Surfing The Web Faster

Address Shortcuts

I wonder how much time people waste surfing the web. There are so many accounts to get to. I have myspace, facebook, hotmail, and gmail! I recently discovered an interesting Firefox add-on that allows the user to create short cuts to websites. I don't have to type "hotmail.com" every time I want to check my e-mails. Now, with the add-on I can customize bookmarks to have a special keyword. All I have to type is "hot" (without quotations) in Firefox's address bar to get to hotmail. I took advantage of being able to give web-pages' keywords by bookmarking the URL for signing out of hotmail for example. I no longer have to use my mouse to sign out of hotmail - all I do is type "so" (without quotations) in the address bar and wallah I'm signed off.

Keyboard shortcuts

I love keyboard shortcuts. I have memorized already some of the Windows keyboard short cuts. Here are my favorite keyboard shortcuts that aid in saving time:

Windows Shortcuts

Windows Logo + d
With this short cut you can minimize all your windows at once.

Alt + Tab
Use this shortcut to switch between different windows you have open. Sometimes using this short cut is easier than using a mouse. I have also found this short cut useful when my mouse freezes.

Alt + F4
Close the window you have open.

FireFox Shortcuts

Control + k
this is a Firefox keyboard short cut, and really my top favorite. This is a shortcut to the search engine at the top right corner of Firefox web-browser. Sometimes I need to use Google to find more information on a topic and I save time by using this short cut.

Control + t
I use this to create new tabs. Most of the time I use this shortcut before I use Control + K. I open a new tab for Google.

Control + l
I use this to get to the address bar. I almost never use my mouse.

Studied Calculus and Chemistry

I went to a classmate's house today to meet up with a group to study Chemistry and Calculus. I was really tired since I woke up at 7:00AM today, ergo I took a 15-20 minute power nap during the group study. The short nap really did me good (or 'did me well'?) since I felt great afterwards. I'm learning about oxidation-reduction reactions in chemistry, and in calculus I'm learning integration by tables.

power nap
http://lifehacker.com/software/sleep/how-and-why-to-power-nap-297258.php

Encarta quiz

I scored 6 out of 9 on this fun Encarta quiz! Can you do better?

The Gross-Out Quiz

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/homework/Default.aspx?page=Quiz134&Quizid=134

What Happens After We Die?

I was reading some of the other answers to this question. I wasn't suprised to see the multitude of people who answered that we're going to heaven or hell after we die. Before I go on to my answers I want to analyze some of the other answers I dug up.


1. I'm interested in what Budhists think happens after death.

Typical Catholic here. She thinks that bad people go to hell and good people go to heaven. Look, she even says "you would have to do something really really REALLY BAD to go there" Too bad this really doesn't seem to be the consensus among Catholics in general. First, a person can go to hell just for not believing in the existence of any deities at all. Does not believing in deities englobe her definition of really bad? Another way a person can get a ticket to hell is by killing a vegetable person. I read about this on the news a while back. Apparently, letting people suffer to death is better than just killing them, and if you kill that suffering person or they allow themselves to be killed you'll get to suffer for eternity after death. (see: jigsaw jesus)

2. You'll get to spend time with your loved ones for eternity!

Isn't her belief just nice and dandy. I can't wait to go to heaven to hang out with all those smart guys such as Newton, Einstien, and Newton. Oh yeah, I can't forget my girlfriend. If I die before she does, I'm not going to be so happy in heaven. I'll stop with the sarcasm now. We have no idea how heaven works; on the other hand, we know a lot about the how the universe we live in works. For example, I know I have short term memory and long term memory because certain parts of my brain are in good conditions. The brain is very physical, and we use 100% of it, despite the myths! When we go to heaven, do we take our brain with us? We know that without out our brain, or when just parts of our brain are damaged, we just can't function the same (e.g. goodbye long term memory), so I was just wondering if we had memory at all in heaven since we know our brains decompose after we die in the universe.



I think I'll review more answers later.

What Books Changed Me?

Have you ever read a book that made you change the way you think about certain things? What was it?



