matt1993, posts by tag: computer - LiveJournal

(I finally posted it. Here goes nothing...)

(By the way, pathvain_aelien and ellaina02, I added a few things after the proofreading)



CHARACTER 15: I have a really fantastic idea for a new website.
ELIZA: We all have something we're ashamed of. Don't we?
{beat panel}
CHARACTER 15: Yes. Depressing, isn't it.

What's sad is that recently-- Well, okay, not that recently, due to the long amount of time it took to write this entry, have it proofread, and continue to worry about whether or not it makes sense even after I had it proofread. But last October, I was hit with a realization similar to Character 15's, and I'm not even a randomly generated webcomic character.

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A couple more surprising findings:

- Apparently, during a few of the times that I wasn't paying attention back then, I would still answer questions consistently correctly - I definitely can't do that now! Then again, I'm assuming that "not attending" means not paying attention - it might just mean not making eye contact or something.
- Knowing my current talent with mathematics, you'd think that that identifying numbers and counting would be one of the few things that I was perfect at back then, but apparently not - I actually got certain numbers mixed up sometimes. And, just like with letters, this includes combinations of numbers that have completely different colors in my current grapheme→color synesthesia (12 vs. 11, 8 vs. 6, 8 vs. 7...). Knowing this, I'd say my mom was probably lying when she says that I hacked into her computer at age 2...

A couple of funny things I found:

- While being taught occupations, at one point I mixed up the descriptions of a vet and a fireman and said that a vet "puts out animals".
- While being taught opposites, I was asked what the opposite of "bad sitting" was (those therapists never seemed to like the way I was sitting :P) and so I said "bad standing".

Well, looks like my PSL-styled userpics are gonna be late this year, as it's already August 11 (or August 12 in some timezones) and I'm only up to the K's (I'm going alphabetically by the original userpics' filenames on my computer). So, no replacing my regular userpics this year either. I've gotta start making the PSL-styled userpics right after I make the regular ones...

By the way, I bet some of you have been wondering, "Are you also going to make alternate versions of your userpics for real holidays instead of just for the anniversary of the Internet's worst webcomic?" Yes, I actually have been considering recreating my userpics in alternate styles for the following holidays (but not necessarily the very next time each holiday occurs), in order from most to least likely:

- Christmas (By baking Christmas cookies based on my userpics. Might be too time-consuming, though.)
- Halloween (Carving my userpics onto jack-o'-lanterns. All those pumpkins might be too expensive, though, and like the Christmas cookies, probably will be too time-consuming.)
- Easter (Drawing my userpics on Easter eggs. Might be a little time-consuming, but not as much so as the Christmas cookies or jack-o'-lanterns; however, I'm slightly less interested in making this style)
- St. Patrick's Day (Making all my userpics green-tinted. Since that's not as unique to each userpic [for lack of a better phrasing] as the other styles, I probably won't do this one, but then again, I might)

:)

At home, on my computer. Because it's where I'm the least likely to make a fool of myself. :)

Have any of you had a Livescribe Echo Smartpen? Because I got one for my birthday, and from what I've seen so far, it's almost impossible to figure out because:

1) The info buttons in the interactive tutorial don't work regardless of how hard I tap them. (And yes, I know to tap them with my "smart"pen and not, say, my finger :P ) All the other buttons work just fine, but the info buttons don't.

2) Docking my "smart"pen to my computer supposedly automatically transfers notes to Livescribe Desktop, but it doesn't. The website said that it's recommended to plug it into a USB port on the back of my computer rather than on the side, but I don't have any on the back. Does this mean that I can't use my "smart"pen just because I was unlucky enough to buy a laptop with no USB ports on the back?

3) Similarly, my pen doesn't recognize the "computer" command to upload my notes to Livescribe Desktop, regardless of whether or not I write it legibly enough so that it actually says "Computer" and not "Computep" on the pen's screen, despite Livescribe Desktop claiming that the command works.

