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Update on the Black

November 23, 2007 Blacketh 2 comments

I sent a poke off to WordPress, and this is what I get…

“Hi,
It’s not quite that easy..
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html
http://techlogg.com/content/view/360/31/
-
Mark”

I read the articles. Lucky for me, all of our school computers are NOT LCD screens…well at least, I couldn’t find anything that said they were [I actually researched]. Pluuuus, my home computers are also NOT LCD…thanks to our outdated computers. So Blackle works for me, and hopefully it works for all of you, but I suppose keeping white is better for 75% of the computerified population. Those without LCDs: I hope you take initiative and invert the colours on your screens; I’ve already done that. On Macs, it’s easy: control + option + apple + 8. On Windows, it’s a bit harder, so I’ll let you figure that out. Thanks all! And thanks to WordPress for responding…I still love you guys…

…and feel a bit of a fool. That’s ok. All for the environment? =D

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Black

November 20, 2007 Blacketh 5 comments

Black is the new white! Well…at least for the Internet.
And at least for the general public…I was always obsessed with black. Well…not obsessed. Intrigued, how’s that?

Black, for the Internet, is so good. Well, for computers in general. First of all, a black background with white font is much easier on the eyes than the other way around. Want to bet? Would you rather look at the UCC anime website for an hour, or Google’s opening page for an hour? Which brings me to my current point…
…Google. Google is a widely-used search engine, arguably the most popular web site right now. Its layout is completely white, though…well, the background is white. Besides killing the eyes (and requiring you to get glasses, which is most definitely not eco-friendly), it also takes more energy for the screen to display white than it does to display black. Therefore, a black version of Google has been opened: http://www.blackle.com is a complete mirror of Google, except for one thing…it’s black. You can read more about the black eco-friendliness on the site.
Start a revolution. Change the way layouts are coloured, and use Blackle. When Blackle gets enough hits, hopefully it will tell web designers something. Hopefully, all websites will become black as default, as opposed to white. Make a difference and spare your eyes…use Blackle.

As I’m typing this, my eyes are seizing up because of WordPress’s pure white layout. I’m sending them a recommendation now. Send one to WordPress, to Facebook, to every website you know. When I get enough time, I’m changing my webpage layout and making everything black…so follow the movement and make all the green activists happy. Who knew the emos and the hardcore enviro people would be united on a front?

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France…? Francais…?

November 12, 2007 Blacketh 2 comments

Oui, je suis la cours de francais a l’ecole. (Au fait, je raterai…c’est la cours AP, en plus…) EN TOUT CAS. J’etais allee a la theatre avec ma classe pour voir une piece la semaine derniere. C’etait une piece de Moliere, la “Shakespeare francais”, je pense.
Au debut de la piece, mon acteur favori, Pierre, a chante une chanson. C’etait “Victime de la Mode”, de MC Solaar. C’etait du “rap” en francais, mais c’etait plus… …bon… …que le rap en englais.
Le rap en anglais n’a pas de la raison, c’est simplement les mots que les “rappeurs” disent. Mais en francais, meme c’est le rap, il y avait encore de la signification, du sens. Par exemple, “Victime de la Mode”, la chanson que Pierre a chante, parlait des problemes de la mode. Voici quelques paroles qui montre ma point:
“Esperons que vous avez compris
Les bases tres claires de ce code de deontologie
Prendre ou perdre quelques kilos
L’essentiel est d’etre vraiment bien dans sa peau”
Alors, meme si ces paroles sont chantees en “rap”, ils sont tres motivant en tout cas.

Mais MC Solaar, on peut dit, n’est pas un vraiment “hard” rappeur. Ses chansons sont un peu doux. On peut prendre, par exemple, Kamini, pour les references de rap plus dur. J’avais trouve Kamini quand j’etais en train de chercher les chansons d’Ilona (elle est une categorie completement differente XD). Kamini essayait d’etre tres cool avec ses femmes, et de ne pas porter beaucoup de vetements -se contracte- En tout cas, il employait les grosses mots d’anglais. Mais il ne dit pas ces cochonneries pour rien, comme les japonais qui utilisent les jurons sans but. Il dit:
“Un p’tit coup de motherfuck
You bitch bitch mother fuck (Yeaaaah…)
You mother fucker name…
Mais qu’est-ce ca veut dire ca…
[...]
Mais qu’est-ce ca veut dire ca
J’crois bien qu’ca veut rien dire ca
Mais les americains ils disent tous ca
(bah on va dire comme les américains !!)
Bah j’fais comme ca…”
Alors il dit que ces mots n’avait pas du sens, et il demande pourquoi les americans les disent. “Je crois bien qu’ca veut rien dire, ca”…

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Informing the World

November 10, 2007 Blacketh 1 comment

Nossie has updated his wordpress with delightful emo poetry.
Yayy.
You will find the link to your right located in my side bar.

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NOFI NOFI NOFI NOFI ANOTHER GUEST BLOG

November 6, 2007 Blacketh 7 comments

ok, cause other than that our hands are tied so… unless the computers are working. yeah, do an algorithm. when it says ‘using’ file do you… get file? yeah you can just say ‘get number’, you dont have to be that specific. there’s no new syntax for this. of course you will, it’s just that it’s not working right now. but yeah you’ll use your computer for sure, yeah. i hate macs (hil says – I LOVE MACS… Steph says… Max?) bumface

OK SO CAN I JUST SAY, french and saunders = life
life = french and saunders

Poetry moment:

Ode to My Love
your FACE is like a cheese nibblet, floating on the purple winds of the dawn of time.
glorious cheese nibblets
i hate you not, but you must do your algorithm
multiple cheese nibblets descend from the heavens, alighting on the
PRECIPICE
the SHARP
p
r
e
c
i
p
i
c
e
melting into the darkness of the past
cries a voice in the wilderness, “You know art people? She’s really smart when she says
‘THE DUE DATE IS IN
two days
t w o d a y s
twodays
today
tomorrow
cheese nibblets, melting into the fabric of time
cheese nibblets, reborn as choir is after school
cheese nibblets
today, tomorrow
c
h
e
e
s
e

Nothingness. ‘ “
N o t h i n g n e s s
Your face is like

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