Originally posted at http://www.livejournal.com/users/greysontiger/273980.html?thread=555324&style=mine#t555324
All posts by Harry Underwood
A Fat-ass MyWeb; a reversion to the old-fashioned
Even though I’ve departed from doing the IM dance with Yahoo (and everyone else, for that matter), I’m still maintaining my fat-ass archive of Bookmarks, feeds, and tags at MyWeb (http://myweb.yahoo.com).
MyWeb is basically Yahoo’s foray into the territory of http://del.icio.us (why is it spelled that way?, I wonder. Must look at Wikipedia a bit). In both services, one can upload his/her bookmarks onto a public archive, categorized by such things as alphabetization, tags, dates, and so forth.
The reason why I haven’t tried del.icio.us is because, in a similar case as to the whole IM thing, I’m a bit too used to Yahoo to make an outward switch at this time (maybe later, but not yet).
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In the meantime, I’ve decided to pioneer a new idea of P2P communication.
It’s called the telephone.
Now, why am I thinking about doing this?
Simply put: 1. I won’t have to rely as much on the Internet in order to communicate with other people.
2. I’ll actually be able to hear voices. Voices! Oh happy day!
3. It’s less lazy (and, by extension, less easy) to communicate with other people through word of mouth. Thus, a greater sense of genuity.
4. Less typing. I would need my typing for writing pieces like this one.
What do you all think?
Further details on the next post.
“Get Off My Internet”
One of the greatest Internet quotes ever concocted.
To testify to the greatness of this meme, Here’s Google’s 2,730-return documentation: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22get+off+my+internet%22&btnG=Search
Couldn’t have said it more, if not better.
The irony of the Internet
Just came across this while Googling for “Ovid+therianthropy”:
Reading this thread, I was kinda feeling what was being said. In fact, I agree.
The Internet, and the various modes of communication presently associated with it, has made us far more complacent with life’s complexities, and has not allowed us to articulate ourselves to others as flowingly as we would want to.
In light of this, today I’ll be wrapping up my dealings with yahoo messenger, as well as with all other messengers and software which would allow for direct real-time communication with other peers.
I dunno…I guess that I’ve gotten so used to such communication, to the point that I’m usually hung onto people being online at that particular time. As a consequence, I’ve kinda carried this demeanor to my dealings with Livejournal in that I try to inch in as much as I’m thinking into one post, then, if I have another thing to say to that same person, I’ll reply again with a “P.S.”or a “part 2”.
This ends now.
As of the 15th of September, 2005, I’m abandoning all messengers, and I’ll be sticking exclusively to stationary posting communication, such as forums, email, blogs (particularly Livejournal), and so forth. The only time that I’ll ever touch IRC (which I never really got into) is in the case that I would need help with some software, computer, or operating system.
P.S.: Screw these social networking sites, such as Multiply, hi5, and Friendster. If Yahoo tries to go any further in that direction, I’ll be nuking my account with them (even though I’ve had it since 2002, hence the name “harryo15us”).
I think that this may be the start of a regression from online communication for me.
Plus, I’ve changed my LJ e-mail address. Take a look.
Off to dinner. Mom’ll be picking me up tonight; my clothes need some *serious* washing.
Yahoo Reform
In light of my last posting, I’ve decided that Yahoo, that “behemoth” of an entertainment industry crossover (online-wise), needs to be reformed; If not by the people who run it, then, of course, it is us, the commoners of the Wired, who must make Yahoo our bitch. Here are a few ideas as to how:
1. Skinning. We *must* skin the life out of Yahoo and its subdomains, such as 360, Profiles, Chat, Groups, Geocities, Personals, Photos, Messenger, EVERYTHING MUST BE SKINNABLE.
2. Minimalization. We are sick of the unnecessary clutter, not to mention the crappy graphics. Thus, the removal and/or minimalization of different page sections must be made optional to the common public.
3. If we want to integrate different things from other websites, such as MyWeb or Geocities, into other pages, such as Profiles or 360, then why not? *crickets* Exactly my point!
Simply put, there has to be far more to Yahoo than what is all too often presented to us. While it is too far gone in its shenanigans with the end users, there is still a chance to reform it in a way that will revolutionize the way that we see, or even *use*, such domains as Yahoo.
Same goes for MSN (f**k you!) and the other domains….
Gone to bed.
The thing about Yahoo
I’ve been taking notice of Yahoo’s 360 blog service recently. In fact, I’ve started up one myself, with absolutely no intention to actually use it, lol.
See, the reason why I’m not departing from Livejournal’s service anytime soon is….well, there are a few which stick out like sore thumbs.
