I was running low on music (that is, I was/am/will continue to be sick of it all).
I tried Animal Crossing for quick browsing and picking out of good tunes.
Click the link.
Headdesk.
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Media. Hm. When I wrote that about a week ago, I did it so that it would be an open task.
The only media that ich weiß and am not alone in doing so is sparse.
So, Avatar is this film which succeeded in-
OH GOD DAMN IT ALL TO HELL I'LL JUST DO HARRY POTTER.
He might not even mind.
Harry Potter was considered a revolutionary series of books, giving, from what I garner, younger children a taste of the thrill of TLoTR, to name but one.
It starts with far more intrigue than most authors can ever aspire to, so that's all well and good. It has deep and involving characters and plot. It uses adventurous vocabulary. It has previously unexplored plot twists and turns, believable at every hurdle.
How about I leave it to y'all to figure out how much of the above I actually believe.
N.B.: Neville is best wizard.
The only media that ich weiß and am not alone in doing so is sparse.
So, Avatar is this film which succeeded in-
OH GOD DAMN IT ALL TO HELL I'LL JUST DO HARRY POTTER.
He might not even mind.
Harry Potter was considered a revolutionary series of books, giving, from what I garner, younger children a taste of the thrill of TLoTR, to name but one.
It
was
a
rip-off.
It starts with far more intrigue than most authors can ever aspire to, so that's all well and good. It has deep and involving characters and plot. It uses adventurous vocabulary. It has previously unexplored plot twists and turns, believable at every hurdle.
How about I leave it to y'all to figure out how much of the above I actually believe.
N.B.: Neville is best wizard.
Saturday 25 February 2012
Assorted
I said earlier that my Saturday posts would be on "one surprise category which will remain consistent, but I'd like to keep a surprise until then", but as there is a lack of material to work from today, I will attempt to find 10 things of interest instead.
- An awesome Chinese woman.
- An awesome Belgian gaming blog.
- A Japanese game site.
- Another.
- An Icelandic Pokémon site which is good.
- An absolutely awesome picture-book-esque-thing.
- A convenient website for perusal of anime.
- A funny YouTube thing (you don't have to start from the beginning).
- A webcomic.
- Possibly the most under-appreciated Tomska video (only 80,000 views).
Next week: the mystery subject -- revealed?
Friday 24 February 2012
Bearer of bad news
If Jai's too depressed to post *EXCUSE*, I'll break it to the world myself.
Le StormPencile has failed in its Dragon's Den pitch for £2,500.
The good news? We never really needed the money.
The bad news? Kinetic Bag/Briefcase got through. I'll try to be a good sport. They won *RIGGED* fair *CHEATED* and square *BRIBERY*.
Le StormPencile has failed in its Dragon's Den pitch for £2,500.
The good news? We never really needed the money.
The bad news? Kinetic Bag/Briefcase got through. I'll try to be a good sport. They won *RIGGED* fair *CHEATED* and square *BRIBERY*.
Breakdown of my first 3 days at school
POINT: I have had a lot of work to do.
EVIDENCE: I have stayed up until past midnight on two of three nights.
EXPLANATION: I have received around 6 pieces of homework for these days. I could not, however, complete or even start any of it until I came home from infuriationanarily long meetings on StormPencil, and finished downloading various Professor Layton themes. (The link, like, goes to a page with, liek, awesum musics.)
^DELIBERATE MISSPELLING FTW!!11!
EVIDENCE: I have stayed up until past midnight on two of three nights.
EXPLANATION: I have received around 6 pieces of homework for these days. I could not, however, complete or even start any of it until I came home from infuriationanarily long meetings on StormPencil, and finished downloading various Professor Layton themes. (The link, like, goes to a page with, liek, awesum musics.)
^DELIBERATE MISSPELLING FTW!!11!
Wednesday 22 February 2012
The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
What caused the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and what effect did it have?
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate about 1 cm and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. Its hypocenter was between Simeulue and Banda Aceh, mainland Indonesia, which therefore meant that this conflict-ravaged area was the worst affected.
The tsunami itself was caused due to a massive displacement of water. When the denser Indo-Australian Plate slipped under (subducted) the Eurasian Plate, instead of letting the Indo-Australian plate just subduct, the Eurasian Plate rebounded upwards about 20 metres, which is what caused such a massive displacement of water. This tsunami behaved very much like other tsunamis at first. When it was in deep water it travelled at a fast velocity of 1000km per hour, but slowed down to 10km per hour when in shallow water, creating extremely large destructive waves. Measuring no more than a few centimetres in open water, the tsunamis grew rapidly in height as they approached land. Some of these waves reached heights of 30m.
