...and as per request, Molly Ringwald and Lazers.
Thanks!
- MixedDrink
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
New Design
In case you havent noticed, I did a redesign for my blog. Like it or not, comment please. I'd really love your feedback!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The History of the Mouse
"It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away'." - Douglas Engelbart
This man invented the mouse.
Yes, that thing in your hand thar'? That random object that magically moves the pointy thing on the screen, so you can scroll through your porn and pictures of cats doing funny things? Have you ever thought twice about it?
A lot of people think the mouse was invented by Apple Computers, fail. Xerox stole the idea, sorry Doug. Xerox computers however, in the 80's were expensive as all hell. So naturally Apple did what they do best and steal ideas from complete failures. (Infact, a patent filed in the late 19th century for a music player looks suspiciously like the original iPod. The man who filed this patent could never get the money together, and he lost the patent. It was to hold up to two songs.)
"Muhahaha! YOUR MINE." - Apple PR Rep, circa 1972
This man invented the mouse.
Yes, that thing in your hand thar'? That random object that magically moves the pointy thing on the screen, so you can scroll through your porn and pictures of cats doing funny things? Have you ever thought twice about it?
A lot of people think the mouse was invented by Apple Computers, fail. Xerox stole the idea, sorry Doug. Xerox computers however, in the 80's were expensive as all hell. So naturally Apple did what they do best and steal ideas from complete failures. (Infact, a patent filed in the late 19th century for a music player looks suspiciously like the original iPod. The man who filed this patent could never get the money together, and he lost the patent. It was to hold up to two songs.)
"Muhahaha! YOUR MINE." - Apple PR Rep, circa 1972 The first mouse was nothing more than a couple of metal wheels in a wooden case. It had limitations, such as only being able to move on X and Y axis. Try it, try and click on something without moving your mouse diagonally. Hard right?
In 1972, one Bill English was to recognize the mouses flaws and fix them. It could roll in eight different directions. Meaning up and down, sideways and diagonally. Great success!
Ergonomics at its best.
In 1972, one Bill English was to recognize the mouses flaws and fix them. It could roll in eight different directions. Meaning up and down, sideways and diagonally. Great success!
Ergonomics at its best.
Trackball mouses however, and incredibly outdated by today's standards. You are very likely using an Optical mouse. You know, the glowing red light on the bottom? Its not just for looks, although it may be fascinating!
One of the first Optical Mouse patents was filed by Steve Kirsch of Mouse Systems. This was in 1980, and unluckily for him... the technology didn't gain traction until the following decade. It seems people were far too busy for pretty red lights back in the 80's.
Screw computers! Rubix cubes are the way of the future!
One of the first Optical Mouse patents was filed by Steve Kirsch of Mouse Systems. This was in 1980, and unluckily for him... the technology didn't gain traction until the following decade. It seems people were far too busy for pretty red lights back in the 80's.
Screw computers! Rubix cubes are the way of the future! Unless you own Apple's mighty mouse, your probably use your scroll wheel a good bit. The scroll wheel was invented by Eric Michelman in 1995, and is widely sucessful. However, like many of these geniuses, he probably didn't get any of the cut. I think its wise to stay away from the mouse business.
The mouse hasn't exactly changed in enough of a way for us to give a shit about until the advent of Multi-touch, increasingly common on laptop trackpads. Apple Computers has developed the "Magic Mouse", a mouse device that basically throws a laptop trackpad on top of an awkward mouse.
..and it still only has one button.
I learned a lot of this information (and borrowed some images, for none commercial purposes) from gearlog.com. Thanks GearLog!
The mouse hasn't exactly changed in enough of a way for us to give a shit about until the advent of Multi-touch, increasingly common on laptop trackpads. Apple Computers has developed the "Magic Mouse", a mouse device that basically throws a laptop trackpad on top of an awkward mouse.
..and it still only has one button. We shall see what the mouse has for us in store in the future, hopefully with some kind of futuristic crystal ball typed thing. But for now, the mouse was left us with Carpel tunnel, and a warm fuzzy feeling in our hearts. Unfortuanetly, Douglas Engelbart never made a penny off of the mouse. But we shall remember him, and his wooden box.
- MixedDrink
- MixedDrink
I learned a lot of this information (and borrowed some images, for none commercial purposes) from gearlog.com. Thanks GearLog!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Halloween is here again
Halloween is here again, and low and behold my costume is completely last minute. I am being, wait for it, a kitten. Yes, leave it to me to be a kitten. I was originally going to be a kid with swine flu but my sister informed me it was in terribly bad taste, due to the death of 3 kids in Toronto. Although I did get a giant LOL from a couple of people my age, I don't think old people would enjoy it to much.
I was originally going to give out candy or go to someone's house... but no-one is doing anything exciting so I'll be going out Trick or Treating with my buddy Scott. Ahhh free candy.
