended, soldiers can serve their country openly, and the world actually is a better place.
I find myself wishing for more, and selfishly, wishing that I could have the same freedoms.
And then of course, I beat myself up because I’m feeling that way. I’m a human being and deserve the same dignity and respect that others are given. So part of me gets mad at myself for feeling what I’m feeling. But they are my emotions, and I need to own them.
Like I said, it’s a whole lot of craziness going on inside my mind right now. It’s kind of turmoil in there.
I’ve been waiting for some sort of horrible reaction to reach me, either on Facebook, or at work, but so far nothing has. Granted, the GOP debate filled that hole, and I’ll be writing about that later, but personally, I’m thinking either the people around me are actually thinking rationally, or I’ve done a good job hiding all my bigoted acquaintances from my Facebook feed.
I wasn’t supposed to be at work on Tuesday, the first day without DADT, but due to a board meeting, and the apparent necessity of a presentation, even though I was dead tired (as was the whole team), so the day passed by unnoticed by me, as I think it did most people: The sky didn’t fall, the seas didn’t boil. As the British are keen to say (now at least, since it’s trendy), everyone kept calm and carried on.
Do I wish better for me, yes. Do I wish we didn’t have to fight for basic rights, yes. But by the same token, I can appreciate the fact that we have fought and won for what we have. That nothing has been handed to us and that we have picked ourselves up and demanded equality. So we keep fighting, we have to. I think the struggle wears me down. Probably more often than I want to admit. But the fight also keeps me going.
For now, my mind will keep reeling, as I try to understand now only the world around me, but how I fit into it, and how I see it. I’ll be back with more, I have a lot more to talk about this subject. But for now:
All my best,
The King of Spades
