the-dot.org

And win! Well, you don't actually win anything, but it is quite fun (if your definition of fun includes numbers and US policy crunching).

I'm going to put my budget up here.

Using the magic that is Google Sites

Here's is a link to a youtube film I made last year. I put on an accent and some shades for anonymity.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UGmG2Yn3GTU

I have been having some interesting conversations with my Chinese housemate recently. She does not fit my stereotype of an informed Chinese student rebel who is concerned about human rights abuses and resents the government. Perhaps it shows just how effective their propaganda is, but I welcome the different perspectives, as it is always refreshing to challenge our own perceptions. Are we just as subject to propaganda?

We had this this morning. This was written almost a year ago in response to this.
The score, if anyone is interested, is Internet: 1,395; Politicians: -12.

Oh dear, that's a permanent fail... http://www.shipmentoffail.com/fails/2008/03/permanent-fail/

Originally posted by Oracle on Fri, 21/10/2005 - 19:08

Straights always have dry tobacco, their paper is thick, and their filters are too long. This results in a cigarette which if you desire to smoke quickly gets to hot too quickly, if you desire to smoke leisurely its visually moving burn-line whips you to smoke faster, and if you desire to place it down for a minute disappears.

Originally posted by Oracle on Wed, 02/11/2005

I practice lucid dreaming. I would even go so far as to say it is a hobby of mine. I first 'woke up' in a dream when I was 16. It lasted maybe 30 seconds and I was so excited actually I woke up. I loved it. Through trial and error over the years I have learned to induce this phenomenon to the point that now, under certain conditions and with a bit of luck, I can go directly into a dream without loosing consciousness.

I shall join the chorus and echo the gladness that the-dot is back. It reminds me of a time when we were all enthusiastically cutting our pretentious young teeth in what we perceived to be intelligent debate. Those days were new and exciting, and with the misleading indulgence of nostalgia they can seem like better days, but days that were a long time ago, As we grow older we don't have to grow bitter and cynical, we can become less self important and more rational, However those things are not mutually exclusive.

This is really just a test to see if I can create a content. I will try and add a bit more every day but as you all know its not so easy really. But what can you do? We are mere humans after all - and there is nothing particularly special about that!

Friday 7 March 2008 - 23:53: Yu-Gi-WHAT?
Today saw the arrival of some Yu-Gi-Oh! cards I had bought from ebay. It was what seemed like a cunning plan to try and get myself a small amount to be able to join in with the young people I work with at the children's home.