This is a tough question to answer. I think the answer would be the fusion of the the two books above: "Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sex" and "Mind Wide Open". These two books really enlightened me on the topics of human emotion and nature. I think the main reason these books changed the way I thought was because finally I discovered explanations for emotions that I never knew existed before. I'm not totally sure that my becoming an atheist was a result of these books, but they might just be what changed me. The cruel of human nature and the material of human emotion left no room for gods in my open mind. Honestly, I haven't read the these two books in a while, and I'm sure reading them again will feel as I feel playing Final Fantasy IX again after so long - having those "I don't remember this happening." moments. Re-reading those books is my future goal.

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Reading Digital

I'm reading about the evolution of audio recording/playing technology:
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/analog-digital1.htm

What lusikkamage Believes

If you are into game development and programming then you would be or are definitely interested in lusikkamage. For those who don't know what lussikamage is, it's the youtube channel of Rachel J. Morris. On her channel, she posts how-to videos on programming games, and videos of some of her own work. She spends a lot of time responding to people's questions on youtube, helping many understand the art of game programming.

Here now comes the question of less importance: What does she believe in? Is she a Christian, Muslim, Hindu? I was snooping around her deviant blog, and what do I find: she has been recently reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I dug further and saw that on a question "What is your religion?" she added "None." These findings lead me to the conclusion that she's an atheist. Her atheism isn't a bad thing at all, and the fact doesn't change how helpful she has been to many newbies in the programming business.

This tells us something: you don't need to be religious to be a good person, and you don't have to believe in an ultimate designer to be a good game designer. :P

sources in chronological order

source1: http://www.youtube.com/LusikkaMage
source2: http://moosader.deviantart.com/
source3: http://moosader.deviantart.com/journal/19129734/ (search: "god")
source4: http://moosader.deviantart.com/journal/17691409/ (search: "religion")

Funny Math Jokes

1. derivatives are having a party, and an e^x is sitting down not enjoying the party. one of the derivatives comes over to the e^x and says "Why don't you intergrate to the party?" and the e^x responds "Why should i intergrate if in the end all remains the same?" copywrights: (don't steal this without mentioning my space )

2. decimals points are having a party - imagine decimals going wild all on their own. Two big decimal points are guarding the entrance, and an asterisk walks towards them. the big decimal points say "sorry, we can't let you in." and the asterisk responds "oops, sorry guys, i forgot to comb my hair today."

HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAH

Is Atheism A Religion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e18O7fML1Yg

Science vs. Porn

red = porn
blue = science

as you can see, porn is what is keeping kids away from invention and science, not religion.

Google trends owns. what this graph tells us is that on average (for 5 years) porno has received 3.8 times more traffic than science. what else? we're getting somewhat of an exponential graph here too. science is on the verge of extinction while porn flies off the charts. in 2008, porn is getting 6 times more traffic than science.

Uncyclopedia

The crazy things I find on uncyclopedia.org.

After George Bush had a near-death/out-of-body experience in 2002 after choking on a pretzel, he stated that he had gained a vast knowledge of the universe and also had God's "full backing" to invade Iraq. God has since stated that he "did nothing of the sort" & "Oh man I have I gotta get that twat some bigger pretzels".

Spot the U.F.O.

Evolution vs. Creation

Intellectually Fufilled Atheist

An atheist before Darwin could have said, following Hume: 'I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn't a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.' I can't help feeling that such a position, though logically sound, would have left one feeling pretty unsatisfied, and that although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.
...Richard Dawkins.
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Sex Theory Expelled

( via Pharyngula )

This is a parody of Expelled, a movie that proposes that a minority of scientists are being expelled from the scientific community for claiming that a divine force is required the existence of present life forms. Arguments within the movie have been discussed and criticized at Expelled Exposed.

The parody compares Intelligent Design vs. the Theory of Evolution to arguments for the fantastical Stork theory vs. Sex theory. The fantastical stork theory states that human offsprings or offsprings in general are created and delivered by storks. The sex theory is the theory that sex creates the offsprings of sexual organisms. Most religious and non religious thinkers choose the sex theory over the stork theory for pretty much the say reasons they choose the theory of evolution over divine creation.