Malfunctions on MySite December 30, 2005
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Life , 2 commentsUpdate!!!: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/triggerpages_mmcom/flash.html
Go there and install the flash plugin. You should have it anyway.
If you happen to come across any errors, or inability to see things perfectly, please DO tell me. I’m constantly messing with things here, and often break things I can’t see. Perhaps you use IE instead of Firefox, or some other browser that I don’t use, and you see, or don’t see, certain things. Even pointing out typos is good.
You should be able to see a big Akumaprime in the upper left, A “currently” menu on the left, with a donate button beneath and a Navigation menu up top. If you don’t see the menu up top, make sure you have the Flash plug in installed, and/or let me know.
American Gods and Advertising December 28, 2005
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Books,Life , 4 commentsI decided not to do a chapter by chapter recap. I’ll just do a beginning and end. I had always wanted to do a chapter synopsis for the books I read, so I could go back and read the synopses, and be reminded of why I loved (or hated?) the book in the first place. But it turns out that that’s pretty boring!
On another note, I will be adding Google’s Adsense ads to my site. I think one lil’ window up top will do. Now now, before you start yelling, “Sell Out” and getting ready to tar and feather me, keep in mind I am a huge hater of ads, and give me a moment to explain.
I hate ads. I hate looking at commercials. I hate standing in line at Ralphs and having a TV ejaculate ads at me. I hate going to movies and having McDonalds ads attack me. My attitude was, and still is, if I want something, I’ll go looking for it. A relatively recent slashdot article talked about this subject, and while several good points were made in favor of ads (free content, etc) the one that stuck out the most was that Google had ads that just worked. They’re able to customize their ads to you, based on your browsing history. They aren’t randomly placed. Nor are their ads flashy, intrusive and ugly. My grandma isn’t going to see Hot Rod ads in 300 x 150 flashing banners. She’s not even going to see Grandma ads, actually, she’s going to see Her ads!
So with that in mind, I’m going to put one up for a bit and see how well it works. Feel free to click on it, as that will help pay the bills for this site. Or just donate your organs and send me cash, either way.
American Gods – Chapter 1 December 27, 2005
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Books , add a commentGaiman mentions Zelazny in his “For” section, which instantly gave me pause. Zelazny is one of my favorite authors. He can twist plots into knots in ways few others can. It was an omen, though I wasn’t sure if it was good or bad. Either this book will fail to live up to Zelazny’s legend, or exceed it.
Chapter one starts off strong. I’m not sure if I’m just ridiculously intelligent, or I have alot of experience dealing with mythological creatures, but I caught onto a few things I’m not sure I was supposed to just yet. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I won’t say what, but talk to me after you’ve read it (by the way it’s because of my ridiculous intelligence that I HAVE alot of experience dealing with mythological creatures).
The character development is strong, there is substance to the plot. It keeps me wanting to read and I’m not sure what’s going to happen next. Better get to chapter 2.
The day after Xmas December 26, 2005
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Life , 1 comment so farI lost my phone in BigBear. I left my glasses at my friend’s house. I left my camera at my Aunt’s house. Somebody hire me a personal attendant to stop this madness. When I get my camera back, I’ll have pictures from the Xmas party.
We had a good time. Plenty of good food and extended family I don’t get to see very often. My Aunt, Uncle and Cousin got me a kick ass travel bag. From others I got money, which I will use to flyyyyy… Oh I’m going to look into tickets after this post. I think I’ll try and hit India, which means I’ll leave on the 2nd, if possible.
HERE are a bunch of great comics pointing fun at ID (intelligent design, boooo)
HERE is a page of computer user stupidies. If you like this page, take THIS test, because you probably are a geek. Apparently I’m a major one, with a 38%.
Freakonomics: B+ December 25, 2005
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Books , add a commentby Levitt and Dubner.
This was a good book. I killed it in a day. The last section on names bored me, but other than that it was interesting. I give it a B+ for those of you who think in single letters and math symbols.
The book claims to have no unifying theme, but it took a look at the effects of sociocultural and biological variables on the success of individuals and society. The main claim, that abortion is the cause of today’s inexplicable crime rate drop, is really amazing, and makes alot of sense. I once heard that we could eliminate 90% of all crime if we froze all our 12 – 30 year old men. Similar idea I guess.
3 things it taught me:
1) DON’T let your real estate agent con you into an early sale (they leave their houses on market 10 days longer than yours).
2) More police == less crime.
3) Getting rich is important on multiple levels (child education, attracting women, etc) and people will cheat to get there… But usually won’t steal bagles.
Xmas
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This bear pretty much represents how I feel about Xmas. I always refer to this holiday as Xmas, because I’m kind of hoping it will get Xed out soon.
I was told I Had to get gifts for people. All I have are some cards and a gift for my secret Santa. I don’t like this feeling that I Have to do it. This whole holiday is a marketing campaign covered in Mumbo Jumbo. It does wonders for the economy, but it causes so much stress. People will argue that it’s an excuse to get together and enjoy family and friends. I would counter that Thanksgiving does just that, without the religious overtones, and there’s not forced reciprocity demanding I spend the little money I have in exchange for gifts I most likely don’t want.
Do I feel bad about getting gifts and giving cards? Yes, but do I even have a choice? I can’t refuse their gifts, or they’d be angry at me. So this big fat sad Santa bear is my Xmas mascot! Maybe when I’m rich I can pass him off to some other poor bastard.
The great thing about This new setup I have, is that you can comment on my posts. Maybe you have a similar opinion or disagree wholeheartedly. Feel free to comment (in fact I hope you do. I <3 comments).
The End of 2005 December 24, 2005
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The Sun is rapidly setting on 2005. During the year I became engaged, disengaged within 2 months, ended a 5 year relationship, travelled to Taiwan, lost my Father and graduated from college. This was the most “real†year I’ve experienced so far.
Well with new Years comes a site redesign. I hope you like it. I intend to be off the continent Very soon, and I will be continually updating this with pictures and stories. All of last year is under the Archives link up above.
Enjoy 2006. May it be your best year yet. See you soon! 😉
Once Upon a Time… March 1, 2001
Posted by AkumAPRIME in : Life , add a commentI was the one… hmm.. I actually can’t think of any other secret transgressions… that’s nice.. At least I couldn’t post like 10 of these…
Oh shit, I remember one.
I was the one that stole Abtin’s PDA..
That was a major one… I know how much trouble it caused you Ab… I’m a Huge dick, and I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to steal it at first, I just moved it to mess with you and then when you thought it had been stolen I was too scared to give it back even though, Obviously, I should have just given it to you… but I was afraid you’d all think I had tried to steal it.. so what did I do? I ended up just taking it and hiding it… always worried that I would be found out..
Now I hope everyone sees why I say I’m the stupidest person I know.
You know, two nights ago a friend asked me what the biggest lie I ever told was. In retrospect, this is the worst lie because you and your whole family are so special to me, and I raped that trust, and then was cowardly enough to lie about it to you… Hell, I’m too cowardly to tell you even Now! I have to hide behind this post and my death…
I hope that you can forgive me.
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