1. Yahoo is shameless. I mean, they are an Internet behemoth that rivals Google and MSN, and it also has a strong, old-guard hand to play in the entertainment industry (both on and off-line), but on every possible Yahoo page, besides the ever-pestilent third-party ads, you’ll see “YAHOO! YAHOO! YAHOO!” just screaming at your eyes while you try to find some simplicity, some minimalism, some BREATHING SPACE. And frankly, I’m claustrophobic as far as the internet is concerned. I hate heavy graphics. I hate looking at a clouded page, filled to the brim with things which you might need less than others.
2. In light of #1., I would like to mention that Livejournal has almost *ALWAYS* been respectful of personal space, even in a public setting. Hence, the fact that any userinfo page on LJ is always stripped down and simplistic, thus allowing for breathing space as far as personal bios are concerned (in case if people want to add graphics of any degree to that same area of the page, and they do on a regular basis).
3. Livejournal simply has a better service. Period. So does Google, but that’s another thing.
I wonder if there are a couple of Greasemonkey scripts which allow you to minimize the sections of the 360 front page, as well as to completely nuke the unnecessary others.
Simply put, Yahoo doesn’t know how to act with blogging, which is probably why 360 isn’t even going to be taken seriously anytime soon.
Off to dinner, peace.
Washman.com
The Stance of the Buddha
This says it all (Blood!)
From http://chilesur.indymedia.org/es/2004/12/1068.shtml
Haiti Bleeds
The Smell emanating from Mercosur in Haiti
Agência Brasil writes, “A joint communiqué from the Mercosur summit, which took place on Friday in Ouro Preto, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, declared that the economic block remains committed to achieving stability in Haiti where political unrest has raged since February when the president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, stepped down.”
It defies the imagination that Mercosur continues to parrot the US State Department line that Aristide “stepped down.” Their subservience to Washington is clear as they completely dismiss the positions of the Republic of South Africa, Venezuela, the 50 nations of the African Union, and the 15 nations of the Caribbean Community who refuse to recognize the current brutal regime in Haiti.
The roles of Brazil, Argentina and Chile, in providing legitimacy to what was a coup against a democratically elected government, is particularly ironic given the history of their own countries. Humberto Castelo Branco, and Jorge Rafael Videla must be applauding from their graves as Augusto Pinochet wraps himself in the contradiction like a warm blanket.
The simple truth is that Mercosur is complicit in “assisting” the US-installed regime in Haiti in covering the facts of the recent coup through the violent elimination of the majority political party, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Lavalas party. Thousands have been murdered since February 29th and thousands more languish and rot away as political prisoners in jails throughout the country. Meanwhile, Mercosur members cynically fall over themselves to curry favor with Washington under the auspices of a UN “peacekeeping” force.
The Haitian people deserve better and the citizens of the Mercosur nations deserve better. In the end, history will never forget the terrible smell of Washington’s ass emanating from Mercosur’s noses.
Kevin Pina
Independent Journalist
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Just today, Kevin was arrested by the PNH. http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=464
On Livejournal, Everybody’s got more money than me….
…Which is why I can’t afford a paid account and the accompanying perks, such as further contorting my bastard userinfo page into something that people (like me) can actually view before looking at this journal which I only update on an off-and-on basis (the posts themselves, not the layout. I’m not good with that).
Right now, I’m sitting here in Goodman, having abstained from the shower since Monday (right before I came back up from the Labor Day stint in WR, although I do scrub up in the other customary ways), and…well…I pretty much feel like shit right now.
The bandwidth sucks, I still have ABSOLUTELY no sense of coordination or organization (which says alot about me, I guess), and life seems to be a bit more static nowadays.
As usual, I possess dissatisfaction with the present state of things, although such is, and has been, the predominant order for quite a while (at least within the last week or so of my existence); I have some good ideas for the immediate future and the improvements which can be made in order to make that time a bit more attractive to us who reside within the present and are fated to either live or die within the next few seconds, BUT I have few-to-no means by which these ideas can be materialized, neither do I have any knowledge of the routes by which those means can be attained, and so on.
The perfect Universal Media platform for Mozilla.
Goggles/glasses which will do for your monitor what headphones do for your subwoofers.
The Open Source National Law archive Project.
The betterment and expansion of Oglethorpe’s web services (with student blogs, an online newspaper, and internet radio).
The reconciliation of NNTP/Usenet with XML in order to facilitate better, easier end-user access.
The combination of hypnosis/mental reorientation with fursuits in order to engender a mental therianthropy.
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Yeah, its that bad…