These tsunamis had utterly disastrous consequences. All of the countries affected were still developing countries, and the coastside buildings were mostly fishermen’s huts, or beach side resorts. This meant that the buildings were neither sturdy, nor prepared for any sort of natural disaster, let alone a tsunami. Tsunamis were not very common in the Indian Ocean, so the coastal communities in these countries were unaware of the threat posed by tsunamis, and therefore totally unable to cope. Many low-lying, flat islands in the Indian Ocean (e.g. The Maldives) had been hit as well, and the fishing and tourist establishments were right at the water’s edge to maximise use of the magnificent beaches. This meant that the tsunami rolled well inland, and even inundated some smaller islands. Perhaps one of the largest causes of the large death scale, is that there is no early tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. Only Thailand had one and even that clearly failed to work.
The United Nations has compiled an analysis that states that a total of 229866 people were lost, with 186983 dead, and another 42883 missing. In Myanmar, only 61 people were reported to be dead, but most people think that 400 to 600 people died.
Tuesday 21 February 2012
On the subject of Yahoo! News
From the article:
Whose parents would want the world to know that?
They are trolls of the highest calibre. The kid is going to cry in many years' time if/when (she) gets a Yahoo account.
Father collapses in Toys R Us after UK’s most poisonous spider bites him ten times (conciseness FTW!!!)
So says Yahoo! News.
I will proceed to read through it and determine how many things are wrong, however minor, with the composition.
"A father has told how he was bitten ten times by the UK’s most dangerous spider while shoppingfor toys with his daughter."
The very first sentence. 'Tis a male spider with a daughter. Them there intelligent eightlegs be dangerous creatures.
Also, it appears to be missing a space (highlighted).
"Chris Galton, 31, collapsed after the false widow spider repeatedly bit into his back and neck at the Toys R Us store in Hampshire on Saturday afternoon."
Sentence/paragraph two, and there is information in there that conflicts with some later text.
Yes, each paragraph is one sentence only (excepting quotations).
The "R" in "Toys R Us" in fact should have inverted commas, as in "Toys "R" Us".
"The exotic creature is believed to have nestled in his hooded top after dropping from a bush near his home in Southampton."
The "R" in "Toys R Us" in fact should have inverted commas, as in "Toys "R" Us".
"The exotic creature is believed to have nestled in his hooded top after dropping from a bush near his home in Southampton."
Look up Southampton, and tell me if it is a part of Hampshire. Done? Good. What was a Southampton man doing shopping in Hampshire?
There is a Toys "R" Us in Southampton.
There is a Toys "R" Us in Southampton.
What kind of 'bush' is taller than a grown man?
"It wasn’t until hours later when he was shopping in the toy store with his wife, Zoe, and his one-year-old daughter, Imogen, that the poison started to take effect."
'Zoe' comes from the Greek for 'life'. It has a Greek pronunciation as it is without any accents on the 'e'. Thus, the name makes little to no sense.
'Christopher' is also Greek, from 'the one who bears Christ'.
'Christopher' is also Greek, from 'the one who bears Christ'.
However, their daughter's name is Celtic.
Furthermore, only 7.63% of Southampton residents are not white British.
Here you can see that he was in fact not bitten at the store.
"Suddenly feeling unwell, Mr Galton collapsed to the floor."
What reporter eases out that kind of specific information? Think about it carefully...
"He was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered the ten 50-pence-sized marks on his body."
I'm sorry, it's just hard to believe that nobody noticed. 50-pence. That's big. (In the photo in the original article, you can see what might be one on the victim's neck).
And if it was around his body... Why didn't he swat it subconsciously? It is very difficult to fit 10 50-pence coins in separate locations on the back of one man's neck, so I can believe that the spider crawled into his shirt, but...
Wonder who rushed him to hospital without noticing the bite marks.
"The father-of-one was given painkillers and was released the same day."
This bit actually makes sense.
"Speaking about the horrifying ordeal, Mr Galton said: “The bite was like a really sharp pin-prick and very painful. The next thing I knew I was feeling hot, queasy and light-headed and collapsed.“I had been stung earlier but assumed it was a bee and took some anti-histamine pills. I didn’t think any more of it until I was shopping for my daughter’s first birthday and felt more stings.”"
And here it claims that he was bitten in the store.
Why was he carrying anti-histamine pills?
