Colophonic Ignorance

QotD: The Truth about Lies

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:05:23 -0700

When is okay to lie?

We seem to think that in the preservation of morality for reasons of sensibility and normalcy that lying becomes a necessary mean to keep everything peachy. Morality is a variable that changes with situation, survival and even evolution and is used selfishly whether we want to believe it or not. I guess my answer is: Lying is never okay and is always a defamation of you no matter how much you can back it up. The way you think about anything and everything is what makes you who you are for better or worse, and trying to believe otherwise will only do you and others harm.

I've learned a lot about this in the past few years.

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I'm Alive! And With A Little Vox Love

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:51:43 -0700

So I've found a way to make things a little easier on writing updates and stuff like that; basically I found an application that I can write in once and have it post to all the services I use (Facebook, Livejournal and Vox). I used to update something quite frequently, but now that there's too much I kinda fell out of it (and I know you all became very saddened by that (but sending ninja monkeys? come on! how can you fight against that???). So

I'll try to get updating on a fairly regular basis. This thing seems very limited in the formatting (I like using pretty pictures to distract from my off-grey blandness), but I'm sure that will change with time... HTML is allowed, but I've become way too lazy to write all the stuff out just to link an image unless it's totally needed...

I'll try to post once a day or two, but only when I've found something interesting to show or talk about. I figure I might as well make this worth your while right?

I guess the thing of value that I bring today is Vox... it's been around for a little while and deserves all the users it gets. What's always been at the forefront of the idea of Vox is the community aspect... the idea of staying in touch with friends and family and making it as easy as possible. I could go on but I'm sure you're tired of it... goodnight!

Oh, and ask me to play you a cover of Leave by Glen Hansard one day, I dare you.

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The Shark Scopes Out his Surroundings

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:28:16 -0800

This is an MMS message. Please go to http://mms.telusmobility.com/do/LegacyLogin to view the message.

Textamerica sucks.... So this goes here!

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Watching The Self-Immolation

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:05:28 -0800

Note to self.... Learn how to dance.

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QotD: I'm Working. Really.

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:22:19 -0800

We know you never slack off at work, but if you did, what would you do?

I already know my answer (because I did it today)...

Eat pie.

Seriously (or unrealistically) though... I'd choreograph an entire routine of 'Afternoon Delight' from Anchorman, watch House on tuesdays and Lost on wednesdays... Spend more time noticeably hitting on someone (jking btw... sorta).

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iPhone

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:35:05 -0800

By now, all who would be concerned by this post should be up to date; if not, take a look around Apple's official iPhone site.

Simply put, The iPhone is the hot fox every other phone and smartphone wants to be. I've been looking for a *good* replacement for my ever so stalwart Motorola v(something) model; but everything on the market never seemed to work right, or well enough in the right places and smartphones seem to be prone to bugs especially from observing personal experience of others. The people who care have been looking to Apple as the person who would bring the prodigy of mobile phones that would do to the mobile phone industry like what the iPod has done for the music industry. So far, it looks like Apple is going to be able to pull it off.

Iphone

Easy interface using a touchscreen, video and audio integrated well (syncs with iTunes, of course), -good- web browser, Edge or 802.11b/g, Google Maps, 4gb or 8gb storage capacity and motion sensors for god's sake. By combining the best of what's already out there and putting a little ingenuity into the device, you'll have your friends and some people around you saying 'nice phone'. The next few months shall be entertaining, with other phone manufacturers trying to quickly catch up while humoring us all with their half-decent attempts.

The simplicity and 'fun' as John Mayer put it at the end of Apple's keynote is what is the best part of this phone; you actually feel like you want to use it. I get sick of trying to accomplish simple tasks on certain smartphones to the point that I just tell people to leave me a message and I'll call them whenever because I don't want to write out emails that are no more intricate than 'hang out at 9?'

My only questions are if Apple has also redefined the surface of it's devices for scratches and if battery life will increase.

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Everything Gets Closer In Rearview

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:06:53 -0800

Sorry for the no-updatingness for the people who actually consider reading this every once in a while. Normally I'd update somewhere (LJ, my Wordpress homepage thing, MySpace) but I haven't found rhyme or reason to do so. Maybe I'm just in a slump of not needing to write down my thoughts, but I'll try to put something here every once in a while to satiate those who may actually care.

Nothing really changed in 2006; I turned 19, attained a drivers license to let me drive on my own, got a bunch of computer stuff I can't really use, had the heart dragged around twice, made a few more friends but none of those things aren't of big enough importance (the drivers license is kinda) or are too transient to really care about. One of the main things was that I've realized what friends and family I care about and who I don't care for past the confluent versions of "hey, how are ya?" in the workplace kinda thing.

I guess if anything 2006 gave me a direction to set myself in. Aside from motivational issues, I know what I want to be doing with myself in the next few years.

1. Music
2. Blogging
3. Working my ass off
4. Staying on Vancouver Island
5. ...and hopefully, find a girlfriend, ha.

Maybe you'll hear from me again here in a few months, and maybe you'll be listening to me in a few years.

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QotD: Mistletoe Kisses

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:35:46 -0800

Who would you like to kiss under the mistletoe?
Submitted by EmmyAngua.

Unrealistically, of course..

Michelle Nolan

Does that make me creepy?

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Phone-to-be

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:42:21 -0800

Oh yes, you will be mine.

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QotD: OS Preference

nobody@vox.com(Brian) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:25:01 -0800

Windows, Mac, Linux - What's your preference and why?
Submitted by ramblingsbymark.

Windows - I know it like the back of my hand, and I have absolutely nothing against it... but I'm tired of waiting for virus definitions to update every time I start up.

Linux - Free, open-source and safer; but sometimes it takes 20 minutes to get something running properly for a simple task when in Windows or OS X it would take me five or less, and I'm also not sure at the moment if I really want to get into etching a whole new interaction of operations in my brain.

Mac - FTW... I switch between this and Windows, but I prefer OS X over everything else because it's just darn prettier in more ways than one.

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