Capital Letters doesn't mean Shouting for Me.

Whenever I stick in the odd ALL CAPS letters in my sentences, I'm not shouting. I am merely adding "copious emphasis" to certain words in my sentence. Perhaps for humor. OR MAYBE I JUST LIKE TYPING LIKE THIS.

One of my friends suggested that I am adding copious emphasis on something by shouting. NO! (<- Actual shouting) If I was YELLING something, would that be COPIOUS?

However, all caps followed by an exclamation mark is shouting. Or normal text followed by an exclamation mark is shouting. Heck, anything followed by an exclamation mark it shouting.

In addition, I just looked up "copious" in the dictionary, and it doesn't mean what I thought it meant. The simple English solution would be to replace copious with questionable. The Connor English solution would be to replace copious with dubious.

Draft in English, Write in RUSSIAN

Have you ever wanted to learn Russian? Unfortunately, I am not able to provide the addresses of any fine Russian teachers.

But I am able to provide a resource for you to fake writing in Russian.


The Website in Question

With this website, you can write in Russian. Or in Cyrillic characters with a one to one cypher to English that LOOKS Russian.

Here's a handy table to assess whether Cyrillic characters can adequately meet your needs as a human being;

English	Cyrillic
The Capitalists are coming, the capitalists are coming! Everyone, grab your AK-47's for the good of Mother Russia!	THЗ CДPITДLISTS ДЯЭ CФMIИG, THЗ CДPITДLISTS ДЯЭ CФMIЙG! ЗVЭЯУФИЗ, GЯДЬ ЧФЦЯ ДК-47'S FФЯ THЭ GФФD ФF MФTHЗЯ ЯЦSSIД!
Connor's Thoughts is a very fine source to get your news. Sure it may always be biased towards the nonsensical, but you really can't fault anyone for that. I would give my life for Connor. Comment this post?	CФИЙФЯ'S THФЦGHTS IS Д VЗЯУ FIИЭ SФЦЯCЗ TФ GЭT ЧФЦЯ ЙЗШS. SЦЯЭ IT MДУ ДLЩДЧS ЬЗ ЪIДSЭD TФШДЯDS THЗ ИФЙSЭИSICДL, БЦT УФЦ ЯЗДLLЧ CДЙ'T FДЦLT ДИУФЙЭ FФЯ THДT. I ЩФЦLD GIVЗ MЧ LIFЭ FФЯ CФИЙФЯ. CФMMЗИT THIS PФST?

As you can very well see, this generator makes any and all text incomprehensible. BUT COOL LOOKING.

There are two competing philosophies; go back and fix what you've made, or charge ahead and hope everyone forgets.

As any study of this blog will show, I am in clear favor of the former.

A Panorama of my Room

A room is unique. A room is a personal reflection on who you are as a person. A room is where you spend 4-12 hours a night almost every night.

Here's a panorama of my room;

Click for bigger view

Now the question is, are you going to post a link to a panorama of your room?

This Blog is Flounderhoggering

Remember back when I first made this? Neither do I, really.

Anyway, it seems as though I've really cut down on posting lately and visitor numbers have dropped accordingly. So I shall commemorate it with a picture of the Flounderhog.



What's that, you say? I already posted it?

That makes Flounderhogs just like dollar bills; you can never have enough, but they're harmful if taken orally.

I Think You Should Read "Toyko Zero," by Marc Horne

Well, I was searching Feedbooks for better versions of free books. I recommend Feedbooks, by the way. And then I realized that "Toyko Zero" by Marc Horne wasn't on Feedbooks. I had read the first two chapters and it looked like an interesting book, so I was appalled.

So I went to the Feedbooks website and uploaded a version of it so that all can enjoy.

As for the actual book, it is often described as;

Michael Blake is in Tokyo to help out with the end of the world. Living in the Tokyo of the gangs, the losers and the outsiders, Blake and a cell of Japanese psychopaths plot to unleash a new kind of bio-chemical horror on an unsuspecting populace of daydreaming salary-people.

It's also known as "My Tokyo Death Cult." Doesn't this all sound way too good to be true?

Connor's Thoughts Blog to go Ad Free

Well, I finally decided to eliminate ads from my website. Why? See below.

Google Adsense Ads
Cons;
-Distracting from overall purpose of the blog (still unclear as to what that purpose is)
-Fears of commercializing free images used on blog

Pros;
-While I'm specifically prevented from giving out earnings data, the earnings were "not satisfactory."

Well, that's enough blowing up a relatively minor change.

I wish all the hotels had remotes this useful.

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Dandies in Japan

A dandy (also known as a beau, gallant or flamboyant person) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies. Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic style of life despite coming from a middle-class background. -Wikipedia

As this article from the New York Times briefly mentions, there's a growing Dandy movement in Japan.

All a front-page image search turned up was this;


So I'm willing to doubt this.

Also on the first page;

Hey look, a cookie!

Still, such a men's fashion movement in Japan wouldn't surprise me at all.

