Saturday, July 7
My Qualm With The Terabyte
A terabyte is 1,000 GB. So why isn't it called "kilobyte" or "kirabyte"? With a little online research I've found that "tera" comes from the greek root which means "monster." And we all must agree - 1,000 GB is kind of like a little monster. But I still think the 1,000 GB should be rocked with the standardized "kilo" root.
Friday, July 6
The iPhone My Way.
I must respond to a rather hater-oriented post about the iPhone I read earlier this week by a non believer (aka Cal). Now that 3 of 12 people in my office have them, I'm beginning to get serious apple green envy every time they whip them out to change a song or answer a call. I still push the buttons on my Gen 2 ipod and think I've mastered the technology universe because last week I figured out how to coordinate my mobile's bluetooth (which is one word by the way - who new!?) with my PowerBook G4.
My iPhone extras:
iBreathalyzer - this device plugs into the audio jack and if you don't pass the breath test the screen begins to flash red, while simultaniously bringing up a list of contacts from your friends folder. You can then call them and get a ride.
iGasm - Some type of extra which vibrates in an array of dildo shapes and textures. Oh wait - ...click here and here if over 18.
iTweezer - little tweezer fingers eject from the iPhone, viciously clipping like wee crab claws. When put near my eye brows, they go to town so I don't have to!
And if all this isn't cool enough for you - check out what you can do with the iPhone's sim card! This Cnet Tv is awesome!
My iPhone extras:
iBreathalyzer - this device plugs into the audio jack and if you don't pass the breath test the screen begins to flash red, while simultaniously bringing up a list of contacts from your friends folder. You can then call them and get a ride.
iGasm - Some type of extra which vibrates in an array of dildo shapes and textures. Oh wait - ...click here and here if over 18.
iTweezer - little tweezer fingers eject from the iPhone, viciously clipping like wee crab claws. When put near my eye brows, they go to town so I don't have to!
And if all this isn't cool enough for you - check out what you can do with the iPhone's sim card! This Cnet Tv is awesome!
Thursday, July 5
Babies & Facebook
Facebook accounts have a section where a member may edit their status. Buffalo Bill would write "I'm about to shoot down a large heard" or Osama may update his account with "I'm plotting to kill more innocent people." What did I write?
My facebook account currently reads "C****** is pregnant!" I can't wait to see what type of hub bub this creates! I can see my mother in 6 months bumping into some high school alum's mom at the grocery store who will ask "Has your daughter had her baby yet?" I'll keep you posted.
This leads me to two interesting articles I've read this past week. While both cover social and class issues in America and the greater world, the first focuses on the two most popular internet based social newtowrking sites: Myspace vs Facebook . Apparently, facebook is for the yuppie, college bound, "good kid" crowd, while myspace is more urban, non-educated, artistically expressive, and alternative in a sex pervert type of way. Obviously there are many exceptions to both sides, I don't have a myspace account but certainly do know a couple of idiots on facebook.
I found the second article today while trying to look up what month the most babies are born in on average (we interns were guessing) over the past 20 years. It's from the Christian Science Monitor back in October 2004, and investigates adoption in America - the "importation" of foreign babies into American homes while "exporting" black babies primarily to Europe. The article suggests racism factors within America have, for many years, kept white wealthy families from being interested in adopting black children. Luckily people are evolving and this is becoming less and less the case, but for many years black babies up for adoption have been sent off to Europe and Canada where people are supposedly more color blind and accepting.
Please read both articles, they're very interesting. Especially if you have a preference to myspace of facebook, or if you're erm...adopting? Although I doubt the subjects would overlap.
My facebook account currently reads "C****** is pregnant!" I can't wait to see what type of hub bub this creates! I can see my mother in 6 months bumping into some high school alum's mom at the grocery store who will ask "Has your daughter had her baby yet?" I'll keep you posted.
This leads me to two interesting articles I've read this past week. While both cover social and class issues in America and the greater world, the first focuses on the two most popular internet based social newtowrking sites: Myspace vs Facebook . Apparently, facebook is for the yuppie, college bound, "good kid" crowd, while myspace is more urban, non-educated, artistically expressive, and alternative in a sex pervert type of way. Obviously there are many exceptions to both sides, I don't have a myspace account but certainly do know a couple of idiots on facebook.