How can a 50-pence be 'like a pin-prick'?
There's an extra quotation mark.
"A store worker said: "It was a very scary big spider. I’ve never see one like it before.”"
The quotation mark is mismatched with an inverted comma.
Furthermore, only 7.63% of Southampton residents are not white British.
Here you can see that he was in fact not bitten at the store.
"Suddenly feeling unwell, Mr Galton collapsed to the floor."
What reporter eases out that kind of specific information? Think about it carefully...
"He was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered the ten 50-pence-sized marks on his body."
I'm sorry, it's just hard to believe that nobody noticed. 50-pence. That's big. (In the photo in the original article, you can see what might be one on the victim's neck).
And if it was around his body... Why didn't he swat it subconsciously? It is very difficult to fit 10 50-pence coins in separate locations on the back of one man's neck, so I can believe that the spider crawled into his shirt, but...
Wonder who rushed him to hospital without noticing the bite marks.
"The father-of-one was given painkillers and was released the same day."
This bit actually makes sense.
"Speaking about the horrifying ordeal, Mr Galton said: “The bite was like a really sharp pin-prick and very painful. The next thing I knew I was feeling hot, queasy and light-headed and collapsed.“I had been stung earlier but assumed it was a bee and took some anti-histamine pills. I didn’t think any more of it until I was shopping for my daughter’s first birthday and felt more stings.”"
And here it claims that he was bitten in the store.
Why was he carrying anti-histamine pills?
How can a 50-pence be 'like a pin-prick'?
There's an extra quotation mark.
"A store worker said: "It was a very scary big spider. I’ve never see one like it before.”"
The quotation mark is mismatched with an inverted comma.
Oh noed! Big scary spider!
Monday 20 February 2012
Bah humbug to titles.
I realised people would be more likely to read this if it was se-something-or-other* from my previous post.
So hier sind meinen rules on posting.
On Tuesdays, I'll talk about some sort, any sort, of media. (Videogames, books, the news, etc.).
On Thursdays, I'll talk about school.
On Saturdays, I'll talk about assorted things plus one surprise category which will remain consistent, but I'd like to keep a surprise until then.
I retain the right to bend or break any of these rules, and will often add something else of interest, s'il moi plais.
I will add scattered phrases in other languages also.
And, with any luck, you are going to love me.
*That is, there's some word or other that fits in there that begins with 'se' that's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't for the life of me remember it.
Segmented, segregated, sedated, separated, gah.
Lol ninja'd Jai's Monday post.
I realised people would be more likely to read this if it was se-something-or-other* from my previous post.
So hier sind meinen rules on posting.
On Tuesdays, I'll talk about some sort, any sort, of media. (Videogames, books, the news, etc.).
On Thursdays, I'll talk about school.
On Saturdays, I'll talk about assorted things plus one surprise category which will remain consistent, but I'd like to keep a surprise until then.
I retain the right to bend or break any of these rules, and will often add something else of interest, s'il moi plais.
I will add scattered phrases in other languages also.
And, with any luck, you are going to love me.
*That is, there's some word or other that fits in there that begins with 'se' that's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't for the life of me remember it.
Segmented, segregated, sedated, separated, gah.
Lol ninja'd Jai's Monday post.
Sunday 19 February 2012
New guy hier bitte
Jai made the mistake of inviting me to his blog, and will have peace of mind until sometime next week when he actually checks on it and finds (shock horror!) that I'm here.
So that I don't have to collaborate or any some such, I'll be posting on even-numbered days of the week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday).
My posts will hopefully be superior to his in some regards, and, with luck, the competition offered by moi will get him to step up his game and make regular posts.
I say all this so that you (the theoretical readers) will have gotten sufficiently used to my manner of internet-speakage to be able to be surprised by otherwise, case in point everything I talk about, forwardly facing of this 4th (linearly temporal) point.
I won't desecrate your eyes with (SURPRISE TOPIC!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111118D 8D8DD*d*D8D8D) GIFs and piccies yet. I'm not forthcoming enough for that.
I make one promise for my contributions to this blog, and one promise only: that my posts will generally be on less exciting topics than Jai's (or those of anybody else who joins the blog), but will again generally be of more exciting composure.
I make one promise for my contributions to this blog, and one promise only: that my posts will generally be on less exciting topics than Jai's (or those of anybody else who joins the blog), but will again generally be of more exciting composure.
So, as goeth the classics, this blog will henceforth become 20% cooler. /)^3^(\
Thursday 16 February 2012
Rules on Snippety
16/2/12 *LATE*
Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!! My first late post!