Slutty Girls in Slutty Halloween Costumes: A Tribute -- powered by Cracked.com
I was originally going to give out candy or go to someone's house... but no-one is doing anything exciting so I'll be going out Trick or Treating with my buddy Scott. Ahhh free candy.
Slutty Girls in Slutty Halloween Costumes: A Tribute -- powered by Cracked.com
"Whorin it up."
- MixedDrink
Friday, October 30, 2009
Playstation 3 YLOD (Yellow Light of Death), opinion?
Amazing news (in case you couldn't tell, I'm having an amazing sargasm right now),
my Playstation 3 bricked the other night while I was playing Call Of Duty 4 (seems everyone's ps3 fails whilst the best game is stuck in it). I've looked online everywhere for a fix and it seems 80% of the time it is just a case of the thermal compound and shitty solder. However, a user by the name of Eljaca on DigitalHome.ca (the thread can be found here) has alerted other users in the thread that while it did fix his playstation temporarily, it just kept crashing on him again and again a couple of months in between. So it seems this fix is temporary, and I may be screwed.
Fuck.
What I want to know from you is, if we have to buy another console what should we go with... a PS3 Slim or an Xbox 36O? Right now we are thinking of the Slim, because paying for Live would piss me off. But let me know of your opinion! PS3 or 360, the age old dilemma.
- MixedDrink
my Playstation 3 bricked the other night while I was playing Call Of Duty 4 (seems everyone's ps3 fails whilst the best game is stuck in it). I've looked online everywhere for a fix and it seems 80% of the time it is just a case of the thermal compound and shitty solder. However, a user by the name of Eljaca on DigitalHome.ca (the thread can be found here) has alerted other users in the thread that while it did fix his playstation temporarily, it just kept crashing on him again and again a couple of months in between. So it seems this fix is temporary, and I may be screwed.
Fuck.
What I want to know from you is, if we have to buy another console what should we go with... a PS3 Slim or an Xbox 36O? Right now we are thinking of the Slim, because paying for Live would piss me off. But let me know of your opinion! PS3 or 360, the age old dilemma.
- MixedDrink
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Texting Problem
The texting problem...
to put it simply, I'd like to know who the fuck you are when you message me. But Rogers (My cellular provider, also known as Satan) does not offer this service on pay as you go or possibly even in general. Sure, there is caller ID. But even without Caller ID its a lot easier to identify someone over voice.
Sometimes shitfucks get my cellphone number by shoulder creeping my friends, and start texting me. DO NOT, DO NOT FUCKING TAKE A NUMBER OF SOMEONE'S PHONE OR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE. It doesn't matter if you know that person, or a friends with them. Do not take their number off someone else's phone. Get their number from them.
In the summer, a friend of mine text me and tried to convince me I was sexy, and she thought I was a man named "John". I tried looking up the number on a database and I got the postal code of one Avery Hellas. I asked if it was her and low and behold, it was Mailee.
Pardon my language, I am in a shit mood.
- MixedDrink
to put it simply, I'd like to know who the fuck you are when you message me. But Rogers (My cellular provider, also known as Satan) does not offer this service on pay as you go or possibly even in general. Sure, there is caller ID. But even without Caller ID its a lot easier to identify someone over voice.
Evil son of a bitch
Sometimes shitfucks get my cellphone number by shoulder creeping my friends, and start texting me. DO NOT, DO NOT FUCKING TAKE A NUMBER OF SOMEONE'S PHONE OR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE. It doesn't matter if you know that person, or a friends with them. Do not take their number off someone else's phone. Get their number from them.
In the summer, a friend of mine text me and tried to convince me I was sexy, and she thought I was a man named "John". I tried looking up the number on a database and I got the postal code of one Avery Hellas. I asked if it was her and low and behold, it was Mailee.
Pardon my language, I am in a shit mood.
- MixedDrink
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Epic story - A man and his dog
Wow, one of those days. I did not think I was going to do anything today.
I phoned up my friend Tyler and we decided to go to the Dollar Store... we screwed around there for a while trying to find the whackiest thing to do (and most plausible). We decided not to go with my favourite, digging a hole with a spoon... because the only dirt in the area was away from the roads. So we went with a dinosaur puzzle.
We scraggled up the road and did our puzzle on a greenbox (its like an electrical thing). Man was it hard! The big pieces were easy but the little ones blew my mind. Mainly because a lot of the pieces were non-descriptive rocks. But we got 'er done. Kind of...
One piece away from completion a black lab boots it down a busy main street in front of our eyes. He veers of the sidewalk into the first lane on the right, this is when I started booting it after him.
