A 17-year old teen named Asia LeeShawn Ferguson IV was killed and decapitated by the Batman roller coaster at Six Flags in Atlanta, GA. He died while climbing two 6ft fences to retrieve a hat that he lost during the ride.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that he died for a foolish reason or the fact that his death is now a joke target.
Ever come across a quote that just inspired you or made you consider life from a difference perspective? I've been feeling stressed out and unmotivated lately and felt like looking up some inspirational quotes. These are my favorite ones:
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein
"Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." Ann Landers
More quotes
With the western or Caucasian standard of beauty being implemented all over the media, it's no surprise that a number of ethnic patients from Asian, African, Hispanic, or Middle Eastern descent get plastic surgery to fit the ideals of western beauty. Sometimes the transformation can be so drastic to the point where part of your heritage is literally removed from your face. The pictures below are two patients from a Japanese clinic who desired a western look.
http://www.veriteclinic.com/treatment/examples/18.html
http://www.veriteclinic.com/treatment/examples/09.html
I'll give the surgeon credit for his skill.
I wish I had known about these sites during my senior year of high school, before I went off to college. They're great resources for any student who wants general info or needs to make a decision on which college to attend.
CollegeBoard - Good for college searching and looking up admissions information.
College Confidential - Contains a wealth of college information and an active discussion board. A great site for talking about college with other prospective/current students.
College Reviews: StudentsReview - College reviews and surveys from alumni and current students.
USNews.com: America's Best Colleges - The perfect resource for those who care about the prestige and name of the college they plan to attend.
The Princeton Review - Includes information and reviews on colleges.
ChaCha used to be a human powered search engine where "infoseekers" (IS) or searchers connected to live "Guides" who conducted searches for them; the IS could also chat with the Guide in a live window. Now they've replaced live desktop searching with their mobile answers services, textChaCha and ChaCha Voice. textChaCha allows infoseekers to text any question (for FREE) from their cell as if they were sending a normal text message. An SMS Guide (aka text Guide) receives this query, searches for and types in the answer, then sends it back to the infoseeker. ChaCha Voice works in a similar way - the infoseeker calls the ChaCha Voice number and asks a question, which is sent to a transcriber who transcribes the message and sends it to the pool of SMS Guides.
I'm one of those SMS Guides and I'm really enjoying it. A lot of college students and stay-at-home moms are Guides. I was a desktop Guide in ChaCha's early stages but the searches eventually became few and far between so I made little money. With textChaCha, the service has really picked up and now I make enough to pay some bills. I don't rely on it as my main income since I'm already doing a paid internship for the summer, but it's great for supplemental income. There's a lot of freedom and flexibility with ChaCha because Guides can work whenever and wherever they want - some ChaCha while they're watching TV, at home, in the dorm, etc. Here's detailed info on how to become a ChaCha Guide.
MTurk was one of the many sites I found while searching for ways to make money online about a year ago. MTurk or Amazon Mechanical Turk is a site where "requesters" pay "turk workers" (I call them turkers) to complete tasks or assignments called "HITs". It's a bit like guru.com or getafreelancer.com, only the requester doesn't have to select a specific contractor. It's less formal in that the worker doesn't have to communicate with the requester and turkers can start working on the task with the click of a button. On some tasks requesters do set a minimum requirement and require turkers to complete a qualification test. Completed HITs are submitted for approval and upon approval, turkers can place the money they make into an Amazon Gift Card or into their own bank account. MTurk also has a semi-active forum called Turker Nation.
One of my favorite HITs on MTurk are the VideoJug HITs. All you have to do with the VideoJug HITs is transcribe or type whatever is being said in the video. The videos last anywhere from 30 seconds to 4 minutes. CastingWords is another company that provides transcription HITs with longer audio time. The VideoJug website itself displays an abundance of really interesting "How To" videos that are worth checking out.
I've had my Sony VAIO FRV for 5 years now and I'm ready for a new laptop, one that is at or around $500, ultra small, and portable so I can take it with me anywhere I go. At least 1GB of RAM, 802.11 b/g wi-fi, and sufficient space for word documents is fine with me. So far, I'm considering the ASUS Eee PC 900, MSI Wind, and HP 2133 Mini-Note, all of which meet the main specs that I want and more.
ASUS is well known for its budget laptops, the Eee PC series. One of their newest releases is the ASUS Eee PC 900. At $549, you get an 8.9 inch display, Linux OS, 1GB RAM, wi-fi card, and a 900-MHz Intel Celeron processor.
Apart from television, I derive much of my viewing entertainment from streaming video websites. Here are the ones I frequent the most:
YouTube - YouTube appears to be the most popular streaming video site on the net; great for watching personal videos and vlogs.
Veoh - The videos on Veoh have very good quality. You can even watch full length TV shows and movies on their site. Viewers must download VeohTV to watch videos that last longer than 20 minutes.
Dailymotion - Another great video site.
crunchyroll - Strictly anime, asian drama, video game clips, etc.
Whether it's reading email, researching, making money, playing games, watching youtube.com, or simply browsing, the internet always keeps me occupied and almost never fails to bore me. I find that it's impossible to never encounter something outrageous, interesting or enlightening while on the net. So I've decided to create a personal blog dedicated to my internet life. Thanks for visiting and enjoy!
