Anybody think this would be fun to start? Ha ha ha. I don’t think much of the goofiness would translate, but I like the idea… But enough about what I think. So…whatcha think? Doable? Fun? Stupid idea?
Original Crabby Old Lolcat by ICHC. Original photo by Vina the Great.
Original Raptor Kitten Lolcat by ICHC. Original photo by peter_hasselbom.
Original Lolchipmunk by ICHC. Original photo by 4Durt.
If you find yourself completely at a loss, read up on this tutorial for how to create a “lolcat.” The gist of it is this, find a cute or otherwise amusing picture of an animal, add ridiculous internet expressions (LOL = laughing out loud) / captions spelled horribly wrong, and you’re gold. I’ve gotta work out the funny spelling and “voice” and diction commonly associated with lolcats. Just doesn’t seem to translate. Hmmm. Thoughts?
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Yay for slo-mo shark footage. I’m fairly sure that this is from the Blue Planet series. But I saw it (on YouTube) with Japanese language narration and thought I’d pull and share it, because the language relates it enough to justify it. Ha ha. I’d been watching loads of “Shark Gordon” episodes via Joost towards the end of November, and I thought that was cool. Every year in the States I looked forward to Shark Week, when the Discovery Channel aired a string of shows about sharks. They alternately describe them as maneaters and harmless creatures, which makes me laugh. The indisputable thing for me is that they are frightening in some primal way – all that power in such a deadly looking thing. Screw whether it accidentally bites people or not. It’s like the fear of heights – it’s all about potential, not about reality. This is some gorgeous footage of great white sharks hunting off the Cape of Good Hope. Enjoy. Random, huh? 
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So…I very frequently go through geeky phases where I want to learn a new skill. I’m computer savvy enough to say that I’m well versed in Windows and Mac OS X – comfortable with using the command line on occasion. But I’m not a programmer, and I don’t know any code. (Nor do I really want to at present, if I’m honest with myself.) I do, however, want to learn Linux. A lot. I watched all the screencasts available from the Ubuntu crew, to give you an example.
I’ve read up on it from time to time, and I think – as shallow as it is – the videos I saw on YouTube of the Compiz / Beryl 3D eye candy made me consider going for it again. (I once had installed Fedora Core 4 on my desktop for a summer before selling it to my little sister, at which point I wiped it and slapped a fresh coat of Windows XP SP2 on it. But I never even figured out how to install stuff on it. I successfully changed the background and set screen savers. Still. It got me interested. At the time, I didn’t even know how Linux’s file system worked, let alone what packages were and whatnot.)
Anyway, I’m now considering attempting to find an old secondhand laptop for use at school. At the moment, I’m always using the school computers, and I feel in the way. I want to get out of the way. I’m thinking that I want to learn Linux. Maybe I’ll go the “safe” way and wet my toes with Ubuntu’s Gutsy Gibbon release. Or Mandriva. Or even Fedora 8. Is anyone out there knowledgeable about Linux? Any ideas for how I can learn about it without access to a Linux machine just yet?
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Alrighty – I’m back from radio silence for a week in preparation for the JLPT (2kyu) which I’m fairly sure I failed fantastically. Having said that, now that I know what the real test is like, I’m confident that I can prepare for it next time around. I’m reverting to my “it was a practice run” defense plan to help soothe my hurt feelings.
School is in session, but it is primarily testing season – with a little bit of sports thrown in for fun. (Once tests end, they have a “Class Match” day at my base school. It’s like a mini-field day where the classes compete as home rooms against one another, typically in a volleyball tournament.) I’m also running a special English project until the 14th, which shall be my last day at school in December.
In fact, I think it might be my last day blogging during winter break, too. I am now exactly 2 weeks away from being in America. (And stoked about it.) I have made an executive decision to leave my blog alone so as to make the most of my time with my family and friends. It will mean nearly a month’s absence, as I’m in America from the 17th of December to the 7th of January. I just wanted to announce that so that nobody wonders what’s going on. 
Right now, though, I’m going to go do something I’m good at and talk to people who like me in an attempt to lick my JLPT wounds. Ha ha ha.
Hey – at least I had some really good food and a great chance to bum around with 2 of my favorite people (Aileen and Nicole) in Hiroshima!
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