Link Chain
New York Times -> Me

Google Knol Falls Under Connor's Radar

Remember Google Knol? It was supposed to be the cool new wikipedia killer, although I debunked that in a longwinded post.

Still, why haven't I seen any when I've searched the internet? I mean, it's Google's own service, and they like linking to their own services. You'd think they'd be somewhere on the search listings.

Alas, I suppose Google Knols are for far more obscure things. Either that, or it's not out of beta yet.

Private Life; Hush New Webservice

While searching for a Youtube of Oingo Boing's "Private Life" (Good song, by the way), I stumbled upon PrivateLife.com.



Apparently it's going to be an online gossip social networking site.

I dunno about you, but I like to think that gossiping is an evil of society. It's most of the evils of Facebook and Myspace concentrated into one little action.

Then again, despite the stigma against gossiping, it'll still probably be quite successful.

It's in Invitation Beta right now, so if you know the right people I guess you could get in.

How to Win at Monopoly the Smith Way

You've probably played Monopoly. Well here's how to win in a tested method handed down from my father.

Firstly, you spot a color group you and a person could get together and create. For example, you have one green and they have two greens.

Next, you form a partnership. It doesn't really matter who has two properties, as the partnership is a lot better than just two unrelated properties. Each partnership has the conditions that
1) The partnership cannot be dissolved unless a member goes bankrupt
2) Both partners get free rent on the property group in question
3) Both partners split the cost of homes, with it being possible that one partner can "owe ya one"
4) Both partners split the rent equally, which usually defaults to paying owed house cash if any
5) A person's share of rent can be replaced by gaining a property instead, so long as the other person agrees and receives either their share in cash or an acceptable deal

Now you're into the "building houses like mad" period. As soon as you can, get 3 houses on each property. 3 houses is the magical number; that's the first major increase in rents. Keep in mind that you probably don't build a bunch of houses and run out of cash.

Once you've got hotels, you'll be raking in the money and be the ire of all the other players.

Unfortunately, winning doesn't end there. In the endgame, this partnership won't be all that great one on one against your partner. Hopefully you've used the partnership as a front on acquiring other properties in order to build them up. Additionally, it's sound strategy to make partnerships with other people, provided you can afford it.

According to some home rules, this practice is banned. Why? Because it's so brutally effective. This method can make hotels on a property long before other people are even building houses. I've tried this twice at two different friend's houses, and I've made out like a bandit both times. I've also provoked the ire of my friends for having such an effective strategy.

Skepticism Motivational Poster Shirt on Zazzle

Zazzle lets you make your own shirts to post online and earn commission. I did just that, making a "Skepticism Motivational Poster Shirt."



The shirt is available in other colors, for around 20 bucks after shipping and handling.

Perfect Segway Diaster Clip

I don't know when it stopped being fashionable for Youtube videos to feature people killing themselves, but I'm glad this movie shows a nice return to form.

Who's Amung Us to Eventually Offer Pro Edition

To be fair, it's still not released and it doesn't affect the free version at all.

But it seems like eons ago when I first discovered that handy little widget. I can't even remember when it was, really.


What it first looked like


What it looks like now

I guess everything grows up.

Jaguar Baby Born Two Months Old

"Two-month old black Jaguar cub born in captivity at the Huachipa zoo in Lima, Peru."

Hold up, aren't baby Jaguars usually born aged zero? You mean this one is special enough to be born instantly at age two months?

Link Chain
Me -> Stranger Fruit (where I got it) -> Green Expander

How NOT to Send an E-mail

So I got another e-mail from Rome, whatever the heck that is.




I knew why this was a shady internet scheme from the start. This second e-mail only makes it more obvious. Let me break it down for you.



Now, the giant flash ads in an e-mail are NOT recommended under any circumstance. That's just being more than a little obnoxious, right?

But apparently their writing skills suck so much they need you to see two giant ads for their "game" or whatever before you're hooked. I guess it's just poetic justice that the only company willing to advertise with Rome is Rome itself.

Shameful.

Tomorrow it will Finally be 2009

Man, ever since I got Madden 09 and Worldwide Soccer Manager 09, I've been thinking it's 2009 already. So it's reassuring to know that tomorrow, it finally will be.

Additionally, tomorrow it will be 10 years from 1999, a fact that still bothers me. It seems I like thinking of all dates in relation to the year 2000; it's a nice, easy, rounded year. This stops working when I actually start thinking it's 2000.

Time is a tricky concept to master.

Cozier Electronics

Remember back when I made all those videos of myself and ruthlessly posted them on my blog? Oh, those were the days...

So now my friend has the video making blog. But instead of videos of himself, he's making Sims 2 Machinima. Which is alright, as I'm doing the voices.

Near as I can tell, I do the voice of the redhead. So go ahead and watch them.

CoZier Electronics Holiday Special


CoZier Electronics Ep. 3


CoZier Electronics Ep 2


I hope you enjoyed listening to me talk.

From the Wikipedia article for Mobile Web;

"This article was originally created and edited using the Web on mobile devices."

At least those many years of registering on random websites prepared me for applying to colleges...