Why?
Interface, people. Interface.
I can watch Youtube’s videos better on Google Reader because of such addictions as the scroll feature, but I can get more videos from Youtube than from Google Video because of GVid’s lack of user-specific RSS feeds.
Of course, GVid was not thought out properly from the getgo.
Why is it that I always feel that I have to strive to become older, while everyone else strives to become younger?
Younger black males, IMO, receive less respect from their own people than older black males. The stereotypical black males in the media who get any respect or serious recognition are usually older than, say, 20 or 30. Men such as Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Mr. T, Laurence Fishburne, etc., they usually receive the more diverse, more pronounced, and more popularized roles as actors on movies or television. The deep, dark voices of older black men is, I guess, one of Western society’s crazier fetishes.
Younger black males, however, can’t be taken seriously for worth a crap. Most of them are thugs or sports players of some stripe, so as to fulfill the need for the deep, dark husky voice. The only times in which they can be set apart would be when they play the part of a nerd, like Tucker Foley from Danny Phantom or A.J. Ibrahim from the Fairly Oddparents (both of whom are created by the same guy) or Simon “Cookie” Nelson-Cook from Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide (all three of which are hosted by the same network).
It’s like younger black males are always striving to become older (y’know, as thugs, pimps, etc.), while older white men are trying to become younger (like Mick Jagger or Dick Clark. Plastic surgery, anyone?).
So am I having a WTF moment here, or is it just me?
This Saturday’s breakfast has been ruined.
EDIT:
androgynism pointed out that its a “Danish bacon” commercial (most likely from Britain), NOT a Danish “bacon commercial”. Thanks for the heads up.
First it was Zuma. Now its Dr. Garlic.
Everyone, both in and out of South Africa, is calling for either her sacking as Health Minister, or arrest for AIDS-related deaths at a Durban prison, or both.
Various well-knowns such as Patricia de Lille of the Independent Democrat party, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) from the US, Stephen Lewis (UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa), and even the former president of the International AIDS Society are all demanding for her head.
Why?
Because this redneck has pushed a diet of traditional medicines and a mixture of – LOOK AT THIS – garlic, beetroot, lemon and African potatoes as a cure for AIDS rather than anti-retroviral drugs.
No, I am NOT kidding. This woman is a fucking redneck!
And the Treatment Action Campaign (South Africa’s most influential AIDS lobby) has called for her arrest because of “the wrongful death of a Durban prison inmate from HIV/Aids-related complications.”
The organization also vandalized South Africa’s booth at a recent world HIV conference held in Canada, which contained – you guessed it – “garlic, beetroot, lemon and African potatoes”.
If she is fired, or thrown out, this may be the first event of its kind in SA’s post-apartheid history. No issue like AIDS has sent as much of an unnerving jolt into South Africa’s politics since 1994, especially since the politics in the country have been seen during Mbeki’s tenure as degradent and decaying.
If Mbeki keeps her, or at least continues in his retarded beliefs about AIDS/HIV, it is obvious that the country’s image will drive out such important things as investment and political links.
Hopefully miktar, things will change.
Re-adapted from Flash for Youtube.
This may be offensive, and historically touchy, but I’ve always wanted to ask this question.
If you ever look at the Middle East, you’ll notice that its, mostly, dead-bones dry.
Y’know, desert, sand, 110-degree heat. The stereotype.
And also, the Middle East is mostly associated with Arabs and Islam.
However, there are a few political hotspots in this area: Iraq, Israel/Palestine, and Egypt/Sudan.
What do all three of these have in common?
Rivers.
In Iraq, where you have the conflict between Sunnis, Shi’as, Assyrians, Turkmens, and Kurds, you have the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin (Kurdish Turkey is also centered around the valley’s northernmost extension). In Israel, where you have the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, you have the Jordan River Valley. And in Egypt/Sudan, where you have animosity between the Arabs, Copts, Furs (of Darfur), and Southern Sudanese, you have the Nile River Valley.
Also, while they may not have any outstanding river valleys, mountainous areas such as Lebanon (Muslims, Maronite Christians), Iran (mostly Persian, with a few Azeris and Kurds), and the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb (with the Berber minority) have something of a ethnic or religious diversity, though its definately not pronounced.
Other than those areas, the Arab World is almost exlusively Arab, whether you’re in Libya or in Saudi Arabia.
So what does this say about the history of the Arab people? That its built around, and based upon, the expanse of the desert?
And if there is a political side to water in the present conflict between the two civilizations?
Currently, in addition to many other projects in the uber-rich UAE, they’re building the Dubai Waterfront, which will be a draw for expatriates from all over the world. At the same time, they’re employing immigrants from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and other parts of South and Southeast Asia to do the grunt work for this and other humongous projects, and doing so at the cheapest minimum wages possible.
I’m wondering what’s gonna happen there in the future…
Here are a few things which I’ve learned about it:
1. Frames are good if done right.
2. The layout of a page has to be, well, *layed out* and readily accessible at all points.
3. Frames often tend to break URL linkage, which is bad.
4. Scrolling sucks. Real hard.
5. Less navigation, more access.
And now for some classic Neil Young.
It was pulled off of MTV because of its heavy mocking of name brands (and violating their copyrights in the process).
