darkhorse166

Unfortunately, for reasons I shall not post here, I no longer feel comfortable writing for this blog. I will not be making new entries here until further notice. I’ll still be around to comment, though!

‘Tis been great fun and sometimes challenging for me to find stuff to write about, and hopefully I’ve managed to entertain and inform you all.

Maybe someone will take my place

Here’s a quick link to quite possibly the most annoying quiz you can do today. The basic gist of it is to sort the colours into a consistent hue order. It’s a bitch. Lower scores are better.

X-Rite Color IQ Test

It is a fact universally acknowledged that a nation in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a sense of humour. In this case, it’s the Germans. This is ostensibly a safety video regarding proper forklift driver practice, but…

WARNING: The following clip contains graphic scenes.

Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

I heard this song almost constantly playing through my hostel when I was in New York. I love it.

A change from my posts of late. If anyone wants to know why I never did well in HSC English, here’s your answer.

If you sat next to me in English, you'll understand.

>_>

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That is all I have to say this week. To be honest, that’s all anyone has said to me this week. Or at least that’s how it feels. Anyhow, I’d better get back to cleaning up my room.

I can’t sleep. It’s almost as if it’s kind of a “that time of the month” thing. So I’m not going to try.

Instead, a few pictures. After all, photographs are my only practical means of personal expression. I find it almost impossible to express how I feel about anything, or anyone, with words.

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The recent article by kenobi00 regarding the possible future of the Internet is a highly interesting read. If you haven’t read it already, I suggest you do so, since I’m kinda following on from it in my own way.

I think that the most exciting trend in the evolution of the Internet (which wasn’t touched on in the previous article) is the transition from a wired to a wireless communications network. Of course, I’m not talking about replacing the Internet backbone with satellites; I’m talking about the uptake of powerful mobile Internet-connected devices that provide new ways of using the Web.

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Only click these if you have to, they’re fairly large. Open in new tab for medium-size. If you want the originals, I can send you them

New York (from Staten Island)

Montreal (from Mont-Royal Chateau)