I found the second article today while trying to look up what month the most babies are born in on average (we interns were guessing) over the past 20 years. It's from the Christian Science Monitor back in October 2004, and investigates adoption in America - the "importation" of foreign babies into American homes while "exporting" black babies primarily to Europe. The article suggests racism factors within America have, for many years, kept white wealthy families from being interested in adopting black children. Luckily people are evolving and this is becoming less and less the case, but for many years black babies up for adoption have been sent off to Europe and Canada where people are supposedly more color blind and accepting.
Please read both articles, they're very interesting. Especially if you have a preference to myspace of facebook, or if you're erm...adopting? Although I doubt the subjects would overlap.
Wednesday, July 4
Kitty Litter
In the dark corners of my house lies a box. A plastic, mauve colored, close lidded box with a wee hatch and sort of welcome mat - large, blue, paw shaped, texturized, rubber mat with a smiling cartoon cat in the center. Within this box little sandy bits from brands whose names could easily be mistaken for old person nappies like "Doo Doo Voo Doo," "Ever Clean," or Harvest Ventures' award winning crystal technology backed "Pearl." This special container is - The Litter Box.
When strolling the aisles of Petco for your litter box's key ingredient there are options to fit every character. Among the multitude are clay based brands including the popular Tidy Cat which clump your kitty's poo and pee pee together, crystalizing brands such as Pearl suck out odors and brown colors from the droppings to add a fossilized look to your little one's dropping, and for the environmentally conscious cat guardian - natural biodegradable litter mixtures.
My house has stood by the clay based Ever Clean Extra Strength Premium for years, very high quality clumping. Today, while sifting through the Sahara like sands with my little sifter, the clumped bits just kept coming. The process normally reminds me of that movie The Mummy, but today I was more like Charlize Theoron in North Country. In 1.5 wks, my cats had created boulders I had to use a screw driver to de-earth from the quarry that is their litter box.
Each cat weighs about 10lb, and in this time slot they created 5.8 lb of clayed up feces! Yes, I measured it on my Dad's fancy sport scale (oh the joys of living at home!). This is a body weight:poo/pee ratio of 10lb:2.9lb! If that were me, an average weighing human of 145 lb (see June 25: Women's Weight, How I Measure), that would mean dropping 42.05 lb in the toilet over 10 days, or 4.2 lb a day!
And what is it with the clips on the side of a litter box? Are cats typically the type to get rowdy when they have a big one to push out? I can see it now - growls echoing through the basement, litter spewing from the little entrance hole, a scent so deadly it suffocates everyone in the neighborhood going about their daily lives like those people in Pompeii. Then the cat goes about spreading Pearl over us.
Anyways, those are my thoughts.
When strolling the aisles of Petco for your litter box's key ingredient there are options to fit every character. Among the multitude are clay based brands including the popular Tidy Cat which clump your kitty's poo and pee pee together, crystalizing brands such as Pearl suck out odors and brown colors from the droppings to add a fossilized look to your little one's dropping, and for the environmentally conscious cat guardian - natural biodegradable litter mixtures.
My house has stood by the clay based Ever Clean Extra Strength Premium for years, very high quality clumping. Today, while sifting through the Sahara like sands with my little sifter, the clumped bits just kept coming. The process normally reminds me of that movie The Mummy, but today I was more like Charlize Theoron in North Country. In 1.5 wks, my cats had created boulders I had to use a screw driver to de-earth from the quarry that is their litter box.
Each cat weighs about 10lb, and in this time slot they created 5.8 lb of clayed up feces! Yes, I measured it on my Dad's fancy sport scale (oh the joys of living at home!). This is a body weight:poo/pee ratio of 10lb:2.9lb! If that were me, an average weighing human of 145 lb (see June 25: Women's Weight, How I Measure), that would mean dropping 42.05 lb in the toilet over 10 days, or 4.2 lb a day!
And what is it with the clips on the side of a litter box? Are cats typically the type to get rowdy when they have a big one to push out? I can see it now - growls echoing through the basement, litter spewing from the little entrance hole, a scent so deadly it suffocates everyone in the neighborhood going about their daily lives like those people in Pompeii. Then the cat goes about spreading Pearl over us.
Anyways, those are my thoughts.
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