4) A screenshot of Livescribe Desktop in the tutorial shows some elements of the interface that seem to be missing from my copy. They should be here:



EDIT: ellaina02 helped me figure all of these out, but seriously, why don't they tell you step-by-step how to do all this stuff in the correct order?

At some point between when I got off my computer last night and when I first got on it today, my wireless Internet connection stopped working, yet it displayed conflicting connection levels: "limited connectivity", yet the signal strength was "very good" (4 bars out of 5).

I thought for a moment that it might be God's way of telling me that I need to wait until after I've went through my college supply checklist or something before I finish writing my birthday LJ post in advance, but I decided that might be reading too far into it and tried my dial-up connection. I was able to get onto my e-mail and Facebook, but not LJ, despite the fact that downforeveryoneorjustme.com said that LJ was up.

So then I decided, just for grins, to go through my college supply checklist and see which of the items listed I have already to see if that was really it. I didn't even have to buy any of the items I didn't have or wasn't sure I had, or gather them up in a suitcase or anything - right after I was done just going through the list and checking stuff off, I went back to my computer and the wireless connection was working again!

I still might be reading too far into this after all (especially since, now that I think about it, I forgot to count how many shirts I have to make sure there are at least 14 like the list says), but it's certainly interesting, isn't it? :)

Right now, I'm unsure of whether I should go ahead and go to college in fall 2011 like I'd planned, sit out for a semester, or sit out for a year (though if I sit out, I'll have to get a part-time job instead).

Reasons I should go ahead and go to college:
- I'd have at least 3 years and 11 months to rid my mind of creative tumors before I get a job, whereas if I wait a semester or a year and get a part-time job first, I could end up having to finish them all up today.
- I've already decided a schedule of classes, and what seems like a pretty easy schedule (for me) at that; there are 2 math classes, a computer class, freshman English, and some sort of "intro to college" class (I think it's called Campus Connect or something like that). In fact, this means that freeing my mind of creative tumors before college might not be as important as freeing my mind of them before getting a job.
- My family has already paid money for it (both for college itself and for stuff for my dorm).
- The college I plan to go to has an autism support program, and while I didn't get into it due to the waiting list, the professors are apparently used to autistic students.
- The HAS (High School Aerospace Scholars for those that are new or new-ish here) camp was the closest thing to a job that I've had so far, and I made a fool of myself there way more often than I did in high school (which, of course, is the closest thing I've had to college).

Reasons I should wait a semester or year:
- If I go to college this fall, I'll only have 2 months to get rid of all my creative tumors before college, but if I wait a semester I'll have 6 months and if I wait a year I'll have 14 months.
- Considering that I'll have an English class and that the Campus Connect class or whatever it's called <pun intended="false">has</pun> essays, my schedule might pull a HAS and turn out to have 2 difficult essays every 2 weeks or something even though I was told that the essays will be easy and infrequent.

So...

http://www.cleverbot.com/

Talking to CleverBot is hilarious! Except when it makes enough sense to seem like I'm having a legitimate conversation. Then it's just scary.

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I've had a LOT of homework lately. That's why I haven't been on LJ in a while - I didn't have the time until just now. To make matters worse, our air card for high-speed Internet broke, so now we're having to resort to dial-up, which means that while using my computer, I have to switch back and forth between two uncomfortable positions: sitting on the floor, and laying on my bed looking down at my computer that's still on the floor but now has the screen upside-down so I can read it more easily. I have to type upside-down in the latter position, too, which means I type WAY slower. But at least it looks cool to scroll up and down like that :)

Several links I've been meaning to post for awhile:

Farmville for Dummies? Really?

A candy heart with an adult message? Really²?

A toilet video game system? Really³?

Shooting teenagers for being too mouthy? Really⁴?

And finally, as usual, my progress with my procrastination New Year's Resolution:

←Week 5 Week 7→

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