I ran faster than I ever have in my life, but this damn dog was good. He hopped the traffic rail and made his way down a hill. I looked back to see where my buddy-guy Tyler was, for a quick second... and when I looked back the dog was gone. We didn't know whether he went towards Zhers or into the forest. We chose to look in the forest because.. well.. it was more likely that he wouldn't get help if he did venture into the woods alone.
We made our path through bush seemingly untouched my humans (besides the odd sewer manhole here and there xD). We had to make our own paths, however... unluckily for him, Tyler was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I happened to wear a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans today. So he is currently covered in the local plantlife and scratches.
We made our way a small amount through the woods, we stopped at a house that looked like it had an open fence... conveniently it had a black lab. We swear, it was the god damn dog. But the lady at that house said it was her dog, and that she had seen no other dog run by. But we both agreed, she seemed like the kind of person who doesn't pay attention to their pet until they won't shut the fuck up (the dog was barking, thats why she came outside.)
So we walked another couple minutes, but decided to turn back because we could no longer hear the barking coming from the other direction. It was much faster going to back than it was coming forwards, probably because we went in zig-zags looking for the dog.
Tyler and I picked the burs of his shorts, praying no babes walked by and saw us picking plants off each other. But thankfully, none did. xD Tyler went home, as did I. But I can't help wondering where the fuck that dog went off to... and if its okay.
Huh.
- MixedDrink
I phoned up my friend Tyler and we decided to go to the Dollar Store... we screwed around there for a while trying to find the whackiest thing to do (and most plausible). We decided not to go with my favourite, digging a hole with a spoon... because the only dirt in the area was away from the roads. So we went with a dinosaur puzzle.
We scraggled up the road and did our puzzle on a greenbox (its like an electrical thing). Man was it hard! The big pieces were easy but the little ones blew my mind. Mainly because a lot of the pieces were non-descriptive rocks. But we got 'er done. Kind of...
One piece away from completion a black lab boots it down a busy main street in front of our eyes. He veers of the sidewalk into the first lane on the right, this is when I started booting it after him.
I ran faster than I ever have in my life, but this damn dog was good. He hopped the traffic rail and made his way down a hill. I looked back to see where my buddy-guy Tyler was, for a quick second... and when I looked back the dog was gone. We didn't know whether he went towards Zhers or into the forest. We chose to look in the forest because.. well.. it was more likely that he wouldn't get help if he did venture into the woods alone.
We made our path through bush seemingly untouched my humans (besides the odd sewer manhole here and there xD). We had to make our own paths, however... unluckily for him, Tyler was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I happened to wear a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans today. So he is currently covered in the local plantlife and scratches.
We made our way a small amount through the woods, we stopped at a house that looked like it had an open fence... conveniently it had a black lab. We swear, it was the god damn dog. But the lady at that house said it was her dog, and that she had seen no other dog run by. But we both agreed, she seemed like the kind of person who doesn't pay attention to their pet until they won't shut the fuck up (the dog was barking, thats why she came outside.)
So we walked another couple minutes, but decided to turn back because we could no longer hear the barking coming from the other direction. It was much faster going to back than it was coming forwards, probably because we went in zig-zags looking for the dog.
Tyler and I picked the burs of his shorts, praying no babes walked by and saw us picking plants off each other. But thankfully, none did. xD Tyler went home, as did I. But I can't help wondering where the fuck that dog went off to... and if its okay.
Huh.
- MixedDrink
Monday, October 5, 2009
Kids hate old things... what the fu-
WHAT THE HELL?
Everyone around me bitches about things being old, specifically songs.
SONGS? Songs don't age... stupid children. Infact, old songs are often much better than new songs! "This song is so old!"... who cares? Beatles>Jonas Brothers. Both to swoon of teenage girls.. but the Beatles could actually sing.
Other old things... oh god. We as a society throw away enough already! We have been throwing awaying completely useful things just because we don't want them anymore... garbage used to be broken things that had no use!
People say my phone is "gay" or "shit" because it is old. You know what? I love my phone more than I could ever love another. Its a brick, I've fallen in the pool with the mofo... try that with a modern phone. If you were to even drop your phone from 3 feet... it would probably explode.
- MixedDrink
Everyone around me bitches about things being old, specifically songs.
SONGS? Songs don't age... stupid children. Infact, old songs are often much better than new songs! "This song is so old!"... who cares? Beatles>Jonas Brothers. Both to swoon of teenage girls.. but the Beatles could actually sing.
Other old things... oh god. We as a society throw away enough already! We have been throwing awaying completely useful things just because we don't want them anymore... garbage used to be broken things that had no use!
People say my phone is "gay" or "shit" because it is old. You know what? I love my phone more than I could ever love another. Its a brick, I've fallen in the pool with the mofo... try that with a modern phone. If you were to even drop your phone from 3 feet... it would probably explode.
- MixedDrink
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