Things normal that are not that interesting becomes very intersting by a slow-mo cam. My favorite is the hand slap. Made me laugh out loud.
Archive for October, 2008
Brainiac’s – Things but very slowly – compilation part 1
October 31, 2008Prop 8 – Ban on Gay Marriages
October 29, 2008
Next to the presidential pick Prop 8 is probably the next biggest political decision on California voters mind. According to the California voter guide, Prop 8 “Eliminates right of same-sex couples to marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.” Both sides of the prop are on the very end of the spectrum. One side wants to eliminate a right, and the other side wants equal rights. Does this sound familiar to you? Sounds like discrimination to me. Just reading the title of the prop says it all – “eliminates rights”.
Eliminating a right of an individual, or in this case a couple, to be married based on their sexual preference is discrimination. Same sex marriage is no different from heterogeneous marriages. Two individual making a life long commitment to one another, that’s what marriage is all about. Everyone living in this country should be able to pursue their dreams and have the same rights as everyone else. No one group of people should have more or less rights than another group of people.
People tend to quickly forget past struggles and live life based on their own current condition. Our freedom today is not of our doing but of people before us. The people who fought to eliminate discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Even age discrimination is prohibited by federal law.
I’m opposed to any laws where one group of people has more rights than another group of people. When I voted on my absentee ballot last week it was an easy decision for me. I hope you make the right decision on November 4th, 2008.
Is your office desk boring?
October 29, 2008Bring some life or at least some interesting figures to your desk. Readymech has a bunch of weird looking desk paper accessories. All of these are in PDF format. Download the one you like, print it out, and follow the instructions. Easy and fun. Perfect for dressing up your desk for Halloween.
Steal a Base Steal a Taco
October 28, 2008One free taco today at any Taco Bell between the hours of 2 – 6 pm. See details here.
Feeling good…sort of.
October 27, 2008
Today when I stood on the scale I was amazed at what I saw. Surprisingly, I lost ten pounds from when I started keeping track of my weight and I’m down 15 pounds from my all-time high of ###.
Unfortunately I can’t blame my weight loss to the economic downturn but to a personal life situation. Actually, it’s a combination of little exercise, eating better, personal life stress (loss of appetite).
I had to tighten my belt buckle by one knot which was a good feeling. A few more and I might have to buy new pants. I’ll be glad to do it. The weight loss might be temporary because I only had 2 1/2 meals (and lots of beer) over the weekend. Even so, I’m getting closer to my weight goal. Once I reach that goal I’ll be working toward my high school weight. I’m hoping to reach it by Christmas 2009.
Websites: Spock.com and Wink.com
October 26, 2008
I discovered two interesting site spock.com and wink.com. Spock.com will find people on the web with just a name search. I searched my name and found there were many Vu Nguyen’s out there, there was a lot. More interesting is the fact that I saw at least two female profiles with my name. It’s more of a fun tool than an actual people finder.
Wink.com asks for a bit more info, name and location. This gives a more refine search. I’m placed at the top of the list on wink.com but i was nowhere to be found on spock.com. You’re not gonna find missing people on these sites but it’s still fun to see all the people with your name.
Both sites have a free registration to sign up. Spock.com offers very little reason to sign up for an account. However wink.com allows you to update your info, find out how many people searched for you, get notified when someone searches for you, get alerts when someon leaves you a message. Probably the most spy worthy thing is both sites let’s you track your friends online activities. I signed up for wink.com just for fun. So far two people have searched for me. Try them out and see how many people search for you.
Canal City Water Display
October 25, 2008Very cool idea of using water to display images and words.
Palin charge rape victims for rape exams
October 24, 2008
So after a woman gets rape Sarah Palin’s hometown of Wasilla wants to charge the victim for the rape exam. Whoa, what a slap in the face for the victim. I understand budgets are tight but this is just ridiculous. Read the whole story here. So you don’t know how to come up funds for rape exam but you know how to dress to impress.
SoCal embargoed country?
October 23, 2008
So I’ve been working on an issue with an online training program at work. The users and myself have been able to log into the site but once in, there is no menu/catalog. So, to test out what’s wrong I uninstalled Java and then tried to reinstall it. According to www.java.com I’m “located in an embargoed country” – I’m in San Diego. Now I can’t install Java.
Solution: Instead of using the online installation package, use the download option. Download the package to your desktop and run the install pack. The installtion works after it’s downloaded onto your desktop.
Print Screen
October 22, 2008
I had a user email me today and this is her exact quote.
“Would you please set up my computer so that my “Print Screen” button works?”
She wanted the key to print out whatever that was on her screen. A reasonable request. I explained to her what the “Print Scrn” key actually does. Not everybody knows this so I’ll point it out. If you press the “Print Scrn” key on your keyboard what it will do is make a snapshot of what you see on your screen. The image is stored in RAM and just sits there. To retrieve the image you have to open a program like Word, Paint, etc. Then you have to paste the image onto the blank file. That’s how you use “Print Scrn”.
Could you see how confusing this is for someone who is computer illiterate? They should really rename that key as “Copy Screen”. That at least will clear up some confusion. I can just imaging my sister sitting at her desk hitting “Print Scrn” a few times and looking at the printer to see if anything printed.