Any hoos, the topic is: RULES. These are they:
Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhh!!!!!!! My first late post!
Any hoos, the topic is: RULES. These are they:
- Every post shall be accompanied by at least one link;
- Every post shall be accompanied by at least three pictures;
- The post must state clearly if it is late;
- Non-scheduled posts must be labelled so;
- Posts must not be emotional nor soppy about non-important things;
- Posts must mention what is the topic for the next scheduled post;
- Scheduled posts must be written in the first person;
- Each scheduled post must address all comments on the previous post;
- The name of the blog will be referred to as "Snippety"
- Every 10th post will include a prize competition!
a famous set of rules is the Magna Carta
and so is the Declaration of Independence
Rules on how to be good
and here is what Wikipedia has to say on the topic!
On FRIDAY: My day in London!
Sunday 12 February 2012
StormPencil
12/02/12
That is an awesome date just to say. Anyway.
So the whole of today I've been working my new so-called "company", called StormPencil (yes, I know it's shit; I am 14, so what do you expect), that was started to go on the Oxford University version for Dragon's Den. It's an initiative that's been created in conjunction with the Said Business School business faculty of Oxford business School and the Oxfordshire County Council; and I'll post an article on it that I wrote for my school newspaper soon.
We've been trying to work on our business plan today, which I have to say, was quite productive, and we did some work on our powerpoint to pitch to the Dragons. We initially went for a darker, "Chalkboard" theme for the presentation, but decided to against it and went with a lighter, more upbeat "Showroom" theme. This, we hope, will reflect our business and what we aim to do.
We stayed from 12am to 4.45 at Coco's Cafe near the train station in Oxford for the duration of our meeting, which is really comfortable, has good food and drink, and most importantly, has WiFi!!!!
We then went to see Chronicle, a new film, which was, frankly, amazing. The plot went far too fast though, and the ending was disappointing poor. Interrabang. Kiran and Filipp went home on the bus, and me and Sean walked around in many circles for many minutes, until one of our parents picked us up.
So, err, I've decided to make a rule about my blog posts, they shall all be accompanied my at least one link, and at least three related pictures/videos.
CoCo's Cafe
StormPencil Logos (two of them)
Chronicle
Oh Yeah, and check out my other blogs:
newsforgery.blogspot.com
jaihooshmand.blogspot.com
and my frind's blog
gopisgameblog.blogspot.com
and my company's blog
stormpencil.blogspot.com
ON WEDNESDAY: RULES ON SNIPPETY!
That is an awesome date just to say. Anyway.
So the whole of today I've been working my new so-called "company", called StormPencil (yes, I know it's shit; I am 14, so what do you expect), that was started to go on the Oxford University version for Dragon's Den. It's an initiative that's been created in conjunction with the Said Business School business faculty of Oxford business School and the Oxfordshire County Council; and I'll post an article on it that I wrote for my school newspaper soon.
We've been trying to work on our business plan today, which I have to say, was quite productive, and we did some work on our powerpoint to pitch to the Dragons. We initially went for a darker, "Chalkboard" theme for the presentation, but decided to against it and went with a lighter, more upbeat "Showroom" theme. This, we hope, will reflect our business and what we aim to do.
We stayed from 12am to 4.45 at Coco's Cafe near the train station in Oxford for the duration of our meeting, which is really comfortable, has good food and drink, and most importantly, has WiFi!!!!
We then went to see Chronicle, a new film, which was, frankly, amazing. The plot went far too fast though, and the ending was disappointing poor. Interrabang. Kiran and Filipp went home on the bus, and me and Sean walked around in many circles for many minutes, until one of our parents picked us up.
So, err, I've decided to make a rule about my blog posts, they shall all be accompanied my at least one link, and at least three related pictures/videos.
CoCo's Cafe
StormPencil Logos (two of them)
Oh Yeah, and check out my other blogs:
newsforgery.blogspot.com
jaihooshmand.blogspot.com
and my frind's blog
gopisgameblog.blogspot.com
and my company's blog
stormpencil.blogspot.com
ON WEDNESDAY: RULES ON SNIPPETY!
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Uh, hey?
So, uh, hey everyone, well no-one. This is my wall of home. chicken. fuck punctuation. yeah, so I'll post something on here evry monday, wednesday and friday about stuff. cOOL stuff. or just about what happened to me today (or yesterday). ?????? So hey. Oh yeah, check out my other blogs.
---JH out---
---JH out---
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